Tooth

Lily lost her first tooth today, she pulled it out all by herself

Googley sinus

Ava stuck one of those little craft Googley eyes up her nose this morning. When we called to take her to the doctor she started crying so hard that she had so much snot and she blew it out. Silly girl.

Big girl

Ava is such a big girl. She has been so easy to potty train. After I told her the concept, she caught right on. She can even hold her potty longer than I can, lol! I am excited to see if she keeps it up. She has only had 2 accidents in a whole week. ever since she said, "Oh, that's a good idea, she hasn't had an accident." What a little smarty.

And she is so cute. We made a gingerbread house and she says it, "Danger bread house."

Good idea

I am attempting to potty train Ava and I told her it was time to go to the bathroom. She walked in there and starting going potty on the floor. I said, "Ava, please wait until you sit on the toilet to start going." She looked down at the floor and back up at me and said, "oh, that's a good idea."

pone and others

Ava says her "f" sound as a P. It cracks me up. I just love her. I typical day with Ava sounds like this.

Mom, can I talk on your pone.

Mom, I can pick stuff up with my pingers.

Mom, I pound my princess dress.

She also talks really careful making sure she gets every word out just right. She emphasizes funny words and everyone that listens to her always starts laughing because it is so funny and cute. I am going to video a conversation with her one of these days so that I can remember how much she makes me smile when she talks to me. Like when she put her little hands on my cheeks today and said, "Mom, can I kiss or (your) lips." I just laugh when she talks, it is so darn cute.

Santa visit

We took the kids to the new outlets at Traverse Mountain tonight. We didn't know that Santa would be there. And apparently neither did anyone else. There was no line. The kids sat on his lap and had a conversation. Ava told him she wanted princess stuff. Lily said she wanted a video camera (a fake plastic one) and a journal with a lock. Calvin said he wanted an art set.  He was very nice and told them he had a special surprise for each of them for Christmas morning, but for right now a little present would do and he gave them a small coloring book. Ava looked at the book and there was a picture of a cartoon Santa on the front and she looked up at Santa and hollered, "hey, that's you on dis book, Santa, it's you on da book, Santa, it's you. " He and just smiled at her.

Pie

I told Ava that we had to go to Costco to get pumpkin pie and she said, " princesses love to eat pumpkin pie."

Elder Bednar

We were so fortunate to have an apostle of the Lord come to our stake conference today. Elder David A. Bednar gave a compelling and whitty talk. He talked about doing interviews with the media about the church. He said most people don't realize that the Mormons and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints are the same thing. He said most people he talked to wanted to learn more about the church instead of continuing the interview questions. He bore a beautiful testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ and told us he was a witness for the Savior. The spirit was strong and it was wonderful.