So last Sunday we said bye bye to Ava's binky. Yes I know she is 2 1/2 but she loved that little thing so much that it was so hard to give it up. She is doing awesome though. It's amazing what a couple princess dolls can do. On Sunday morning during breakfast I showed Ava the princess dolls and told her she could have them in exchange for her binky. Previously that week there was an episode on Sesame Street about Elmo giving up his binky and how hard it was for him. We don't watch Sesame Street too much anymore but randomly that day that was the show she chose to watch after her nap. We colored an envelope and wrote Elmo's address and then I gave the binky to Ava and told her to put it in. That was when she realized what was happening and had a little bit of a freak out moment and put the binky in her mouth and started sucking the life out of it. I told her she had to choose the dolls or the binky. She looked at both and then plopped the binky into the envelope. I was really nervous she would not do well but she has been doing great! She occasionally asks for it but I remind her that we sent it to Elmo and he gave her some princess dolls and then she is fine. Those princesses don't leave her side though. We are so proud of her and so glad she is becoming such a big girl!!
Another funny story about Ava that I have been meaning to write about. Her favorite thing is to always ask "What's your name?" and her response used to always be "cake!" I don't know where that came from but she is now always coming up with crazy names when you ask her what her name is.
Today at breakfast I asked Ava what she wanted and she proceeded to ask Snow White (one of the aforementioned princess dolls) what she wanted. So I played along and asked Snow White if she wanted cereal for breakfast and Ava held the doll in her hand and made her shake her head yes. She did that through breakfast with every question I asked and I thought it was hilarious!
We love that crazy girl. She is getting so big though!
The Raft
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