Go, Go, Goers!

We had two big "milestones" this week with Ava...and now it seems like every time I look at her, I see a little girl, and not my little baby, anymore.  If you asked, she would be happy to tell you, "I am NOT a baby!  I'm a big girl!!"  But then every once in a while, she wants me to carry her like a baby from her bath to her bed, so really, she's sending me mixed messages. :) I've also spent some time recently looking at past photos of her when she was first born.  I am constantly amazed that the little baby blob who cried, pooped, fussed, and generally made me tired for the last 4 years, has turned into this little girl, who is bright!  And who makes connections in her thought process!  And follows directions when given (by other people, of course, not me or her dad!) So, what were those milestones, you might ask... I took her in for her kindergarten screening on Friday.  They did the usual tests of measuring height, weight, hearing (ha!), visio...

Obviously, Ava loves to dress up as a princess...and lately, she's started to wear her Alice in Wonderland Halloween costume a bit more.  That makes me happy since it was a little pricey for a one-time use!  Yesterday, she decided that she and Baby Cinderella both needed to wear crowns.  It was too cute, and when I tried to take a picture of them, she refused!  Trying to capture the two of them was nearly impossible.  I think Ava looks like a mini-adult in this picture... Note the two different colored shoes...neither of them blue. And Baby Cinderella's crown is around her belly! I hope she doesn't hold real babies by the neck like this! We took advantage of the great weather yesterday, and I washed all of the windows, inside and out.  All of the curtains, blinds, window sills, etc. are CLEAN! One more project off the list of things to do.  We're going to try to tackle some of the basement today...although, with the sun shining,...

My parents came to town last weekend for a very brief weekend visit...but we managed to squeeze in a lot during those two days.  The weather didn't fully cooperate, but we managed to find enough things to do inside, so it really didn't matter! Scott and I made a ton of new recipes - it's always more fun (and a little more stressful, so why not?) to try out new recipes for guests, than for ourselves.  Most of them were pretty darn good!  Now, we just need to remember to make them in the future. My mom also did all of my ironing...which I thought was wonderful!  Ironing is not one of my favorite chores, so to have that help was fantastic! One thing off the list that I didn't have to tackle!  We also had Grandma Deb and Grandpa Whitey over for a family dinner on Sunday evening, as it had been too long since all of the grandparents had seen each other.  I think Ava truly enjoyed being the center of attention with her grandparents all watching he...