Sunday, March 7, 2010

Olympic Aspirations?

She jumps... Air time...
And sticks the landing!
We are not sure if the Olympics has inspired Ava, but she certainly does love to jump! While we don't love that she jumps off the furniture, we did allow it for a brief time just to witness how high and far she could jump. We were pretty amazed. I'm not sure how long the obsession with "flight" is going to last, but she continues to find new avenues to explore it.
On a side note Ava has some interesting things she does right now. She proudly calls helicopters "hot doctors". She asks a couple nights a week at bedtime if "Mommy workin, Hannah come soon" so she can apparently plan out her day, or to see when she will be getting rid of Mommy! She also seems to know exactly who I'm on the phone with just by the way I talk. Usually just a couple minutes into the conversation, she will walk up and ask to "say hi" to whoever it is. She is obsessed with playing babies right now. It is one of her favorite things to do, especially when daddy comes home. She quickly rushes him into her closet and directs him to where she'd like him to sit so she can hand him a baby. She isn't afraid to be bossy, that is for sure!

A belated Valentine's Post...

With her crown & fairy wand Hannah & Ava with their cut out cookies
Hannah never ceases to amaze me. She came over the week of Valentine's Day with sugar cookie dough. Her and Ava made heart shaped cookies and frosted and decorated them. Like I said...she amazes me! Her and Ava also made her special crown and decorated it. Hannah even made me a special valentine with Ava's handprints. It was too cute! We are so lucky to have Hannah in our lives. Brad and I say all the time that we don't know what we'd do without her!

Some sunshine.....FINALLY!

The car comes out & Ava is excited!
As you can see....she is in her glory!
Ava & Hannah posing by their snowman
While we have had a few sunny days, it always seems that they have been accompanied by bitter cold wind. Finally, we have had some decent days in the 30's to play outside. Hannah and Ava even built a nice snowman (no, we are not short of snow yet!). We resurrected Ava's car from last year that she rarely rode in but rather pushed, which is now a huge hit. I'm not sure if she was just thrilled to play outside, or that the car was that much fun. Just makes me so excited for spring when we can play outside much more!