Sunday, June 11, 2006
Tuesday on the way home from school, Abby fell asleep in the car. She has not done this in a very long time. The ride home from school is only about 15 minutes. And even if she does fall asleep in the car on the weekend, she normally wakes up when I get her out of her car seat. But Tuesday she was wiped out. This phasing out of the nap she has been doing finally caught up with her. When I got her out of the car seat, she barely moved. Inside, I put her on the couch and she was so asleep she was even snoring. I let her sleep for about 30 minutes, woke her up for dinner and an early bath and then she was in bed asleep by 7:00.
We had a play date last Monday after school with Abby's friend Alyssa. The girls have very similar personalities and play so well together. They are so cute to watch! We went to the Little Jumping Bean so the kids could run and bounce. Alyssa's little brother Jack also went with us. Jack just turned 1 and did his best to keep up with the girls.
We found this little bench with 3 seats and amazingly enough, all 3 kids were even smiling and looking at the camera. That NEVER happens. :-)
And yet I got lucky as they did it long enough for 2 pictures.
She loves the slide.
Both girls had very busy and full weekends and were a little more tired than usual. They went to the parents' area and got magazines all on their own. Oh three year olds!
We found this little bench with 3 seats and amazingly enough, all 3 kids were even smiling and looking at the camera. That NEVER happens. :-)
And yet I got lucky as they did it long enough for 2 pictures.
She loves the slide.
Both girls had very busy and full weekends and were a little more tired than usual. They went to the parents' area and got magazines all on their own. Oh three year olds!
Saturday, June 10, 2006
First Braves Game
Abby has been excited for weeks about going to her first Braves game. She has been practicing the tomahawk chop and had her outfit all picked out. She also kept asking me if I would be cheering for her. Yes, she thought she would actually be playing. She is quite the little fan (even this year when there has not been a ton to cheer about). We met Alec and Dawn, and Avery and Kris at the game. We could not have asked for better weather and our seats were great too. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
All ready to go!!
World's cutest Braves fan.
Checking out the Hank Aaron statue outside the stadium.
Dancing to the drummers in the plaza area.
Let the food fest begin. Abby loved the popcorn.
View from our seats before the game started.
Checking out the view before the game.
A first baseball game just wouldn't be complete without a big foam finger. Abby has been playing with this all week too.
Alec and the foam finger.
Avery
I love the Braves!!
Can we come back tomorrow?
Completely worn out!
Abby has been excited for weeks about going to her first Braves game. She has been practicing the tomahawk chop and had her outfit all picked out. She also kept asking me if I would be cheering for her. Yes, she thought she would actually be playing. She is quite the little fan (even this year when there has not been a ton to cheer about). We met Alec and Dawn, and Avery and Kris at the game. We could not have asked for better weather and our seats were great too. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
All ready to go!!
World's cutest Braves fan.
Checking out the Hank Aaron statue outside the stadium.
Dancing to the drummers in the plaza area.
Let the food fest begin. Abby loved the popcorn.
View from our seats before the game started.
Checking out the view before the game.
A first baseball game just wouldn't be complete without a big foam finger. Abby has been playing with this all week too.
Alec and the foam finger.
Avery
I love the Braves!!
Can we come back tomorrow?
Completely worn out!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Big birthday bash
Last Saturday we went to Meredith and Sam's birthday party. They are 2 years and 2 days apart and most years have a big joint party. This year they are 10 (Meredith) and 8 (Sam) years old. This year's party had a rock climbing wall, live music, ladies who styled the girls' hair, good food, and good weather. We really had fun and were both pretty tired that night!
The birthday girl and some friends with their fancy party hair. Abby did not want to have her hair done but most of the other girls did.
Enjoying party food.
With the birthday girl.
Abby very patiently waiting her turn to climb the rock wall. Believe me, I drilled the rock wall guy before I let her do this but as you will see in the pictures below, Abby only climbed as high as the guy's shoulders. I was so proud of her (and yes, a little nervous, but mostly proud).
Climbing up...
And coming back down...
Abby pulling Owen in the wagon.
Party hair!!
Abby making sure she is close to the cake. :-)
Abby found a way to get every drop of ice cream.
Last Saturday we went to Meredith and Sam's birthday party. They are 2 years and 2 days apart and most years have a big joint party. This year they are 10 (Meredith) and 8 (Sam) years old. This year's party had a rock climbing wall, live music, ladies who styled the girls' hair, good food, and good weather. We really had fun and were both pretty tired that night!
The birthday girl and some friends with their fancy party hair. Abby did not want to have her hair done but most of the other girls did.
Enjoying party food.
With the birthday girl.
