Ava’s school Christmas program was the sweetest most adorable thing I’ve ever seen! I used my little camera to capture video.. not the best video since I was so unsteady, but still cute nonetheless! (Ava is in the front row, second one in from the right)
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Santa made a surprise visit!
She told him she wanted a princess ball for Christmas.
We feel so blessed this Thanksgiving as we have so much to be thankful for. We are blessed to have such an amazing family, Scott and I are thankful for Ava, as she brings so much joy to our hearts everyday. And I am thankful I get to stay home with Ava and be a part of her entire day.
Thanksgiving was so much fun! In fact we were having so much fun, we forgot to take any pictures! Actually, I did get a few of Ava and Sawyer riding on Elmer, an elephant Grampa Roger made when the boys were little.
And something else we have to be thankful for is…..(we’ll let Ava tell)
That’s right! It’s been hard to keep it a secret as we are super excited, but the newest member of our family will be here sometime around June 4th! Ava really wants a sister but we will be happy either way.
Ava said: “how will we know if the baby is a girl or a boy?”
Me: “that’s a good question, how will we know?”
Ava: “we will just wait until it’s born and listen to its voice.”
And that’s just what we’re going to do! No finding out the sex of this one!
Preschool Party ~ The kids all got to wear their costumes to school. During the last 45 minutes of class, parents arrived and helped out with the Halloween party. Ava dressed up as a pink poodle and called herself KiKi.. a pink poodle on Clifford.
Here is Ava picking out beads to put on her spider legs. I don’t know if it was a coincidence but she picked out exactly eight pink beads!
Carving Pumpkins ~ Ava didn’t really care for the smell of the pumpkins so she didn’t really participate in the carving and cleaning. But she did tell me what shape to carve for her “punkman’s” eyes, nose, and mouth.
I was busy preparing seeds for baking so Scott decided to help carve my pumpkin!
Trick-or-Treating ~ Max came over to trick-or-treat with Ava. They were so cute together and Max was very patient. Ava took her time walking up to doors, Max patiently waited. Ava stopped to pick up leaves, Max patiently waited. After getting candy, Ava would ask people if she could pet their dog, Max patiently waited. Ava dropped her baby leaf on someone’s porch, Ava wouldn’t walk away until she found it.. Max patiently waited.
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Enjoying some candy!
