Breaking Records and Busting Myths

Ava has continued to enjoy her summer and spent several nights with Grammy and Poppy where she did woodworking and searched for shells at the beach.

Ava has been involved in several camps including tennis camp and even a performing arts camp that culminated in Ava's performance as Olaf in "Frozen." 

Ava will tell you that Irvine is "famous" because lots of homes have ivy (huh?), the city is home to UC Irvine (Zot!), and because it is a hotbed for swimming.  This past week, Irvine hosted the USA Swimming National Championships.  Before the meet, Ava and her friends got to meet Olympic gold medalists Josh Davis, Conor Dwyer, and Tyler Clary. 

During the meet, Ava cheered on some of the best swimmers in the world including Missy Franklin, Michael Phelps, and Matt Grevers. 

The highlight of the night was watching teen phenom Katie Ledecky set a new world record in the 400 meter freestyle.  It was an amazing race and the crowd was going nuts. 

As we walked back to our car we bumped into none other than Katie Ledecky! 

The next day, we picked up a couple of Ava's friends to check out the Mythbusters exhibit at the DiscoveryCube.  They learned about how the Mythbusters test out myths and got to test out and bust some myths themselves. 

Ava's favorite activity was building houses out of different materials and then putting them in front of an air cannon in order to determine whether the Big Bad Wolf could blow down a house made of bricks.

The permanent exhibits at the museum were a lot of fun too with a rock wall,  

Interactive hockey exhibits, 

Learning about eating locally, nutrition, and recycling, 

And creating musical chaos! 

Ava's summer of fun continues with Girl Scout Camp and then a trip up to Camp Oakland.