We went out for an evening on Friday and my Aunt Pam watched Abby for us. (Read about our dinner out over at Rob's Blog.) I left her a very detailed evening plan for Abby, and thought I would post it here!
Typical evening for Abby
4-6 -
snack! Probably pretzels and dip or a clementine
general play time, helping with dinner if we're cooking
6 Dinner
we're buying whether it's pizza or Chipotle. We avoid pepperoni, but she's good with onions, ham, pineapple, hamburger, or plain cheese!
if she refuses to eat, there are chicken nuggets (3-4) in the freezer, and pickles in the fridge.
6:50ish Bath Time!
This time is fuzzy toward the later side - if all is well we typically let her play until 7 or so.
Bath time is not about being clean, really, it's about time in the tub playing. Soap requires bravery and screaming, we do it in the shower on Sundays, unless she's really dirty during the week.
after bath Diaper and PJ's!*
We've pulled out a special Elmo diaper. Point that out and you get points in Abby's book! The girl is in love with that Little Red Guy.
PJ's are on the pillow.
More points if you tell her about Signing Time on the agenda.
Signing Time is on the DVR - go with the episode called "My Things"
there is a short clip after the credits. Abby knows this.
There is milk in the fridge - pop it in the warmer about 15 minutes after starting the video**
After Signing Time
She typically will grab one of three things: Gator, Hershey Bear or her Cat.
Turn the music on the dresser on:
The on button is on the front, upper left of the player
The snooze button is the big one on top. hit that once to set the "sleep" function"
Cuddling in the rocker with Milk and her Blanket usually puts her out - but we supplement with a Pacifier, too (extras are in the pocket of the rocker) - total time in rocker... 10 minutes.
Lay her down (usually on her tummy), pat her back a couple times, and then enjoy some TV or Wii time!
*Turns out that Abby noticed the Elmo diaper before Pam did and began to yell "ELMO DIAPER" followed by "SIGNING TIME." Pam seemed a little disappointed that she did not get to play those cards...
**This was the last night of our taper-off-the-evening bottle. It seems to have gone well and Abby has picked up her daytime milk drinking. Very cool.
Abby is very routine oriented, and I think that this list helped everyone to be on the same page and helped Abby to be the "Angel" that she was reported to be. :o)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Abby's Play Kitchen!
It's finally here - the blog post about Abby's new play kitchen!
I was inspired by a blog post I found HERE that did something similar, but I kept parts of their idea and added some of my own. As an added bonus, my brothers' scroll saw is in storage, so I got to buy myself a new one!
I started with the Ikea RAST end table. At $15 it was probably cheaper than if I went out and got nicely finished wood and cut it myself, plus it was a great, square starting point. (Cost so far: $15)
Then I cut a hole out to put in a metal bowl from our kitchen. We have too many bowls as it is, so giving this one to the project made sense to us. I added a piece across the middle to support any weight Abby might apply, as well as to divide the box in half - one is the "oven" and the other side is currently non-purposed. This is also the point that I had to buy a new scroll saw, which was both fun and awesome at the same time! (Cost so far: $15 for project, $29.99 for saw)
The tricky part, and the part that required the most thinking, was the faucet. I scoured Ebay and Craigslist for a real kitchen or bathroom faucet, new or used, for several days before giving up. I looked at prices in stores, but the cheapest was about $30. I could not justify that in my head. I decided to make something out of PVC pipe, and I think it turned out well. It's two pieces, a p-trap and a part that fits into the p-trap. I had to cut the bottom piece to get it into the tight space, but that was easy. The two pieces cost me a total of $3. (Cost so far: $18)
I had a random piece of nice, finished wood laying around the house that is only about 1/4 of an inch off of fitting perfectly with the table, so I used it. I'm not much on perfection - it gives me nothing to complain about later if there are no flaws! We think the wood was a shelf to an old entertainment center. Cost: free. (Cost so far: $18)
Since I have about a dozen mouse pads at my office that do not get used (they come with new computers, and we've gotten ten new ones in the last four years) I decided to put them to use in my project. I cut circles out of the mouse pads to make burners. They are not attached for two reasons - we might paint it so they would be in the way, and I don't know how we would attach them properly. Oh well.
I added stove top knobs that are actually casters from tables at my office that were on their way to the trash. They were screwed into a 1x2 across the top at the same time that I put a kickplate (1x4) on the bottom to keep toys from sliding under the kitchen. (Cost so far: $18)
I added an oven door and Abby immediately knew what the whole project was! You will notice that the knobs here are pink - it's because the casters from the previous picture were too large with the door on the oven - it would not open! I ran out to Target and picked up some dresser knobs for $5. Ended up at Ikea the next day and could have gotten better looking knobs for less money, but what's done is done. (Cost so far: $23)
And that's the whole thing! If we had bought a wooden play kitchen in a store we would have spent at least $125, and the cost for one can go up to numbers that I'm too embarassed to type! I spent $23 and about four total hours on this project by using mostly scrap wood from around the house. You can also check with your local hardware store (or Ikea!) for scrap wood to save on the cost.
