Tikki Tikki Tembo

Ava likes to read books while she goes to the bathroom. At first we suggested it to keep her sitting down long enough to actually do something. Now she uses it to pass the time while she does her business. Our library books come in handy for this, because they are always new and changing. But today our trip to the library to drop off our books was a little sad.
On our last trip I found it, Tikki Tikki Tembo. One of my favorite books of all time. I can remember so clearly, my mom reading it to me. That one, and Little Black Sambo, which is very hard to find because it isn't very politically correct. (side note: Mom, I just looked up Little Black Sambo, the Little Golden Book, and it sells on Amazon starting at $82. Ye-ouch! We should have saved it!)


Anyway, this book has become Ava's go-to reading material this past little while. She knows what happens on each page and even tries to say Tikki tikki tembo no sar rembo chari bari ruchi pip berri pimbo (the boys name). She tells me each time we get it out that it was my favorite book when I was little and it's her favorite too. This makes me happy. It's kind of cool to see your child pick out something that you, yourself loved as a child. But alas, "Tikki Temo" as Ava calls it was due yesterday and had to be returned. I now have a good idea for Christmas!




So speaking of our trip to the library, we checked out some DVD's along with our books this time. As we are getting in the car she says she "wants to hold her boobies". "What?!" I ask. "My new boobies". Oh, her new movies. Got it.

And speaking of Ava saying funny things, we have been on a public bathroom tour of the Greater West Houston area for the past few weeks. Somewhere along the way, she picked up the word "Yuck". Couldn't have been from me, I LOVE public bathrooms! But where ever she got it she uses it frequently for descriptions of food, people, and places. The funniest to me is when she is having a full blown fit about anything and she rolls around saying, "Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!" That's kind of how I feel about fits too!

And one more, she often asks me, "Mommy, what my am doing?". Like today on the computer at the library she was trying to color Elmo, but couldn't quite get the hang of using the mouse. And she looks up and asks, "Mommy, what my am doing?". "I have no idea, Ava". Oh, and she loves her aboons (Balloons).

And in conclusion, Luke is doing fine. At least he appears as fine as he did when he was apparently very sick, but I think the nebulizer is loosening things up for him. He's a trooper!