Ashy Bodashy

January 22, 2012 Ashlyn lost her second front tooth. I love the big front tooth gap; too cute. She is in Mrs. Douglas' first grade class. There are 8 first grade classes at her school; lots and lots of friends her age.  They have a huge fair/fundraiser at the school and all the grades took turns singing some songs they learned in Music class with Mr. David. Ashlyn enjoys getting up and performing (see the picture of her on stage below).
She went to her first Daddy Daughter Dance with Brock this year, and was so excited about introducing her daddy to all her friends.  Ashlyn is good at making someone feel special and likes making birthday celebration plans for others (and herself).

Here she is making a "Walrus face".

And here she is making another face at the camera.  She is the queen at posing. For instance, see the examples below.  Here is the fun little group that all walk home together from school.  So fun.

Ashlyn loves arranging her toys, building things, and creating artwork.  She is excellent at drawing and she really got in to egg dying this year.  The drawing she made below is arranged like a comic strip and has dinosaurs and a 3-D volcanoes she made from an egg carton. I am always amazed at what she comes up with. I get to teach art in her classroom occasionally which is a lot of fun.

 We had face painting at the Easter egg hunt this year which the girls loved to do.

Here Ashlyn is eating one of great grandmother Plumb's homemade Oreo cookies at her cousins house.  She is wearing an outfit she created from one of my black shirts, a pair of Clarie's gaucho black pants, a black belt, and a necklace my parents brought me from England with a Cornish pastry on it.  (She is standing next to me editing this post as I write, telling me that I have an extra word or that I forgot a comma...She is getting too smart) For about two months this was her go to dress-up outfit she would put on right when she got home from school.  She enjoys coming up with new outfits.  Very creative.

At the Wild animal park Ashy also got to have a Lorakeet land on her head just like Claire.  Warren loves Ashy and often calls for her throughout the day to "tell" her things.  He thinks she is very funny and loves his big sister.

 
 Who's Who?? Here is Ashlyn with her best friend Rylee doing a Polar Bear Plunge.  We had a bunch of rain followed by a sunny day back in March and the girls insisted it was time to go to the pool.  I tried to talk them out of it, but they lasted a good 10 minutes.  Following with tradition we got matching suits for them again this summer.  These two are peas in a pod, and have such a great time together.