We had a string of visitors this weekend, much to our delight.
Mom and Dave came down on Friday afternoon and stayed through Saturday…
And then, Aunt Jess arrived last night…
Archive for the ‘Ava’ Category
29 Jan
Kansas Day
To celebrate the 148th Kansas Day today, Ava and I made sunflower cupcakes. We used this Martha Stewart recipe for a devil’s food cake.
26 Jan
Liana and Coca (and Tom, too!)
As I mentioned last week, Liana spent a few days with us, and then this weekend, our friend Tom came down from Madison as well. We’re fortunate that so many of our Wisconsin friends make the trip down to Kansas. (Maybe it has something to do with the quickly melting snow…)
Anyway, I missed a few photos from Liana’s visit–namely, our trip to the dog park with Coca.
The trip wore out both Ava and Coca, but only one took a nap…
Liana and Tom: Come back soon. Send others in the meantime. 😉
24 Jan
Snow, man!
For the second weekend in a row, we have a bit of snow. A couple of inches last week, a 65 degree day on Thursday, and another sprinkling last night. I love Kansas.
Snowmen, however, don’t hang around here long.
20 Jan
Ava Fix
Ava’s wrapping up a gift for Bryan.
The first part of the surprise is that it’s the phone he’s been looking for. The second surprise? She used his unfinished crossword puzzle for wrapping paper.
It’s the thought that counts.
16 Jan
Overheard
Bec (referring to a workbook page about Mozart from preschool): “Who is this?”
Ava: “Motart.”
Bec: “What did he do?”
Ava: “He made a song.”
Bec: “A song. Really.”
Ava: “Yeah, ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star.'”
15 Jan
Overheard
Ava: I don’t like tomatoes.
Bec: Yes you do. You like marinara. That’s made from tomatoes.
Ava: Nope.
Bec: Well, do you know who does like tomatoes? Grandma Smith.
Ava: Let’s send them to her then.
7 Jan
Overheard
Me: Ava, we need to think about your birthday party. Wouldn’t it be fun to have a ladybug birthday party?
Ava: I want a princess party!
Me: Or, a butterfly party–that would be great!
Ava: No, a princess party.
Me: What do you mean, a princess party?
Ava: You know, the princesses–Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and Dora when she was a princess! Yeah, and we could have Boots, too!
Me: A Sleeping Beauty part would be fun, and kind of ironic.
Ava: No, all of the princesses, Mom.
Me: Well, how about a butterfly party?
Ava: Yeah, the princesses could all be holding butterflies!
Me: Well, that’s not exactly what I had in mind. Oh, I know, a puzzle party! You love puzzles.
Ava: Sure, the princesses could be holding butterflies and playing puzzles!
Me: Oh, Ava.
Ava: Oh, honey.
6 Jan
Ava Fix
Sometimes the hardest part about traveling is just finding a little time (and space) for yourself.
3 Jan
Santa!
Despite behavior that was often questionable at best the past year, Santa did find his way to Ava Christmas morning. (Olivia, too, though she was pretty underwhelmed by the whole thing.)
Santa brought Ava a trunk of dress-up clothes.
He also brought a special pair of pajamas since Ava has been falling asleep on her own and in her own bed (big news around the Smith household).
Liv received a push-popper toy, but she was hoping for a new pacifier. This one’s worn out.
After a quick breakfast, we loaded up the kids and headed for the Smiths bright and early Christmas morning. More photos to come!
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