Fish Derby!

Ava went to the fish derby in Santa Clara on Saturday morning. The local mens organizations sponsor the event and they fill the fountain in the town plaza with trout. The children then get a chance to try fishing. Ava caught a fish in less than one minute. Sounds like a good event so far. Then it got pretty traumatic for Ava and especially for Mom and Dad. They give you the fish in a plastic bag with some water to take home. Mom and Dad decided that we really didn't want to kill the fish and eat it so we drove to a local river to release it. Ava let it go in the water but then cried and cried. She said that she wanted the fish... that she wanted to eat the fish! We don't know if she really wanted to keep it or eat it, but suspect that she actually may have wanted to eat it. Mom and Dad were quite upset by the whole ordeal and don't know if we will try fishing again any time soon.

Jobs at school

Here is Ava doing one of her "jobs" at school. This one was sorting little pictures into things which are "living" and "non-living". Ava loves all of the jobs at school and gets very excited every month when they change the jobs. Today she told me that they are changing the jobs again because next week they will start studying zoology. Dad said that he didn't remember studying zoology or any sort of "ology" in preschool!

Cabana Club

We joined a swim club in the neighborhood. It opened for summer the other day and is open on the weekends. This Sunday was a beautiful day... sunny and 75, though it feels hotter in the sun. Ava, Mom, and Dad went to the Cabana Club to try it out. We spent two hours there with Dad and Ava swimming in the water. There were a few other children there that were Ava's age as well. Fifteen minutes before every hour they blow the whistle and say "Adult swim" which means that all kids have to get out of the pool for 15 minutes so that the adults can swim alone. Ava got a little upset each time and didn't like having to sit out while Dad got to swim alone. Ava loves the water!

Homemade strawberry juice

Ava had the idea to make strawberry juice. She had it all planned out and all that Mom had to do was watch. She smushed it and bit it and squeezed it some more. Made a little bit of a mess, but she was very satisfied with her "strawberry juice". Dad didn't get to see this firsthand... but then on Wednesday morning Ava again made Strawberry juice for Dad for breakfast!

Pinwheel

Another great purchase from the Dollar store. Ava calls it her pinwheel, or sometimes her "cartwheel". She ran around with it and made is spin. The day had a little wind so when we stuck it in the ground it did spin a bit.

Ultrasound

Last week Ava went with Mom and Dad to the 19 week ultrasound appointment. Mom asked if Ava could go and the nurse said "a very well behaved 4 year old can come." So off we went to Stanford Hospital. Ava was all dressed in her school uniform because that is where she was going afterwards. Many of the nurses told her how cute she was. Ava sat and watched them perform the ultrasound. She was very excited to see her baby sister!

Ava's school

Here is a 1-minute segment on Ava's school that is going to air on the news here in May. It was voted best grade school in our town. Ava isn't in the video and seemed a little upset that the "little kids" weren't in the video.