25 Days of Christmas - Day 6

Ava and I went to Wal-Mart this afternoon and passed by a display of Little Golden Books. They had 2 Christmas ones; a Mickey Mouse and The Animals' Christmas Eve. I had the book, The Animals' Christmas Eve when I was little. This is the same story, they just revamped the pictures. Why oh why can't they leave well enough alone. The older version is much prettier though the story's the same. Bradley read this to Ava tonight as part of our 25 Days of Christmas. Of course she didn't sit still through the whole story, but she loves books and looking at the pictures. You can tell she loves it because in one of the pictures, she is chewing on it!

Stayed tuned for tomorrow night's activity because Ava is making Gingerbread Men with Nana and Pop.

25 Days of Christmas - Day 5

Tonight we painted Ava's ornaments that we made on Monday. As usual, Ava shied away from the wet mushy stuff. Boy can you tell from the pictures that she wasn't having fun! I guess she was having flashbacks from plaster hand prints because she was just not enjoying it. There were some that just barely got any paint at all. She was just in one of those moods tonight and it wasn't one of holiday spirit! Not sure what's next on our holiday countdown. Maybe we'll draw from our advent jar and surprise ourselves!

You guys are right, Ava was pooped out from all that shopping. She even napped again when we went into town to pick up Ava's portraits from Kori. Man, do they look great!

25 Days of Christmas - Day 4

25 Days of Christmas - Day 4

Tonight we took a trip to Jackson to do a little Christmas shopping. We didn't get there until almost 6, so we were very rushed and are now very tired. But some of you know that Ava was going to see Santa and I know you are dying to see how it went. It didn't go bad, but it didn't exactly go that great. Ava was very cautious about seeing Santa. She liked him from far away, but not so much up close. She didn't out and out cry, but she whimpered quite a bit. Let me tell you though, Santa knows his stuff. He told us exactly what to do to pose Ava so that she looks like she's on his lap, but in actuality, she's on his knee. It went better than I expected and while we didn't get a smile, we didn't get Ava hysterics either. Hey beggars can't be choosers! Anyway, here is Ava's picture with Santa. It is very late so I will post my little scrapbook page tomorrow and hopefully tomorrow night we will get our ornaments painted.

25 Days of Christmas - Day 3

Tonight for our 25 Days of Christmas project, we made homemade ornaments. {Thanks to Stacy for giving me the leftover mix.} It started out with just Ava and I making ornaments as Bradley took pictures. He didn't want to make ornaments, just take the pictures. As you can see from the pictures, it was so much fun he couldn't resist. Just one more reason why I love this man; he can jump in, act like a kid, and just make things so much more fun. Ava seemed to enjoy making the ornaments, though I think she enjoyed getting to stand on the step ladder and trying to eat oranges much more. She liked getting messy. She also decided to take a taste of an orange peel (wish I had caught that expression on film) and decided to lick the flour off the counter. It was just so much fun. They are now baked and hardened and the next step: Finger Paints! Can't wait to see Ava paint these little things. We are in for a mess!

Thanks to all who have been stopping in to visit the blog. We have had over 4,000 visitors since I began the blog. Also a big thanks to all who have left comments lately. Bradley and I love reading what you have to say! I just hope you are enjoying your holiday season as much as we are! Love to all!

25 Days of Christmas - Day 2

Day 2 of the 25 Days of Christmas. Pretty uneventful. We had a good nap and just rested.

Recent Ava Movies

I finally got a chance to download some recent Ava movies. It seems like all we ever record is her dancing. But she's just so darn cute doing it! Enjoy!

Ava getting in the way of us putting up the Christmas tree.



Ava dancing with the stars.



Ava dancing to We Wish You a Merry Christmas