Twirling

A dress must have proper "twirl" in order for it to be approved by Ava. This princess dress is perfect and Ava loves it! Thank you, Annie and Lucy! Here's our Ava Reese twirling and twirling and twirling.

Surprise for Grandma Sacey

We threw a surprise party for Grandma Sacey a month ago. All of my siblings were there and Mom was VERY surprised! It was so much fun! We threw the surprise at noon after church on a Sunday so she wasn't really expecting it at all. She walked into Tod and Jen's house and could not believe the number of people there for her party! I caught her surprise on video and I'll try to upload that as well because its pretty fun. Here are a few pictures of my siblings and I all together for the party. We love you, Grandma Sacey!

Ava is "joking"

If you know Ava, you know she has PeRsOnAlItY. Last night she grabbed my bottle of water and had the cap off quicker than I could get there to take it away (we're trying not to share our H1N1 germs) and had it at her mouth for a sip. I told her no and went towards her to take it away, explaining that I was sick and she couldn't share my water. She looked at me and said, "But I choking. I choking." Okay, no worries, she was NOT actually choking. She just knows that if she was choking, she could have the water. Jeff, Grandpa, and I all busted out laughing. With the utmost seriousness she told us again that she was choking (which actually sounds like "joking" in AvaSpeak) and tried to really impress us with her acting abilities by making herself sound hoarse. HILARIOUS! Wish I had it on video...

Let's Dance

Grandma Theresa got to go see "Wicked" the Musical when she was in San Francisco with Amy, Paul, and Taylor. (I will admit being as green as Elphaba because I wasn't able to join them.) I decided we needed to listen to the music of "Wicked" so put in the disc and Ava LOVED it! She thinks it is the best music to dance to! It also seems that she knows the perfect outfits to dance in as well because everytime she puts on a nice swirly skirt she requests to "dance". The problem this morning was that "dance" from her toddler lispy lips sounds more like "teeth" (brushing her teeth being probably her favorite activity of the moment) so I was confused. She got a little frustrated with her brainless mom but I figured out what she wanted in the end and we danced. Here's a video from last week when she was dancing to the music from "Wicked".

Giggles

Ava making Michaela laugh. So sweet.

Not a Football Fan

We were watching the Vikings play Pittsburgh today but I guess Ava didn't want to watch. "No! Not kickety kick ball!! No kicky ball!" See, her favorite show is "Wow Wow Wubzy" and that's what they call "kickball" and to Ava, everything with a ball is "kickety kick ball". Jeff is trying to teach her to say "football" but I keep sabotaging it because "kickety kick ball" is so darn cute!!

Brush My Teeth!!

Ava has the cleanest teeth this side of the Big Sioux River. :) "Brush my teeth? Brush teeth. Brush teeth!!!" She actually does a pretty good job but I guess she should seeing as how she practices brushing about 5 times a day.

She grabs her tiny step stool and climbs up in front of one of the sinks, wets her toothbrush, brushes, spits, brushes, spits, and then shows us how "pretty" her teeth look when she's done. Next it is time for chapstick (because that's what mom does everytime she's done brushing HER teeth) and then we can leave the bathroom. Sometimes we get as far as the kitchen and she stops, thinking her teeth have gotten dirty enough in yhose 5 steps that she reckons they should be brushed again.