Ava now loves to help her daddy and I clean. Whenever we are cleaning, she wants a paper towel to help. She also is in "clean up" mode, where she is more excited about cleaning up the mess then making it. Of course, mommy is very happy about that. We always sing the clean up song, and she loves it.

Bug Obsession!

These pics I took of Ava to show something she loves to do.... collect bugs. When she finds a bug and it's alive, she likes to smoosh it on her finger (harmless bugs, like lovebugs and wood ants) and walk around staring at them. She keeps it on her finger as long as possible, and sometimes gets very upset of the bug falls off and goes "bye-bye." She has absolutely no interest in dolls, just bugs. What can I say, I was a tomboy, too.

Crazy 8's

Here is a fun questionairre my friend sent me:

8 Things I am Passionate About...
1. Being a wife
2. Being a mother
3. My religion
4. My friends
5. Organization and cleanliness
6. Eating (he he)
7. Taking Showers
8. Sleeping

8 Things I want to Do BEFORE I die...
1. Serve a full time mission
2. See my kids marry in the Temple
3. Buy a motorhome and travel all over
4. Go to England
5. Get back in shape
6. Get a master's degree
7. Have a couple more kids
8. Be a stay at home mom

8 Books I've Recently Read
1. The BOM
2. Anne Geddes baby books
3. Peek-a-boo books
4. My Mommy and I
5. The Work and the Glory
6. The Very Hungry Catapillar
7. Touch and Feel Books
8. Any other toddler book you can imagine

8 Songs I could listen to Over and Over
1. Joseph Smith's First Prayer
2. You're Beautiful
3. I Know That My Redeemer Lives
4. How Great Thou Art
5. The Spirit of God
6. Did You Think to Pray
7. O Holy Night- Christmas song
8. Anything Corrine Bailey Rae

8 Things that Attract Me to My Best Friends
1. Honesty
2. Integrity
3. Positive attitude
4. They listen to me when I need someone
5. They give good advice
6. They are smart
7. They like me for who I am, and forgive me no matter what
8. They are just as committed as I am to becoming a better person

8 Things I've Learned and Relearned in the past year
1. Just be happy!
2. How much Heavenly Father love me
3. I am very blessed
4. How babies are made (I had forgotten)
5. Marriage can be totally wonderful
6. How Much I love my husband
7. Always read your scriptures
8. The power of prayer

8 People I think should do the 8's
1. Lance
2. Sarah (already did it)
3. MaryJo
4. Rebecca
5. Elisabeth
6. Melissa
7. Joanna
8. Dan

Halloween

Ava was a fairy for Halloween this year. She went to the church trunk or treat and she had a blast. She had an Elmo basket, which she adored. Ava learned to hold her bucket up and say "trick-treat". The funny thing is, she would continue to hold her basket up after she got her treat and stare at you as long as it took, expecting more goodies. With those fluttering eyelashes nobody could resist giving her more goodies, so she held her basket up until she thought she had a sufficient amount and then would move on.

She still plays with her basket, and she loves to now, multiple times a day, come up to mommy and daddy with her basket in hand and say "trick-treat" to get goodies. She doesn't care what it is, just as long as we put something in the basket.