Snapshots from January

With all this cold weather Ava has learned to love hot chocolate. After we go for walks on the trail we enjoy warming up with a cup.

On this day Ava and I built a treehouse with a pool out of duplos. My favorite part was Ava's zoo. She had me put the tiny fence together and then she crammed all of her animals inside. That was Ava's zoo...poor animals. I was surprised when the lion didn't eat the other animals, but Ava told me it was a nice lion.

Ava can be very funny and super silly. On this day she put her anti thumb sucking gloves on her feet. I made the gloves by just cutting off the fingers and leaving the thumb. Sometimes Ava will wear them to help discourage her from sucking her thumb. It works when she wears them, but usually it is too much of a battle or inconvenient for her to keep them on. It was pretty hilarious to see them on her feet though.

All month we have been enjoying broccoli from our garden. Garden fresh broccoli is so good and one of Ava's favorite things to eat.
The last couple of months we have been talking with Ava a lot about what she eats and the kinds of food that will make her healthy and strong. We have been having a lot of fun and interesting conversations around the dinner table.

For her birthday Ava got crayon maker from Papa and Nonna Kurz. We have used it a couple of times and made some crazy swirling colored crayons.

In this picture Ava is wearing some clip-on earrings and a necklace from Italy. When Rich was on his mission in Italy he met a guy that owned a souvenir shop and he gave this jewelry to Rich. He told Rich to give it to a beautiful lady. Many years later Ava discovered it and now she is the beautiful lady that wants to wear it.