Lately...

Over the past few weeks we have been waiting patiently for Spring weather to arrive. Ava is an outdoors kind of girl and is always wanting to go out. If not out to play then she asks to go to the store. Here are some pics from a few weekends ago at the Kings Landing Sugarbush and Noah's 5th Birthday party up at Kingswood.

Easter Chocolate!

Ava had a blast Easter morning hunting for the eggs. She's a clever girl and found every egg with minimum help! Not every egg had a treat inside & Ava quickly learned to shake the egg and if nothing rattled she wasted no time in opening the 'rotten egg'! She was totally amazed that she was getting chocolate and with each egg that she opened she'd whisper...cho-co-late! We let her eat one of the little hollow bunnies no bigger than my thumb and that was enough chocolate to set her off to demon land. Pete and I looked at each other and wondered where sweet little Ava went! She was a totally different person! It took about 45 minutes for her to wear it all off! Here are some pics from the morning.

18 Months Old!

Today Ava turned 18 months old. She has grown up so much in the past few months. She says 3-4 word sentences, repeats anything..I mean anything we say! She can count to 5 sometimes can make it to 10 skipping 7 & 8 ;) She knows colours and loves colouring not to mention the hours of playing with her play dough! Every day she amazes us with something new and exciting. To quote her Dad "She's somethin' else":)

We had a few friends over for a supper playdate a while back and here are some pics of Ava loving having her friends around! It's so much fun to see all the kids play together.

Christmas Fun!

Ava with her inch worm from Santa
So much Love!
Ava loves her little people camping/fishing set from Daddy & Mommy

Ava got a new Dolly from Auntie Kathy, Uncle Brent & the kids
Ava's so excited to get her new Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from Nanny & Grampy. Go Leafs Go! After we told Ava the Leafs lost...again :( She thinks it's total rubbish!


Grrr...Ava's evil glare

Dreaming of Santa
The Hostess Christmas Eve
The men building Ava's new Playhouse from Nanny & Grampy Christmas Eve
Christmas morning just before Ava woke up

We kept busy throughout the holidays. We celebrated Christmas at our house this year and had a blast. Ava was pretty wowed Christmas morning seeing all the toys Santa left her. She was so good at opening a present looking it over and geting on to the next one. We were all spoiled again this year and are so thankful for all we received! :)

Merry Christmas!

2nd Annual Yankee Swap

Last night 11 of us met at the Back Nine for the 2nd annual Yankee Swap. Julie would be just as disappointed from the 'lack of' swapping again this year! I think the reason for that is that everyone brings an awesome gift so there is no need for swapping! :)

It was great to see everyone and hope to see you all over the holidays!

Happy Birthday Morgan!

Adrienne & Jody had a bunch of us over this morning for a PJ party to celebrate Morgan turning 2. I think Ava liked the cake best!

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Preparing for Xmas

Last weekend we went with the Reeves' to cut down our Christmas tree's. Ava enjoyed the outdoors but it was cold! Christmas is sneaking up on us and for some reason I don't feel prepared at all. Pete & I are pretty excited to have our first Xmas in our home.