I want to blog…really I do…

I’ve just had nothing to blog about lately. We’re pretty boring ‘round here at the Cardwell house. We’ve done a couple of home improvement projects…but they’re not completely done and won’t be until we get some new furniture. Ava’s big girl room is pretty close to being complete. There are just a couple of things I want to get for her walls…everything takes time. And money. For now I’ll share a little of what our little Miss Priss has been up to lately.

Ava is so stinkin tall! She’s at least 42 inches…probably 43. When I tell people how old she is, they don’t believe me. “NO WAY is she only 3!!” Why would I lie about my kid’s age, people?

She goes to Preschool 2 days a week and absolutely loves it. She has so much fun and is learning so much. She can count to 20…but somehow eleventeen is in there between sixteen and twenty. AND…I just found out this week that she can count to 10 in Spanish!? Not sure if I should thank her teacher or Dora. :-)

Speaking of…she loves her new teacher, Ms. Cheryl…and I love that she loves her teacher.

She repeats EVERYTHING she hears. The other day I said “oh jeez a lou” and now Ava goes around saying “Jesus Lou”. :/ Oops. I tried to explain that Jesus’ middle name isn’t Lou. She just laughed at me and said, “Oh mommy, Jesus Lou.”

Ava is obsessed with the movie UP. We took her to see it at the movies and she loved it. So, when it came out on DVD we got it for her and she’s watched it at LEAST once a day since then. I will say, I love it too. That dang montage of Ellie and Carl gets me Every. Time.

She is strong willed…to put it mildly. She will only do something if she thinks its her idea. And even then, she has to be convinced that its her idea. For example: Potty Training. I KNEW she could do it when she was about 2 1/2. I never forced anything when it came to potty time, and she totally picked up on the fact that SHE was in control of that. We tried stickers, m&m’s, prizes, potty dances…nothing worked. She would go for my mom, my aunt, my grandma, her teacher, ANYONE ELSE but me or Aaron. We would send her to school in a pull-up and she would stay dry all day. So finally, right before she turned 3, her teacher said to just start sending her to school in panties with lots of extra clothes, and she would just take her to the potty every 30 minutes. And guess, what…from day 1, it totally worked. Not one accident. It just took her being in panties with someone other than mommy or daddy, and she was literally potty trained in less than a week. Such a stubborn stinker. Reminds me of someone I might know…

I love that little girl so much, and I’m amazed at all of the new stuff she’s learning every day. I could go on and on, but instead, I’ll save something for another day. :-)