Monday, January 11, 2010

mellow weekend together

After the hustle and bustle of the holidays this weekend was just what Brad, Ava and I needed. We had a really relaxing weekend together, spending lots of time playing, napping and playing some more! We even got to see Grandma and Grandpa on Sunday. Ava was so so happy!
On Saturday in the late afternoon, after A woke up from her nap, we walked her down to her favorite spot, Vasona Park :) She enjoyed exploring and swinging, as she always does.
through the field to the gazebo...
The sun sunk lower and lower over the course of the time we were there and the sky just got more and more beautiful to look at.
There was this kind of swirling formation that the clouds were in directly over the open field. Brad described it well, like walking into "nature's cathedral". we were both in awe looking up and getting that sense, that we all do once in a while, of how small we really are here in this spot on Earth.
Ava meandered her way over to the gazebo and encouraged us all to sit there with her :)
The setting sun on our walk home
Reading together. Ava loves the book Please Baby, Please. It's about a mother asking her young toddler to please not eat sand, please don't color on the walls, please eat your peas, etc. I think she likes it because she can relate to that experience so so well ;)
getting tired. and modeling the headband Nana gave her for Christmas.
a second wind! Ava laughed hysterically and could not stop when the doll Mama was playing with fell off the elephant it was riding! The things she thinks are funny make us laugh. You never know when she's going to bust up! The best part is she always gets the hiccups from laughing hard!
playing with Mama. I love these kinds of weekends. All together and nothing to do.

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