Beautiful Beach Day

In February, we had a chance to go to a beach in the Kahala area.  I took advantage of the picture perfect day by taking tons and tons of pics!  Here are just a few that I like. 

Little Skater Girl

Just another afternoon in the life of Ava... 

 Yes, Daniel thinks it's a good idea to skate and eat snacks simultaneously... 

 Whoa!

 Mommy I'm flying!

 And now it's time to play with the stick I found.  Even though I have tons of toys, I like rocks, sticks, dirt, and leaves the best.

 Ah, the life of a 3 year old.

Bye Bye Binkie

July 11, 2011 was a huge day for Ava.  She finally gave up her last two binkies!  She has had one since she was a new born.  Every single nap and bed time always included her most beloved binkie.  We never thought we would be able to give it up. (And when I say we, that includes me!)  The binkie was definitely a life saver for car rides, meltdowns, and most importantly SLEEP!  If Ava had her binkie, she could put herself to sleep which let me SLEEP! 

But alas, Ava is now 3 years old and we had to get rid of it somehow.  We started off slow by telling her for a few months that she will one day have to give her binkies away to a baby.  She was appalled at the horrible idea.  What kind of mommy am I? Taking away her most precious comforter.  So after many many discussions about  giving away her last two binkies, (she went back and forth on who she would give her most prized possessions to) she decided to give them to one of her very best friend's little baby sister Betsy.  Ava decorated  an envelope and wrote Betsy's name on it (i drew dotted letters so she could just trace them).  She said her good-byes to her binkies and sealed them in the envelope.  She later delivered this special delivery to Betsy's mom at the park.  Thanks Shandra for taking those for us.  I hope you didn't look inside... those binkies were pretty gross! haha 

look at how she just admires it hahaha!

After 3 years of binkie bliss... Good Bye Binkies!  It's been fun...  Oh, and Ava has been sleeping and surviving just fine without them! and I'm surviving too, thank goodness!!! 

February

Yes, this is July, but I'm so behind on blogging that I'm doing a post about things we did in February haha.
So, one of my favorite places to go as a child was the Punahou Carnival!  Call me crazy but I've gone every single year since I was about 3yrs old (with the exception of when I was away at college and when I gave birth about a week before the carnival in 2008). I don't know what it is about carnival... maybe the yummy food, the games, rides, art exhibits, the exciting energy, or maybe I just love it because I've been going my entire life.  I just really love it. Punahou School should be thanking me for all the money I've donated at carnival.

 on the car ride there

 view from my mom's apartment across the street

 in line to get scripts (the game tent is way less crowded when trying to buy scripts)

 love the fried noodles!

 rides of course!

 She loved the "dinosaur ride"

 we went back at night!

she decided she could sit by one of the game booth operators before playing the game

and of course she had to pick out a necklace... such a girly girl

chocolate dipped ice cream face

                                             Until next year...