I was inspired by a blog post I found HERE that did something similar, but I kept parts of their idea and added some of my own. As an added bonus, my brothers' scroll saw is in storage, so I got to buy myself a new one!
I started with the Ikea RAST end table. At $15 it was probably cheaper than if I went out and got nicely finished wood and cut it myself, plus it was a great, square starting point. (Cost so far: $15)
The tricky part, and the part that required the most thinking, was the faucet. I scoured Ebay and Craigslist for a real kitchen or bathroom faucet, new or used, for several days before giving up. I looked at prices in stores, but the cheapest was about $30. I could not justify that in my head. I decided to make something out of PVC pipe, and I think it turned out well. It's two pieces, a p-trap and a part that fits into the p-trap. I had to cut the bottom piece to get it into the tight space, but that was easy. The two pieces cost me a total of $3. (Cost so far: $18)
I had a random piece of nice, finished wood laying around the house that is only about 1/4 of an inch off of fitting perfectly with the table, so I used it. I'm not much on perfection - it gives me nothing to complain about later if there are no flaws! We think the wood was a shelf to an old entertainment center. Cost: free. (Cost so far: $18)
Since I have about a dozen mouse pads at my office that do not get used (they come with new computers, and we've gotten ten new ones in the last four years) I decided to put them to use in my project. I cut circles out of the mouse pads to make burners. They are not attached for two reasons - we might paint it so they would be in the way, and I don't know how we would attach them properly. Oh well.
I added stove top knobs that are actually casters from tables at my office that were on their way to the trash. They were screwed into a 1x2 across the top at the same time that I put a kickplate (1x4) on the bottom to keep toys from sliding under the kitchen. (Cost so far: $18)
I added an oven door and Abby immediately knew what the whole project was! You will notice that the knobs here are pink - it's because the casters from the previous picture were too large with the door on the oven - it would not open! I ran out to Target and picked up some dresser knobs for $5. Ended up at Ikea the next day and could have gotten better looking knobs for less money, but what's done is done. (Cost so far: $23)
And that's the whole thing! If we had bought a wooden play kitchen in a store we would have spent at least $125, and the cost for one can go up to numbers that I'm too embarassed to type! I spent $23 and about four total hours on this project by using mostly scrap wood from around the house. You can also check with your local hardware store (or Ikea!) for scrap wood to save on the cost.
Here's Abby enjoying her newest toy!
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Stop Licking That!!
Suggestions welcome/encouraged!
At about six months (maybe before) Abby had an obsession with putting things in her mouth - toys, coins, food, fingers... everything. It is an age-apropriate method of learning for an infant. They do a better job of using their five senses to learn about things around them than we do - I assume my desk tastes like dust and plastic, so I don't try to taste or smell it - I rely on touch and sight.
Abby has seemingly reverted to some sort of tasting/licking stage. Some things are adorable, like when she licks a blueberry before eating it. Licking her clean feet after bath time was cute, too.
Some things are a little weird, like the freezer in our basement and our fridge upstairs - maybe she was licking each to see if they were the same or different. (She didn't report her findings to me, but probably has a journal somewhere!)
Some things that she has licked are just disgusting - including our dog and, even worse, a piece of wood at Wendy's on Sunday afternoon. Just.Disgusting. I had to run through her high chair and over another chair to get her off of it. If you've never been to a Wendy's - it was the wooden fram between the old smoking section and the old non-smoking section. It's about a foot wide and she loves to run a circle and climb over it. Fun game - gross twist to it.
Our particular Wendy's is not the cleanest thing around, so there were jokes about spots and blisters that would show up in the afternoon, and we were relieved that they did not!
Help! How do I break her of this new game? I don't want to create a punishment necessarily, but this is one situation that I would like to stop before it goes too far...
At about six months (maybe before) Abby had an obsession with putting things in her mouth - toys, coins, food, fingers... everything. It is an age-apropriate method of learning for an infant. They do a better job of using their five senses to learn about things around them than we do - I assume my desk tastes like dust and plastic, so I don't try to taste or smell it - I rely on touch and sight.
Abby has seemingly reverted to some sort of tasting/licking stage. Some things are adorable, like when she licks a blueberry before eating it. Licking her clean feet after bath time was cute, too.
