Ava: What’s that purple stuff on your eyes?
Me: Eye shadow
Ava: It looks like you got hurt
Me: It’s just makeup
Ava: It looks bad. You should take it off so people don’t think you’re hurt
Me: Child, you are going to send me to the looney bin.
Ava: What’s the looney bin?
M: It’s where people live after someone makes them crazy.
A: I’m not crazy.
M: No, but you’re making me crazy right now.
A: Well you’re making ME crazy right now!
M: I guess we’ll…
TB 2017
Me: Ava, come here please
Ava: *walking away
M: Ava, you need to come back here to Mommy
A: *stops, looks at me, wondering how serious I am
M: Ava...
A: *Begins walking backward slowly away
M: Walking backward is still walking away, Ava.
A: *sigh* Okaaay
😳
Me: “My name is Mommy.”
Ava: “No... it’s Laura. Laura, are you having Cheerios?”
Me: *sigh* “No... it’s Raisin Bran.”
Ava: “No... looks like Cheerios.”
Me: “Ok. Fine.”
😐
2017: Ava just stripped completely naked and came into the room.
Me: “Uh... Ava, why are you naked?”
Ava: “I going to the beach!”
Me: “A nude beach?” 😳
Ava: “Yeah!”
2018 archive:
Jason & I are talking. We laugh at something about roundabouts.
A: What are you talking about?
Me: Roundabouts
A: Haha... roundabouts
J & I talk about other things. minutes later...
A: Mommy, Daddy
Us: What?
A: Roundabouts! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (cracks herself up totally)
TB 2020: Me: “Ava, time for brushing teeth” A: But I wanna stay up a little bit longer and finish Mickey
M: It’s past bedtime. Give me 1 good reason why you need to stay up later. A: *holds out her palm* M: ?
A: Here’s the reason you wanted
M: 😆Fair enough. 10 more minutes
TB 2018: Me: *lays out a few outfits for Ava to choose from* “Pick an outfit.”
Ava: *Describes each outfit in detail out loud*
“Which outfit do you like? Let me know in the comments section!”
Me: “You’re grounded from YouTube.”
Ava: "I love Ken Nunn (lawyer from commercials). Ken Nunn fights bad guys. So, you call him to fight bad guys for you. *in commercial inflection* It's JUST that easy!"
I just told Ava that Kamala Harris will be the first woman Vice President. Her eyes got big and she said, “That’s so cool! I will be the 2nd one!” ❤️ #girlgoals 💪🏼
TB to 2029...
*Today Show showing snowfalls in WI.
Ava: (to herself, quietly yet excited) “Oooh... snow!”
*peeks thru blinds out window*
(Loudly now) “WHAT?!?! WHERE’S MY SNOW?!?!”
*turns to cat*
“We didn’t get any snow, Chase. UGH! So dumb.”
*Stomps away, angry and defeated.
Throwback to 2018...
Ava, playing with PJ Masks toys...
Catboy (in Ava’s voice): “Help me, Ava! I need to save my friends!”
Ava: “Ok, Catboy... I’m on my way!”
Catboy: “We need to take the bus.”
Ava: “Oh... but I can’t take the bus ‘til I’m bigger. Awwww.”
Throwback to 2017:
Ava won't apologize to another human to save her life. But, she just dropped a bite of her hotdog and said to it, "Oh...Sorry, hotdog. Are you alright?" 🙄
Throwback to 2019:
Me: *Hears crying from other room coming closer to me*
Ava: *Runs in room crying*
Me: “What’s the matter?”
Ava: “Chase don’t like what I’m doing!”
Me: “Well, what are you doing that he doesn’t like?”
Ava: “Trying to put him in the [toy] kitchen oven” 😳😂
Ava, eating a snack bar without asking...
Me: “Ava, you need to ask before getting a snack. In fact, I think I saw a wrapper earlier. Did you already eat one?”
Ava: “This is my 3rd. They’re really good.”
Me: 😳