Shopping with Mommy!!!

I normally have Wednesdays off but because our day care provider took today off, I had no choice but to as well. Ava and I took the opportunity to have a *girl's day out*. We headed to the new Bayshore (Mall) Town Center. It used to be an old (crappy) mall but now is a little city of many wonderful shops and eateries. It reminds me of Newport on the Levee, a place we visited a few years ago near my sister, Doreen, just south of Cincinnati. Anyway, it has so many wonderful new stores and restaurants that are new to Milwaukee. Trader Joe's is one... wow! Were we ever missing out. Their selection of food is top notch and the prices are dirt cheap. Ava enjoyed it so much she snuck an apple in the produce section when I was getting some bananas. I was about to put it back when she took a big bite out of it!

We also enjoyed some girl's time at McDonald's and Ava had a Happy Meal. She was most interested in the apple slices... she bypassed the fries, chicken nuggets and toy. I'm sure this won't last.

We were going to play outside for awhile as the unseasonable temps were still around today. By the time she got up from her nap, though, it was misty and a cold front was heading our way. I think winter will be officially here in the next few days.

Daddy just put her down for the night a few minutes ago... not much noise. I think the shopping (and excitement of Trader Joe's) wore her out!!!

(The picture with the *floating* duck was from this evening. Ava was throwing her rubber ball and ducky with daddy. I'm pleased to see she threw that with her left hand. She's learning quick. We'll be at the batting cages next week!)