Preschool & Training Wheels

This week was a big one for miss Abbie.
She finished up her first year of preschool. She has loved being in school. 
She met some darling friends and fell in love with her teachers. 

Abbie with Ms Nicole & Ms Meghan

She also cruises on her bicycle now without training wheels! We took them off Friday night and she hasn't stopped begging to ride it since.  She practiced on a balance bike and got the hang of it real quick.

 

 

 

Summer here we come!

Conversations with Abigail. (mama's day edition)

This morning after breakfast Abbie asked if i would clear her plate for her.  I told her yes, and this followed:
A: "because it's mother's day. and on mother's day mom's have to do whatever the kids tell them to."

later on she was upset with me and she said:
A:  "you make me mad mama, happy MAD mother's day"

she may not quite grasp the concept of Mother's Day, but i sure love being her and E's mama!

Conversations with Abigail.

yesterday Abbie and i were out in the yard enjoying the warm weather and we watched a bird hop around the grass and poke his beak in the grass and eat a worm. 
this conversation followed:
M: "How do they do that?"
A: "They just poke their little beaks into the ground and pick up the worms mom"
M: "Wow, well how do you think they know where to find the worms?"
A: "Well, birds have special brains for that mom"

this morning at the breakfast table:
A: "Mama, your hair is bigger, it's growing long"
M: "i know it is starting to get a little bit longer.  Do you like it?"
A: "Nope. i think it's better short"

Photo recap

Easter Weekend in St. George

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversations with Abigail.

i know i just did one of these, but the girl is a chatterbox!

about 5 minutes ago:
A:  "mom? when you got married to dad was i in Heaven and you could feel me in your heart?"
M:  "yes, i could feel you in my heart"
A:  "and did i dance when you got married?"
M:  "i'm sure you danced when daddy and i got married. do you remember dancing?"
A:  "ya, i danced"

Conversations with Abigail.

A few weeks ago Abigail woke up in the middle of the night. i could hear her in her room so i went in and found her searching through her drawers of clothes...
M: "what are you doing sweetheart?"
A: "where are my sweatshirts mama? i can't find my sweatshirts"
M: "why do you need a sweatshirt?"
A: "because i'm sweaty mama"

Lately she has been talking about what she wants to be when she grows up.
She keeps talking about being a doctor and when i asked her about giving shots to people she said "the nurse will give the pokeys mama"
yesterday she added a "sewer girl" to the list
and today she wanted to be a "baker girl" too.

the big 1.0

our Emma Joelyn turned 1 yesterday.
i still cannot wrap my head around the fact that the little pipsqueak is one. 
crazy. crazy. crazy.

She spent most of her birthday napping
(wouldn't that be a grand way to spend your bday?)
for some reason she took 2 really long (like 3 hour) naps.
i can only assume it was to prepare for the partying we did last night.

 

 

 

Just a few factoids about Emma
she is one busy gal.
she is a speedy crawler (finally stopped the army crawl).
she is not walking. getting brave though.
we call her E, Ems, Emma JoJo, Monkey, creature (mean i know), sister bear
She waves bye bye.
she gives kisses.
she loves emptying things out.
everywhere we take the girl someone mentions how gorgeous the color of her hair is.
she has 6 teeth. 4 top and 2 bottom. they all came in at once.
she "sings" and boogies when she hears music.
she babbles a lot, but the only word i think she says is "Abba" (abbie)
we haven't found anything she won't eat.
she is most ticklish on the palms of her hands. she giggles like crazy.
she loves to give her dad snuggles.

Happy Birthday Ems!