Ava building upon her incredible dancing skills....

This is video footage of Ava making herself dizzy to the tunes of The Beastie Boys while brushing her teeth!

The girl is multi-talented!!!!!!!

Halloween: It's Not Just October 31st Anymore

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. It felt like the dress-up celebrations lasted like a week; gone are the days of my childhood when Halloween was literally just October 31st. Ava was a fairy. She usually referred to the wings as butterfly wings, so we called her the butterfly fairy. I'm glad I didn't get her one of those heavy fleece costumes, because it was in the 80s that day.

We went to a special event at the aquarium with some friends, Sarah and Gabe. Ava loved seeing all the fishes and other animals, the kids in costumes, and of course, getting candy. Well, let me qualify that by explaining that she still didn't get what was happening when people actually handed out the candy, but when she realized that she had some in her bag, she was thrilled.

We also went to a Halloween party for my mom's group at my friend Alexis' house. It was really fun. I'd say Ava's favorite parts were dancing to the music, eating candy and going to see the horses across the street.

They had a really cute photo booth set up at the party, and these pics were taken by Lauren Wolf.