Funny Ava Moment

Sometimes I wonder how in the world Ava picks up on the smallest things, she must be watching our every move.  Yesterday, Keren and I had such a great laugh at what she did.  Ava does this funny thing where she will sniff our shirts occassionally.  Normally Keren smells good and I stink, according to Ava.  Well, yesterday was no different.  (for the record I had showered and just washed my favorite drab grey sweatshirt I wear 24/7 in the house)  Ava comes up to me while I'm chillin' on the couch and does her patented sniff test.  She promptly says "NO" then "EWWWWW."  It's really funny actually and is probably the reason she gives that response because we always laugh.  Well yesterday she added a twist.  After handing down the verdict that I stink, she disappears into the bathroom and comes back out with my stick of Old Spice "sport" deodorant, then proceeds to lift up my shirt and rub it all over me.  Keren and I were almost in tears, it was too funny.  She's seen me put on deodorant but how she knows it's purpose is to combat stink is beyond me.  Kids must be sponges at this age, no action or detail goes unnoticed.

As I write this, (Sunday night), it's snowing again.  It's snowed another 2-3 inches and we've had snow on the ground for at least a week straight.  It's really nice actually and I'm glad Ava has been out in it a few times.  The weekend was fairly relaxing (except for my mid-term exam Saturday morning) and Ava seems to be singing more than ever.  Her "mean ol' mama" song is a favorite as is the ABC song.  She talked and sang in her crib this afternoon before finally falling asleep for her nap for almost an hour.  Overall she seems really happy most of the time but her emotions can be a roller coaster ride also.  She's super active (as always) and sometimes grumpy, especially after waking up from a short nap.  At nights she's usually always happy and playful but is highly resistant to going to bed.  She LOVES her Georgie snacks (Curious George gummy fruit snacks) and also loves "pop".  Which means popsicle.  Despite these highly un-nutritional snacks we feed her plenty of veggies and fruit which she loves also.  She really loves sliced cucumbers and tomatoes.  Saturday night we took her to Buy Buy baby to look at a new car seat.  I made the mistake of taking her out of the shopping car and she was WILD.  I had to keep tabs on her constantly as she was taking these playground balls out of a display, then running down the isle to the toys, then to mama, then back to the balls etc.  She was good, just extremely active.  After extensively researching the car seats we found a better deal online and decided to leave.   We then walked down to Half Priced Books and let Ava have free reign of the book store.  She stayed in the kids section but must have taken 6,498 books off the shelves which I had to go behind and pick up.  We ended up buying 2 Elmo books, a book about bears and The Happiest Toddler on the Block. (how to eliminate tantrums and raise a patient, respectful and cooperative one to four year old)   ummmmm, yeah right.   

This blog seems to be jumping all over the place, so many reflections and thoughts to cover since I've slacked on this for a while.  I did get Ava an Etch a Sketch tonight at Wally World, she loves artsy stuff so I thought she would play with it for hours.  She kept twisting the knobs in the same direction so the line always ended up in the lower right hand corner.   She really loved shaking it to clear the screen the best.  Whatever makes her happy.