Ava learning to play nice

Ava first had to learn to play nice with the cat, before we could introduce her to Nathan, but she just ended up taking all of Clyde's toys

then we thought we'd let them parallel play, so far, so good....

before you knew it, they were kissing cousins....(special thanks to Calvin for the gorgeous photos -- we'll have to post up the rest of the photo shoot in an album)

then speaking of cousins, Jack was trying to show Ava how to build with blocks, but she is never one to sit back and listen, she'd rather "take charge," but he is so laid back, he just goes with the flow

On 4th of July, Cassie taught my baby to play the drums, and Ava learned to "share"

then we introduced Ava to another little one, this is Redding and Ava enjoyed petting, I mean playing with him too....I think all of this practicing may just pay off

and these are just too cute, (special thanks to Katrina for the lovely photo-taking), Jon is serious about teaching Ava to swim

After all of those intense swim lessons, Ava would rather just play on the side with her cup