Abby very patiently waiting her turn to climb the rock wall. Believe me, I drilled the rock wall guy before I let her do this but as you will see in the pictures below, Abby only climbed as high as the guy's shoulders. I was so proud of her (and yes, a little nervous, but mostly proud).
Climbing up...
And coming back down...
Abby pulling Owen in the wagon.
Party hair!!
Abby making sure she is close to the cake. :-)
Abby found a way to get every drop of ice cream.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Monday, June 05, 2006
Summer Time!!
Before I post, I must write that I just created an entire post and when I went to publish it, blogger completely shut down. What you see below is actually a recreation as I had to re-do the whole thing. UGH!!! I realize blogger is free and all but having to re-do this does not exactly make me shout their praises. Actually, I had a few other choice words to say, but Abby may someday be reading this and I would prefer not to have to explain said words. Ok, mini rant done. Please proceed to actual post now.
Last week we got a new plastic swimming pool for the back yard. We had a whole week with temperatures over 90 degrees F (our normal temperature for this time of year is 83). It was the kind of hot where you just want to sit and do nothing. And there is no better way to sit and do nothing than in a pool in the back yard. Packing up and going to the neighborhood pool requires way too much energy. But a little plastic pool? Perfect for everyone. Mom is happy at only having to provide water and bathing suit for child. Child is happy because there is water. Dog is happy because everyone is staying at home.
Best $8 ever spent!
We called my mom while we were outside. Abby told her all about her new pool.
Already quite the little phone professional.
Lucy observing the new pool. I kept expecting her to get in but she was completely content to just take the occasional drink out of it instead.
Before I post, I must write that I just created an entire post and when I went to publish it, blogger completely shut down. What you see below is actually a recreation as I had to re-do the whole thing. UGH!!! I realize blogger is free and all but having to re-do this does not exactly make me shout their praises. Actually, I had a few other choice words to say, but Abby may someday be reading this and I would prefer not to have to explain said words. Ok, mini rant done. Please proceed to actual post now.
Last week we got a new plastic swimming pool for the back yard. We had a whole week with temperatures over 90 degrees F (our normal temperature for this time of year is 83). It was the kind of hot where you just want to sit and do nothing. And there is no better way to sit and do nothing than in a pool in the back yard. Packing up and going to the neighborhood pool requires way too much energy. But a little plastic pool? Perfect for everyone. Mom is happy at only having to provide water and bathing suit for child. Child is happy because there is water. Dog is happy because everyone is staying at home.
Best $8 ever spent!
We called my mom while we were outside. Abby told her all about her new pool.
Already quite the little phone professional.
Lucy observing the new pool. I kept expecting her to get in but she was completely content to just take the occasional drink out of it instead.
So we actually got a swing set. And it turns out that assembling a swing set requires more knowledge and more tools than I possess. We are so fortunate to have wonderful friends who live in our neighborhood. They have a daughter Abby's age. We worked out a deal where I took Abby and Bay to the zoo (see post from a few weeks ago) and Jeremy, Bay's dad, put together the swing set. Yes, I do realize I got the better end of that deal. Though Jeremy swears he loves doing stuff like this. All I know is he has amazing patience as it took him pretty much all day to put the thing together. I also know Abby loves playing on it.
Abby taking a break from swimming to do a little swinging. The first week we had the swing set, Lucy kept walking right in front of the swing and/or slide when Abby was on one. It only took her one day to figure out she was better off keeping a little distance. Jeremy had to do some digging to level out the space where the swing set would go because our yard is on a bit of a hill. The grass is already growing back!
Sunday, June 04, 2006
First trip to Chuck E. Cheese
On Memorial Day we went to Corre's 6th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Abby had never been to Chuck E. Cheese before and I had not been there is years and years. It has changed a lot since my last trip. They now stamp the hands of parents/kids on the way in and make sure you are leaving with the kid(s) you came in with. They have a section of mostly toddler games and rides and Abby really had fun going from one thing to the next. She was given a cup of tokens when we first arrived.
Riding on the Bob the Builder ride.
The birthday girl and her birthday cake. A friend of the family made the cake and it was very good. The funny thing was that the doll was inside the cake so when it was time to cut the cake, they pulled the doll out but she had no legs. Every kid's face just kind of froze for a minute until one kid broke the silence by saying "where did her legs go?". They quickly moved on once the cake was served. Since I do well to make plain cake or cupcakes, I was impressed with the time put in this cake!! I bought Abby's cake this year because she wanted a Dora the Explorer cake and I knew I was out of my league. :-)
Abby inspecting the present opening. Even when the other kids had moved on to other things, Abby was there to supervise.
Abby found it easiest to play this game by just getting up close and personal.
She loved the air hockey game in the toddler section. It was just her size.
She kept wanting to put the puck in the goal she was guarding. I love this age. The score means nothing.
