Life with Abby: Saturday, June 24, 2006

A future in hairstyling?
One of Abby's current favorite pastimes is brushing and combing hair. While she prefers to do mine, she will also happily style the hair of her dolls and has even tried to make our dog Lucy one of her models.

The other night we had a little hair style party. Abby wanted all of the clips and rubberbands she had in her carrying bag in her hair at one time. So, with a little background music of Billy Idol, below is what we came up with. :-)

Good-bye Frasier
We found out Monday that my mom's dog Frasier died. :-( Frasier was one of the sweetest dogs I ever met. He was one of those perfect companion dogs who just liked to be with his people. He was also quite fond of boiled eggs, protecting the world from squirrels, and sleeping in a lap.

This was Abby's first experience with death. It's a hard concept for anyone but I really wondered how much she would understand. I was truly amazed at how much she seemed to grasp. We talked about it that evening and she has brought it up a few times since.

This is one of my favorite Abby/Frasier pictures. Abby was 18 months old at the time and so very fascinated with Frasier. He seemed to actually dig her admiration. Or maybe he just tolerated it.

We'll sure miss the little guy.

June 18, 2006
Abby and I went to see the movie Cars. I thought it was a cute movie and Abby loved it!!! In fact, so much so that she did not want to even leave the theatre after the movie was over. :-) We have been talking about Cars all week since. I didn't take any pictures of Abby at the movie but for today's Abby, she is demonstrating her most excellent twirling capabilities.

A day in Rome
Last Saturday we drove to Rome to spend the day with my mom, grandmother, and Bryan. Abby definitely gets to be the center of attention for the day when we are in Rome.