Ava 4 years old

cuddly

whiner

smarty-pants

helper

great big sister

feisty little sister

moody

artistic

fashionable

sweet

Ava

more sorting fun...

I got these great foam shapes from the $ section at Target, they are perfect for sorting by color or by shape...

or making designs :)

learn from your mistakes...

that's kind of what Gretchen did today ,

her and Ava were laughing and giggling in the pantry and when I went to check out what was going on I found half of my bag of straws from Ikea spilled all over the floor.

Ava picked them up (after I let them have a few more minutes total happiness) and I set Gretchen up in the living room with some saved spaghetti jars (from my favorite sauces from Trader Joe's) and I let Gretchen sort the straws.

she did so great and it kept her busy for quite a while :)