avablog

It’s like her artistic urges had been percolating all winter and only then were being released. Nothing like putting down some serious chalk to get you feeling back to normal.

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From a walk Ava and I took downtown and back this morning. I’m home with her today for the start of her spring break. It was just awesome to hold her hand and stroll down the street, talking about birds and flowers and what an amazing day it is. I could get used to this.

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Sometime today, Ava has a recital with her music teacher at school. The kids can choose to do pretty much anything they want, it sounds like, so long as it involves music. Ava, bless her sweet little heart, has decided to do an interpretive dance to Missing Persons’ “Walking In L.A.” Really. And judging by […]

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Gramary took Ava out to a farm yesterday to see some goat kids. While there, Ava collected a bunch of eggs, one of which she asked me to scramble for her — with ham — last night when she got home. She was as thrilled as could be with her booty. This morning, Ava asked […]

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Ava’s going to be Star of the Week at her school soon. In preparation, she gets to have Geoffrey the Giraffe at home with her for a week. Our job is to take pictures of Ava and Geoffrey as they pal around together. Prior to the Star of the Week stint, then, we’re supposed to […]

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This blog is hardly useful (fun?) if we (read: I) don’t use it to present information about our kids’ development. Emmett’s going through some changes, so I thought I’d share.

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Kevin and Rachel were in town over the weekend, and Kevin brought along his camera. Good thing, too, because it enabled him to take this shot of Ava goofing around in the tub.

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Today we took Ava out for her first ice skating adventure. I was astounded by how well she did. This is toward the end of our outing, when she circled the rink twice with almost no help from me at all.

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*sigh*

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Leah and her sister are the two most profoundly emetophobic people I know. Rachel also hates spiders. But I digress.

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I love this card Ava made for her grandma. We often try to get Ava to make cards for family members for special events, with varying degrees of success. But I gave Ava some alone time the other day with her paper and markers, and this is what she came up with. Not too shabby, […]

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Yes, Ava cut herself some new bangs this past weekend.

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I know this is part of the gig, my beloved Ava, but I caught myself sitting at my desk just now, staring at a photograph (ok, ok, an “image”) of you, and feeling my heart ache for all the times you’ll be away from me. Sleepovers. Field trips. Dates. College. Conferences….

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This is the first image in Ava’s 2010 set on flickr. It seems fitting to feature her here first in the new decade, since this blog wouldn’t be here without her. Leah, as you know by now, dislikes these photos of Ava where she’s sporting a pensive look. But I think it’s a perfect expression, […]

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I hope you have a little bit of this kind of excitement at your house today. This is Ava upon opening her new horse barn/stable toy. Levitate!

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Gosh, I bet I’m the first person to ever title a blog post this way. Cool! Weekend before last we went over to a friend’s house so Ava could make a gingerbread house. We had to amscray early to make it back for a play date (for Ava) so didn’t even get a chance to […]

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Sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to take a picture that’s so cute, it makes the viewer vomit upon seeing it. Wouldn’t that be weird? Anyway, if this turns out to be that picture for you, I apologize in advance.

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My mom usually takes Ava to and from school during the week. Sometimes, when the two of them are at Gramary’s house in the afternoon, we get an electronic message from Ava. Like this one we received today: She digs thje Zapf Dingbats, as you can plainly see. Also, please avoid paincones, if you’re able.

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Took some holiday photos at home over the weekend. Leah still wants to go get professional shots done, and frankly, I’m just tired of hearing about it. Until she schedules our sitting, I’ll share some of the shots I got yesterday. Enjoy, if you can…. Oh, also, if you’re reading this, you’re on our Christmas […]

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Fresh snow trumps freezing temps. Either that, or Ava has some undiagnosed nerve damage that makes it impossible for her to feel cold. Oh well. So long as she’s having fun….

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