Cucina Bambina

Wednesday afternoon Ava went to a place called Cucina Bambina where children can make thier own pizza and cupcakes. This was an outing for children that was part of the auction that Ava's school had as a fundraiser. Miss Orta was one of the hostesses for the event. The children decorated their chef hats and wrote their names. Here you can see Ava mixing the pizza dough and Miss Orta behind her. Ava was very excited about this and there was a big smile on her face the whole time. She at almost the entire pizza that she made and of course the cupcake.

Baby chicks

The kindergarten boys class at Ava's school hatched some baby chicks. They had eggs under heat lamps and the other day the eggs hatched. Ava's class got to go in and look at the baby chicks just after they were hatched. Here are Ava and Ema looking at them. Ava was so excited that she came home and told Mom and Dad all about it. This was part of the zoology section that they are learning at school.

For Miss Orta

Ava's latest drawing. This is a drawing that Ava did for teacher's appreciation week. It is a picture of Ava and Miss Orta and the resemblences are pretty accurate.

Barrettes for my baby sister

Ava likes thinking about what her baby sister might need and the other day she imagined that her baby sister would need some barrettes for her hair and a comb. So Ava packed these into a little envelope and said "these are for my baby sister".

Swimming with Bridgette

Saturday Dad had to go to work so Mom and Ava went to Bridgette's Cabana Club for some swimming. It was a nice warm and sunny 70 degree day. Ava and Bridgette both used noodles and swam together with Bridgette's Dad Mr Kelly behind them in the water. Both of the girls were a little competitive and wanted to get to the other side of the pool first.

Library books

Saturday was a booksale at the library. Mom and Ava got there when the doors opened and got a bunch of good deals on books. Some were Ava's usual favorites like "Little Bear", but others were ones that she hadn't read before like the "Berenstein Bears". Her favorite of the new books is one called "Marsupial Sue" which is about a kangaroo. Here are Mom and Ava reading the new books. It would have been a great picture except Ava decided to make her frowny face to be funny.

Play ball!

Every month the school changes some of the jobs to create a theme for the month. The coming of Spring and the month of May must mean baseball season has arrived! Ava is doing a job here with little baseball figures and bats. Each green square has a number on it. The student must place players and bats on the square that equal the number. Ava always gets very excited about the new jobs and comes home and tells us all about the jobs and how to do them.