Ava-isms.

My kid has seriously become so hysterical - she keeps us laughing all day, everyday! Here are some recent gems:

Ava, about the obvious baby boy we saw at the park: "Mommy, look! Baby Jesus!"

We clearly need to spend more time around boys! Apparently being with five other little girls day in and day out has her thinking babies only come in one variety, save for Jesus. Ha!

The other day, when I picked Ava up from Plug & Play, they told me that during puzzle time when everyone else was playing quietly, she suddenly belted out, "Call me maybe!" That basically sums up Ava.

I've always been all for Ava learning Spanish, especially colors and other elementary concepts. That is, until she decided to name her Barbie unicorn Negro. Um....

Me: "Ava, you're so beautiful."
A: "No, mommy! I'm FABULOUS!"

Yes. Yes, you are.

She cracks me up.

Recent Ava-isms.

Oh, how I love when a child mispronounces something, or says something silly and potentially embarassing.. Those are the things you remember as they grow up - how they said "peppernip" instead of "peppermint" until they were six years old (S), and all the cute things they said that mortified you at the time: "Mommy, are you keeping your panties dry?" as the Austin Fire Department makes their way through the market buying school supplies with students they mentor. Oh, these are the days!

Nothing gives Ava greater joy than pleasing an audience. That girl is a born performer. So much so, in fact, that she sometimes adopts strategies the boys I watch(ed) (more on that later) and uses potty humor to make other kids laugh. "Mommy, do you have a dirty tushy?" Yep, my kid's the one on the playground being a bad influence. Whatevs.

Usually, though, she's just plain funny. The other morning I woke up to Ava literally an inch from my face, saying, "I'm super hungry for bacon!" Oh. Alright, then.

And of course, this being a girly household and all, there's always talk about bling.

Speaking of running a girly household, Ava seems to think she has boobies. I belong to what some might call the itty bitty titty committee (unfortunately), so frankly, that's a valid thought in her mind. Anyhow, the other day she came into her room while I was looking for something and asked me, "Mommy, where's my bra?" Ha! I thought I had a while before I had to field those questions!

And of course, she likes to emulate our every sentence, including asking the girls the other day in the midst of one of their fits, "What are you whininnnnnnng about?" That didn't help the situation - LOL.

Also? Last night, I was telling Ava how it was about to be bathtime and prepping her to start our bed routine.

Me: "Ava, it's almost time for bath."
Ava: "Then play games?"
Me: "Yes."
Ava: "Then read books?"
Me: "Yes, baby."
Ava: "Then we shake our booties?"

HA! How can you say no to that? Shake our booties we did :)

And lastly, Ava talks only in third person. "Mama, Ava do this puzzle?" I'll be sad when she stops that one :(

What cute things do your kids say or do?

Cheers!

Ava is obsessed with the word/concept of "Cheers!", and she totally seems to understand it (we may be drinking too many weekend mimosas at brunch...)!

It started off that she would cheers our cups at the dinner table, which we got a kick out of. Now, though, she does it for everything that's the same. Yesterday was one of the most precious instances:

Putting Ava into the car after the park, she was staring deeply into my eyes.

Ava: "Daddy has green eyes."
Me: "Yes, you're right!"
Ava: "Mommy brown eyes."
Me: "Yep, just like Ava."
Ava, pressing her eye to mine: "Cheers!"

GAH! She's just so cute. She's also been cheers-ing our toes together, since they're both painted the same color, and the other day when we were both blowing our noses, she touched her kleenex to mine and went, "Cheers!"

I love this age. Totally almost makes up for the fact that she dropped her animal on the ground earlier and said, "aw, shit." :X