Flowers & Ladybugs

The Friday night before Mother's Day we were trying to get Ava to use the potty and go to bed, but she did not want to cooperate. To encourage her to go to bed I told her about our fun plans for the next day. I told her we were going to the flower store to buy vegetables and she said "and flowers too!" I told her we could buy some flowers too. Ava then decided we needed to buy yellow flowers and we told her she could buy yellow flowers but first she had to go to sleep. This seemed to calm her down and she began to get excited about getting flower the next day. Ava sat on the potty and talked about yellow flowers while she waited to go. After a little bit she burst out "yellow and red flowers too!" It was so cute and she was so excited I told her she could pick out some yellow and red flowers after she went to sleep. Ava was happy and looking forward to the next day and went to bed without anymore trouble.

On Saturday Ava woke up and remembered we were going to the flower store to buy yellow and red flowers. On our drive there she talked about the flowers and then stated, "need blue flowers too." When I asked her about the blue flowers she replied, "daddy needs the blue flowers." As we talked about the flowers she told us the blue flowers were for daddy, the yellow flowers were for mommy, and the red flowers were for her. I thought it was so sweet she was thinking about us that of course I gave in and let her pick out flowers for each of us. After we got the flowers we took them home and planted them all in one pot that is Ava's pot.
While we were at Capital Nursery we also bought some ladybugs. I like to buy ladybugs each year to help control the aphids on my roses. This year Ava was excited to help release them. At first she was excited to hold the container and watch the ladybugs move. Once they started climbing all over her arms she decided it wasn't that much fun and just wanted them off her.