Day Ninety-Five

Artistic view...

Ava LOVES showers and to me it's so much easier to just let her take a shower with me the only problem I ran into was bath toys.  There really isn't much made for the shower but the other day I saw these and decided to give them a try.  They are called bath stickers but are basically foam cutouts.  She will slap them up on the shower door and them wipe them all down and start over.  It's really cute to watch her create her little picture.

Day Ninety-Four

Easter....

Here are some photos o our beautiful Easter day.

Pre-Nap (1st part of the day)

Post-Nap (-pants, +sweater)

It was a GREAT weekend.

Day Ninety-Three

Historic Adventures...

Saturday was a nice day so we packed a lunch and headed south to St. Mary's City.  When we arrived we found a picnic table and I covered it with our outdoor blanket and set up lunch.  It was very nice getting a chance to have a family meal out in the sunshine.

After lunch we got our tickets and started out on our tour.  We have been once before but it was last Labor Day and the park was closed so we could not go into the buildings or the ship.  Ava LOVED the ship and would have stayed in the officers bunk for her nap had we let her.  Her little vocabulary is really blossoming and as she was introduced to new animals she learned what they were and was able to pick them out.  It is so amazing to watch.

I love days out with my family.

Day Ninety-Two

Oh so colorful...

Today I attempted to take Easter shots of Ava but she wasn't really in the mood to cooperate.  I got maybe five shots that I can salvage but they are all of her back so I'll try again on Easter.  I was too paranoid that she would get her outfit dirty today even though overall she is a very clean kid and rarely gets dirty.

After we came back in we decided to go ahead and dye the eggs before dinner.  I let Ava dunk one of the eggs but then she seemed to think they were some sort of ball and I didn't want them to get thrown.  I held her and let her watch us but really she is still too little for that sort of thing.  Luckily Kate helped me so I didn't have to do them alone.

Aaron contributed to this first photo...

This next one Kate did for Aaron...

Day Ninety-One

Fun in the sun...

The sun has returned and the wind has gone away so we got back outside.  After I got home from school and Aaron got off of work we took Ava to the park.  We ended up going to two parks because the first one we went to, which is our usual, was packed.  We went down the street to another park and Ava loved the new equipment.  She went down the slides like a pro.  She scoots herself to the end and slides herself down.

After a half hour or so we took her back down the street to the other park to feed the ducks and geese.  I have to be careful and not take moldy bread because Ava likes to eat it instead of feed it to the geese.

Well, it's been a long day and we are going to watch a movie so I will leave you with some pictures of one of the bradford pear trees in the front yard.  It the first picture you can see the willow has bloomed too.

Day Ninety

A Long Wednesday...

This morning Ava and I ran errands then when we got home I had to do the Wednesday task on cooking dinner in the afternoon.  I leave for class at 3:30pm and try to have dinner done before I go since I don't return until after 8.  I'm running out of things that can simmer on the stove for three hours and not burn or require any additional work.

Day Eighty-Nine

Looking up....

Last night I just wanted to lay down and I just didn't feel like taking a picture.  It was late, I was tired, and I just couldn't find anything interesting around.  So I laid down on the floor looked up.

Then I look to the right...

Then Ava came over to show me she put a bow on her head.  She thinks it's pit-ee.