Ava's Favorite Girls!

Although we find ourselves spending a lot of time with my friends who have little boys, we do have a few (fabulous!) little girls in our lives, too!

Here are Ava and Lily playing at our house the other day...


We spent part of this morning at Lookout Ridge (indoor playground - soon we'll get to go to the outdoor ones again!!) where we met Lily, Emily and Sarah. Since Emily is a big kindergartener this year, we haven't seen her much, and as you can see, she has been missed...


Sarah, Emily, Ava and Lily

The Giggle Factory

This morning we went to The Giggle Factory in Hudson with our next-door neighbors. Ava had a blast running around with Cameron and Caden - they burned off a TON of energy climbing and sliding and just generally being crazy. And Susan and I got to catch up in a couple of comfy chairs in the lounge area. They even have a cafe, and believe me I wanted a mocha, but I'm trying to cut back on all the sugary stuff...I did have a little of Ava's chocolate milk, though!


Ava and Cameron


Chocolate milk and a playground...what more could a girl want?


At the top of one of the slides

The baby gear starts to re-appear...

Just warming it up for my baby brother...



FYI, the Band-Aid is just for decoration! :)

Bathing Beauty!

Couldn't resist getting out the camera the other day...I cropped the pictures to make them internet-appropriate! :)





Like the 'do?

The Bikery

On Friday, we met our friends Ebba and Kelly, and their kids, at a coffee shop in Stillwater. The Bikery is part-cafe part...bike shop (as in selling and repairing bicycles). It was a good destination, because it had a nice little play area to occupy the kids, so we could actually converse as adults for a good chunk of time! Ava always has fun with these guys, even though she is outnumbered three to one by the boys (soon to be four to one!) At least she has the mommies to even things out a little. :)


Ebba and cuddly, sleepy Kai





Noah and Ava


Kelly and unwilling photography subject for the moment, Gavin :)

Sesame Street Live

After buying the tickets way back in November, today was the day I took Ava to Sesame Street Live. I didn't tell her what we were doing until we got to the Target Center, and even then she really had no idea what to expect.
It was so fun to watch her face as the different characters appeared onstage - she loved it and asked me numerous times if she could go up on stage with them! I was really happy that we had spent a little extra to get close seats - it was so worth it - all of the characters came down, at one point or another, and she got to say hello and shake their hands.







Ava even got to dance with the Honker - it was so cute - I just barely got my camera out in time!


Afterward, we met up with Joe for lunch, where she told him all about it.


Fast asleep on the ride home - I quite skillfully took this picture while I was driving - just aimed the camera over my shoulder and hoped for the best - not bad!

Thursday Humor

This is what happens when a (silly) 3-year-old dresses herself...


It's been pretty non-eventful around here the last couple of weeks. With the weather so cold, we've been staying inside for the most part and keeping busy with play dates, games, arts & crafts and a little baking. We're venturing out tomorrow to see Sesame Street Live at the Target Center, so hopefully I'll have a few pictures from that.