Christmas at DD's

We had one of our Christmas dinners at DD's house. Ava had a fit to play the harmonica, which led to an Avett Brothers jam session. It was a fun night.

Ava and Cate on harmonicas with Joe on guitar.
Joe, with Ava and DD on harmonicas.
Joe, DD (Joe's dad), and Ellen

Gingerbread Houses

Caroline came over to make gingerbread houses with Cate and Ava a couple of weeks before Christmas. More of Ava's candy made it on her house this year, but she still had quite a sugar high. The bubble gum balls and Skittles have slowly disappeared from Cate's every few days.

I Don't Even Know What to Call This

I was tucking Ava in and she pulled me in really close to her face.

She whispers, "Mama. I need to tell you a secret."

"Oookaay."

Still in a whisper, "Mama, there were too many animals in the Bible, so I tore them out."

And she had. She had torn pages from her little picture Bible.

Wish lists

Santa should have it pretty easy at our house this year. Ava wants a Dora baby and "Slippers". Cate wants a Barbie and a pizza- well okay, he may have to get a little creative with that one.

Tangled

Saturday while the boys went to the Egg Bowl, Nana took us to the movies, Ava's first. Lori and Ashton met us there, which especially thrilled Cate. Nana got the jumbo popcorn for all 6 of us to share. Ava would not let anyone else hold it and kept telling Nana to "Stop eating all of my popcorn." The movie was actually pretty good. Cate already wants the Rapunzel princess costume, of course.


Ava, Cate, and Ashton

She made it about halfway through the movie.

Disney Princesses on Ice

For an early Christmas surprise Grandmama got the girls tickets to see the Disney Princesses on Ice. They got to sit in the floor seats close to all the action. Cate talked about those princesses for days and said her favorite part was the end when they all danced together. Ava said her favorite part was "Grandmama, Mama Sue, and Ellen."


Ariel, Ellen, and Minnie Mouse
Grandmama, Cate, Mama Sue, Ellen, and Ava

Christmas Card Pictures, Mama vs. Ava

Me: "Ava, please look at the camera."
Ava: "Okay Mama, I am."


A good 15 minutes later:
Me: "Ava just look at the camera and smile one time. PLEASE."
Ava: "No." (Pouty lip)