More Artwork

After school we came home and Ava started working on her artwork again. First she made a bow out of construction paper and tape. I almost fell over when she showed me her bow. She even taped it to her Minnie Mouse nightgown.
Next she drew a picture of Simon. She really amazes me. Later she drew a picture of Dena, but that looks more like a bunny than a cat. Close enough, I guess.
Believe it or not, I didn't help her out with any of these crafts. She has a very creative mind and hand!

Little Artist

This morning Ava found her winter hat from last year and decided to put it on. When she started painting, I thought she looked like a real artist so I snapped a picture. Afterwards she went and played on the swing in her "colorful" outfit.
Next we headed to the library for story time and met one of her friends for lunch. When we got back home, she immediately went back to using her imagination and making crafts.
At school they have a special birthday celebration where you wear a birthday hat and walk around a candle holding a globe. Here Ava made her own special birthday hat and pretended to have her school birthday celebration. She even wrote a "4" and "HA" on the birthday hat , but stopped at the "P." Not bad for a 3 year old!
Her last craft of the day was when she made a sword and armor. Notice the armor on her shins and on her chest- she taped them on. The purple and orange thing is her sword. She got the idea from one of her Franklin books. The paper even matched her new candy corn socks!

Walking the cat

Tonight Ava and mom had the idea to take Simon for a walk around the yard. Mom put a harness and leash on Simon and Ava tried to walk him. The trick to walking Simon is that he is really walking you. You have to follow him. Ava said "he is such a handsome boy", because she hears mom say this all of the time. Look at Ava's socks, they are Halloween socks, purple and orange with little candy corns on them.

Labor Day Carnival

Monday we headed to a local carnival that had six bouncy houses plus another area with water play, toys, petting zoo and many other things. Lots of treats were consumed by the little lady- first a large hot dog, then cotton candy, snow cone and popcorn. Seriously. Believe it or not, she even went to bed without getting up once. We told her that if she got up then she wouldn't get any cotton candy or snow cones again. Our threat worked!

Coyote Point Museum

We headed to the Coyote Point Museum where we saw several animals- porcupine, bobcat, otter, badger, snakes, turtles and raccoon. The raccoon was washing himself just like our cats do so she thought that was pretty cute. I told Ava to ask Grandma and Grandpa about the raccoon stories from when I was a kid. Maybe we can dig out some of the pictures! The museum had a craft area where she made a snake out of clay. She used acorns for its head and eyes.
After the museum we headed to our friend's house. Ava had a great time playing with Anya and Lindsay on their huge trampoline. The day ended with salmon and a Carvel ice cream cake (Yum!).

Slinky

We went to a birthday party last night at "The Jungle." It is a huge place with bouncy houses, ball pits, mazes and games. She had a blast. After pizza and cake, she even got to take home a really fun gift bag that had sunglasses, paddleball, chinese finger trap, pinwheel, activity book and slinky. They were all a hit, but the slinky turned out to be the most versatile. Plus, we don't have any stairs in the house so we couldn't show her how it is "supposed" to work. Ava made it into a saxophone (pic #1), an accordion (Pic #2), a belt (Pic #3), a tunnel for marbles and finally a mangled mess.

Fancy Nails

Today Ava decided that she wanted her toenails painted. She choose two colors- red because Mimi had her toes painted red and purple because that's the color Mom wears. She did a great job sitting still while I painted them and even sat in her rocking chair as they dried. She even asked me to turn on the fan to help them dry quicker. You would think that she has been to the nail salon before!