Cousin Fun

We had a very busy Saturday. Ava had her Duran cousins (Mimi’s side of the family) in from Cally plus we had a birthday party for her cousin Mia (Gramps side of the family). We started the day off at a local pool in La Porte. This was our 1^st time there. It was great! It was perfect for all 5 kids we had, ranging from 11 months to 4 years, since the max depth was 3 feet. There was a beach entry, mushroom water fall, 2 small sides, dump buckets, and a splash pad. Then we were off to Mia’s party where she got her face painted with a green dinosaur and a dinosaur balloon (not surprised at all by her request of dinosaurs).

Side note: Over the past few weeks I can definitely tell Ava is growing up.  

She can hang pretty much all day (weekends & on vacations) then nap about 6. Sometimes it’s a short nap to recharge, but when she naps for 2 plus hours we are in trouble and she stays up late.

On the same note, she can stay up pretty late when there is action going on.

She was a total crib/toddler bed baby, but now she can fall asleep with Ryan and I in the bed. Doesn’t always happen. Only on vacations. I don’t want her to get accustom to it.

If we wake up before her in the morning she will just get out of bed and find us. She used to call out for us.

Vacations or weekends we can lay her down on the couch or bed for quite time/nap and she will fall asleep on her own.

She gravitates to kids and wants to play with them. Doesn’t seem shy or stay by our side.

She will tell us want she wants and doesn’t want something

Talking all the time. Sometime I wonder where she learns such big words or how she knows the context of words.

We have good days and bad days potty training.

Starting to learn, understand and speak Spanish. We have 1-10 down, some colors, and easy words (help, please, thank you, etc.)