Little Lins!

It’s almost time to see if Santa heard your request through all those tears…

You know the best part of this crazy Christmas tree wannabe at daycare is?

This.

You might think I am working hard in our garden right now.

Pulling weeds.

Pulling plants out that I am not supposed to be pulling out.  (Oops.)

But I’m not.

I’m just a kid and kids don’t do yard work, you sillies.

They go to DISNEYLAND. That’s right. Disneyland. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Hi. I’m Ava. And you know what makes me smile?

Helping my Dada hang Christmas lights for my first time ever.

Wahla! Yeah Dada!!

And my Mama forgot to post pictures of us picking out a tree at Target. Good job Mama.

This tree is just my size. Here is before.

And here is after. Yeah!

One of the perks of having a toddler is that she is super observant. Ava can see balloons, birds, and flags from almost a millions of miles away. And in the grocery store, she looks up. Have you ever looked up at the grocery store ceiling before? Well, you should. Because you might see something silly that makes you giggle out loud.

Like Seagull feet.

What? Our baby is now 100 weeks old? AKA 23 months old? AKA almost 2 years old?!?!?! AKA ahhhhhh!!!!

As always, we take a picture of Ava at the exact time she was born or as close to it when she is at daycare. Here she is at pick-up time. Hanging out at the playground with a very messy onesie underneath her dress.

On our way to the car, Ava always insists on peaking at baby Cole who is now in the room she used be in… many months ago.

And she also has to wave bye to Grace too. We caught playing with her new friends while wearing her reindeer hat.

On Friday night, we packed up the Airstream again and hit the road for the weekend.  We decided to meet up with Dan’s family for the weekend at Morro Bay State Park to help celebrate Ava’s Grandma’s birthday. It rained most of Friday night while we were toasty in bed. In the morning, it was freezing.

It was definitely too cold to go birdwatching in the marsh across the way. Even with mittens.

Because of the cold we had to stay indoors most of the time. So it was off to a local diner instead. Where Ava put a lot of food her belly…

… and then immediately started to push it out. Gross, it know. But it was hilarious that she wanted to get out of her highchair, hold my knees, spread her legs, make her pooping face and take a dump in the middle of the diner. She has no shame. Love it!

Ava also spent some time playing with sugar packets…

… and taking quick walks around the campsite to check out the other Airstreams. But it was way too cold for most to be out so we didn’t have a chance to meet any other Airstream owners.

It was a rough Saturday night for Ava and me. We both got sick. Stomache aches. Trouble sleeping. Just plain miserable. So in the morning, we grabbed a quick bite to eat and started to pack up. Here is Ava doing when she loves to do. Finding 3 items, like pinecones, and calling them Dada, Mama and Ava… according to size.

Bye-bye marsh. Hope to go birdwatching with you someday… when it is much warmer and when our tummies don’t hurt.

Bye-bye Morro Bay State Park. Thanks for the last hook-up spot. We loved having electricity and running water and the view!

On Monday, the rain was back. We caught Ava chatting about ‘rain outside’ with some boys in her classroom.

And then put her on her art project of the day. A reindeer hat. The antlers are cut-outs of her hands, decorating with red glitter. And if you are wondering why her shirts at school are alway yucky… well, she is a messy eater. The messiest in her classroom for sure. That’s why at home, she always wears bibs.

Sometimes if Dan and I get there too early, it is still snack time. So we wait until Ava is all done. Afterward, she shows us how she can wash her own hands, all by herself, in the mini-sink they have in the bathroom.

And sometimes, we get there and she is doing something silly. Like eating cornbread with goggles on her head.

Here she is pushing her friend. Her friend screamed ‘Push Ava Lin!’ and Ava obliged.

This week, we finally decorated our tiny Christmas tree. It was Ava’s very first time putting ornaments on the tree. She LOVED it.

Good job Ava!!

She liked saying ‘Mama, star ovdje’ (Mama star here).

Since our tree was so little (on purpose…  stop laughing), we put our other ornaments on the fireplace. Ava really likes looking at the picture of Rudy and Yoda with Santa that I hung up.

Here is Ava after a spill in the kitchen. We always ask her ‘Are you okay?’ when something happens. And this week, Ava started to ask us if we are okay. All. Day. Long. Whenever we cough, bump our toes or make any other weird sound, she asks us if we are okay. And every once in awhile if I show her where I got hurt, she will kiss it and make it all better, like I do for her.  She also started to do some other new things too. She started to blow raspberries on my belly after drinking milk at bedtime. And the sang a WHOLE SONG all by herself. And surprisingly not a Deets song. She sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star from start to finish all by herself. No joke. Good job AVA!!!

Thanks to everyone for the Christmas cards so far. Ava loves each and every one of them. Not equally of course. The Elmo ones are her favorite.

Look in your mailboxes today. You might be getting a sneak peek of Ava’s Santa picture in there. Ho ho ho!

As soon as Ava notices an overpass (aka ‘tunnel’) on the freeway, we start counting down and scream when we are under it.

3…2…1…Weee!!!

We all have to do it. Ava’s rules. She is usually more excited that this. Trust me.