Picasso in training

Ava and I had another fun girl's day out on my day off. We were at the Bayshore Town Center by 9am. It was alot colder this morning than the weatherman said (go figure), so I was fortunate we had some extra blankets in the car to cover Ava in the stroller. I was able to get another Christmas gift and picked up a fun pair of slipper flip flops for myself at Aeropostale. The store employee wanted to remind me of all the great sales... I had to remind her I probably wouldn't fit in any of their clothes (just the shoes)! We also visited Trader Joe's and got some delicious food. I had to admit my severe disappointment when I realized they were out of their Joe Joe's... Oreo-like cookies with a peppermint/vanilla center. I had planned on getting several boxes to give at all of the holiday gatherings.

We also had lunch at Applebee's and Ava was well behaved. She even ate a fair amount of her grilled cheese sandwhich even after she loaded up on snacks while I shopped.

Once home, she took a great nap and woke up just before daddy got home. We played outside this afternoon as it got steadily warmer as the day progressed. It was just cool enough to still require a winter coat, but it felt great. For the first time, Ava actually enjoyed the snow and played in it... all of the three square feet left on our front lawn!

She also enjoyed coloring today and was making some beautiful pictures for us. We started off with crayons and she thoroughly enjoyed taking most out the box. She taste-tested a few a realized they weren't too yummy. Then we moved on to washable markers... she hasn't figured out how to *hold* the marker and grabs it at the tip. This created a mess on her hands and eventually on her mouth as she had to lick her hands!