february funnies

hide and seek is more of a smelling game for ava. when she looks for you, her consistent remark is, "i can't see you, but i can smell you!!" huh!!??!! i start smelling myself while in hiding, then giggle so loud she finds me. i obviously had a complex, until she started doing it to other family members. whew! i'm not the only stinky one.

i asked her to please explain...

mom smells like perfume...REALLY!!! :-)
dad smells like the bathroom...funny, but it's his morning "getting ready" products she is referring to
nonno smells like stinky work...he has always smelled like a man who works with his hands
nonna smells like dinner...of course, right? my mom is the cooking queen
baba smells like the basement...this is certainly because baba always takes ava to get cookies there
deda smells like chickens...he did teach ava the importance of feeding chickens fresh picked grass

my dad and i both agree, kids have the best abilities in all senses. too bad we lose so much as we get older.

my favorite funny this time around, is from the other morning after we had a snow storm come through. she was, of course, in bed with me in the morning when she woke up. she looked at me super excited, and i was waiting for the "no school!!!" or "i love you so much mommy, thanks for letting me sleep in your bed, AGAIN!!", but instead she blurts out, "IT'S PAY DAY!!!!"

Yes, that's right, pay day.

We started a small chore list for her to earn money, and it didn't take her long to figure out how fun money is. You may recall, from a previous post, our ban from going shopping. She had obviously reached a point in her young life that meant it was time to teach her about money. She has worked hard at saving her money, and even bought her first toy (a barbie of course!), donated food to the animal shelter, and deposited enough money in the bank to earn two free dollars from the bank. She is quite proud of her money, and now, unfortunately, but hilariously, every time she does a chore she quietly says, "i’m really earning my money now."

that’s my girl. she keeps us laughing and adds such a sparkle to our days.


what's better than throwing a huge snowball at mom while she's trying to take a cute picture