On Memorial Day we went to Corre's 6th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Abby had never been to Chuck E. Cheese before and I had not been there is years and years. It has changed a lot since my last trip. They now stamp the hands of parents/kids on the way in and make sure you are leaving with the kid(s) you came in with. They have a section of mostly toddler games and rides and Abby really had fun going from one thing to the next. She was given a cup of tokens when we first arrived.
Riding on the Bob the Builder ride.
The birthday girl and her birthday cake. A friend of the family made the cake and it was very good. The funny thing was that the doll was inside the cake so when it was time to cut the cake, they pulled the doll out but she had no legs. Every kid's face just kind of froze for a minute until one kid broke the silence by saying "where did her legs go?". They quickly moved on once the cake was served. Since I do well to make plain cake or cupcakes, I was impressed with the time put in this cake!! I bought Abby's cake this year because she wanted a Dora the Explorer cake and I knew I was out of my league. :-)
Abby inspecting the present opening. Even when the other kids had moved on to other things, Abby was there to supervise.
Abby found it easiest to play this game by just getting up close and personal.
She loved the air hockey game in the toddler section. It was just her size.
She kept wanting to put the puck in the goal she was guarding. I love this age. The score means nothing.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
It's Twenty O'Clock
For the last few weeks Abby has been waking at least once (and often two times) during each night. She just gets up and walks to my room. The first couple times she did it, there was a Gayla-shaped indention on my ceiling. She about scared me to death. I would wake up to a small face staring at me. Now I kind of hear her as she opens the door. Usually she is now waking up because she has to go to the bathroom. This is actually a very good thing! Waking up in the middle of the night from a very sound sleep has been a bit more difficult. For some reason it takes me awhile to get back to sleep. The first few times she tried some stalling tactics to avoid going back to sleep but I was too asleep to fall for any of those attempts and was able to stick to putting her back in bed. In less than a week the excuses to stay up stopped so at least now when I take her back to bed, she just goes right back to sleep.
Anytime Abby sees a clock or watch she will say "It's twenty o'clock, Mommy". I love that. One never need worry or wonder about the time. It is always twenty o'clock.
We had a very full weekend for the holiday. It was a lot of fun but we were both so tired this morning! It was hard to get up for work/school. Saturday after Cai's party, we wound up going to see Over the Hedge. We each gave it a thumbs up. I laughed out loud many times.
Sunday we had a playdate with Kris and Avery. We went to the park near their house and then walked to eat pizza afterwards. Abby was so excited that whole day. And apparently Avery was too. She called Abby on the phone just before we were leaving to go to their house. They actually had a conversation of sorts. Abby has been talking on the phone for over a year now but it has just been the last week or so that she has begun to talking on her own without me being the voice from Cyrano de Bergerac.
So finally, some pictures!
At Avery's house before heading out to the park.
Driving the firetruck.
Wheeeeee!!!!!
Avery loved this tire swing and especially loved standing up on it. Abby tried standing.
But she realized she preferred sitting to standing. :-)
Tired and full after eating dinner.
For the last few weeks Abby has been waking at least once (and often two times) during each night. She just gets up and walks to my room. The first couple times she did it, there was a Gayla-shaped indention on my ceiling. She about scared me to death. I would wake up to a small face staring at me. Now I kind of hear her as she opens the door. Usually she is now waking up because she has to go to the bathroom. This is actually a very good thing! Waking up in the middle of the night from a very sound sleep has been a bit more difficult. For some reason it takes me awhile to get back to sleep. The first few times she tried some stalling tactics to avoid going back to sleep but I was too asleep to fall for any of those attempts and was able to stick to putting her back in bed. In less than a week the excuses to stay up stopped so at least now when I take her back to bed, she just goes right back to sleep.
Anytime Abby sees a clock or watch she will say "It's twenty o'clock, Mommy". I love that. One never need worry or wonder about the time. It is always twenty o'clock.
We had a very full weekend for the holiday. It was a lot of fun but we were both so tired this morning! It was hard to get up for work/school. Saturday after Cai's party, we wound up going to see Over the Hedge. We each gave it a thumbs up. I laughed out loud many times.
Sunday we had a playdate with Kris and Avery. We went to the park near their house and then walked to eat pizza afterwards. Abby was so excited that whole day. And apparently Avery was too. She called Abby on the phone just before we were leaving to go to their house. They actually had a conversation of sorts. Abby has been talking on the phone for over a year now but it has just been the last week or so that she has begun to talking on her own without me being the voice from Cyrano de Bergerac.
So finally, some pictures!
At Avery's house before heading out to the park.
Driving the firetruck.
Wheeeeee!!!!!
Avery loved this tire swing and especially loved standing up on it. Abby tried standing.
But she realized she preferred sitting to standing. :-)
Tired and full after eating dinner.