School Days

Ava is in the four-year old classroom at Giggles and Grins. Here are her first school pics......my girl is growing up!

Meeting Santa

Ava burst into tears while Jack was driving her to school last week. When Jack questioned her about it, she said that she forgot to ask Santa for lipstick in the letter she mailed him. That's my girl!

We took her to Fayette Mall yesterday to see Santa. We had to wait in line about an hour. The wait wasn't that bad until this "grandpa" right behind us was teaching his grandson the following song...."Jingle bells, Rudolph smells, mommy laid an egg". I mean, come on...........What an idiot! Did he think this was funny???? Luckily, Ava wasn't paying attention to him. Jack, on the other hand, was irate to say the least. When we finally made it to Santa, Ava wasn't scared at all. She sat it his lap with the biggest smile on her face. She was so excited! Maybe she will get her lipstick after all.........

Here's photos with Santa from the past three years......

This was her first encounter with Santa. She was not impressed. I can't say that I liked him either. He looked like the drunk Santa. Look at his eyes! And the fake beard........We had just left McDonalds. Notice that Ava is clutching her french fries in her hand. She was terrified. Why do we do this to our children? LOL.

This was her second encounter with Santa. As you can see, no tears....but she still looked a little frightened.

This was one happy girl! And I think this is the real Santa..........

Black Friday is for the Birds!

I usually have to work on Black Friday, but decided stop by Wal-Mart that morning to get a new camera. I arrived at wal-Mart around 6:20. The flashing police lights in the parking lot should have been a warning to turn around, but I was determined to have a new camera for myself. I walked into the store to find lines so long that they reached the back of the store. My first thought was "You are kidding me!!!!!!". I made my way to the back and only had to stand in line for 10 minutes, got my camera and left. I am happy to report that I was not pushed, attacked, cursed, etc. There were earlier reports of a cat fight between two women-it took four people to pull them apart. What is wrong with people? How could people forget the true meaning of Christmas? A young man employed by Wal-Mart in New York lost his life. And for what? A $30 DVD player? This world is a crazy place.

Ava "wrote" a letter to Santa. She has asked for a $60 slide for Barbie (she doesn't play with Barbies that much), a computer like her daddy's, a flower pot, and tattoos....oh, and everything else she sees. Jack made her mad, and she told me that Santa was not going to bring him anything good. I saw her little mind working and she said that Santa was going to bring him socks. Then she said he wasn't even getting socks, hehe. We haven't seen Santa yet, but are planning to go to the mall soon.

I asked Ava what kind of cookies Santa would like. Jack said he bet Santa would loves cookies from Root-a-Bakers in Morehead. I guess that means I will be making a trip to the bakery the week of Christmas........

Update

Ava has grown so much! I look at her and just smile....she's bright, strong-willed, and quite the jokester! She still loves princesses.......As a matter of fact, when she is being mischievious, & I have to call her name, many times she informs me that she isn't Ava, but Cinderella. I can't help but to laugh at her imagination.

Ava loves preschool. She is now in the four year old classroom, and has learned so much. She is learning the months of the year, and quite often asks me to sing the months of the year song with her. Her version goes as follows.......January, Fairytale, March and April, etc. She has got it bad. She will run through the hallway, leaving her glass slipper behind. She asks her daddy to carry it to her on a pillow, and of course, he plays along.

Ava is in her second year of dance with Ms. Kelly. What a difference a year makes! She loves it! This year her class will be in the Christmas parade, and will be performing in a Christmas program.

For those of you who are reading this, please check back.. I promise to do monthly updates instead of my normal yearly updates!

Until next time........