Some things are a little weird, like the freezer in our basement and our fridge upstairs - maybe she was licking each to see if they were the same or different. (She didn't report her findings to me, but probably has a journal somewhere!)
Some things that she has licked are just disgusting - including our dog and, even worse, a piece of wood at Wendy's on Sunday afternoon. Just.Disgusting. I had to run through her high chair and over another chair to get her off of it. If you've never been to a Wendy's - it was the wooden fram between the old smoking section and the old non-smoking section. It's about a foot wide and she loves to run a circle and climb over it. Fun game - gross twist to it.
Our particular Wendy's is not the cleanest thing around, so there were jokes about spots and blisters that would show up in the afternoon, and we were relieved that they did not!
Help! How do I break her of this new game? I don't want to create a punishment necessarily, but this is one situation that I would like to stop before it goes too far...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
She Had the Strangest Dream...
It is my assumption that Abby had a bizarre dream last night. That's the only explaination that I can come up with. Here's my story...
Last night Anny went up to church for her month Women's Group gathering where they talk about boys and stuff. (Not really, but that is what I say!) That meant that Abby and I got to spend some quality time together playing and reading books and such.
At bath time something happened, though I don't know what, that made her mood change from "this is fun" to "get me the hell out of this water or you'll pay!" Nothing happened in the water, and I could not get her to tell me what hurt. I'm guessing that she's just crazy.
After getting her into her PJ's, through tears, we sat down for our daily dose of Signing Time on the DVR. She cuddled really close for the first half, and I pried her off during the latter half to get some other things taken care of. Part of getting her to sit on her own was to give her the famous Purple Hat. It seems to be in every other picture on our Flickr Site because she wears it all the time.
I had to take the hat away before bed time, of course. That went over okay and with very little notice, really.
Then came 2:30 this morning. With everyone sound asleep, we were awoken to hear "PURPLE" being yelled from Abby's Room. Then "HAT!" That was followed by "PURPLE HAT?!" Anny got up and assured her that the purple hat was okay and that it was time for sleep, not hats.
I am assuming that she was having some sort of dream about her beloved purple hat, but can't ask her what was going on because she has no clue it even happened!
When she got up at 5:15 and we went out for our breakfast time, she very quickly found her purple hat and they were united once again.
Weird.
Last night Anny went up to church for her month Women's Group gathering where they talk about boys and stuff. (Not really, but that is what I say!) That meant that Abby and I got to spend some quality time together playing and reading books and such.
At bath time something happened, though I don't know what, that made her mood change from "this is fun" to "get me the hell out of this water or you'll pay!" Nothing happened in the water, and I could not get her to tell me what hurt. I'm guessing that she's just crazy.
After getting her into her PJ's, through tears, we sat down for our daily dose of Signing Time on the DVR. She cuddled really close for the first half, and I pried her off during the latter half to get some other things taken care of. Part of getting her to sit on her own was to give her the famous Purple Hat. It seems to be in every other picture on our Flickr Site because she wears it all the time.
I had to take the hat away before bed time, of course. That went over okay and with very little notice, really.
Then came 2:30 this morning. With everyone sound asleep, we were awoken to hear "PURPLE" being yelled from Abby's Room. Then "HAT!" That was followed by "PURPLE HAT?!" Anny got up and assured her that the purple hat was okay and that it was time for sleep, not hats.
I am assuming that she was having some sort of dream about her beloved purple hat, but can't ask her what was going on because she has no clue it even happened!
When she got up at 5:15 and we went out for our breakfast time, she very quickly found her purple hat and they were united once again.
Weird.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Parent Teacher Conference
One of the perks of the the wonderful daycare that we have is that we have real feedback from our teachers on a daily basis, and twice a year we have a sit-down, parent teacher conference with the lead teacher. (We could rave about this place until the cows come home, and then I remember how much we're paying and it helps to level things out...)
Last week we had our first of two (three?) PTC's at Abby's school, and all is right in Abby's developmental world! Hooray! Actually, she is doing better than her classmates on the charts, but that's because she is older and associated more with a boy who has since moved to the older classroom. She got check marks down two pages of "Developmental Goals of a 12-24 Month Old" and has begun to check things off on the same type of list for 24-36 month olds. It's really hard to believe how much she has developed, grown and just become a whole little person over the last six months.
There were two comments that stuck out on the otherwise Abby-Praising Pages:
1 - "Abby has developed an aversion to wet and sticky things - like finger paints."
Umm - what child does not like finger paints? It would seem that my daughter does not like them. She is the same toddler that does not like rice because of the texture. Yesterday afternoon I tried to work on this, but Anny pulled out the paintbrush that I had stashed on the table (out of sight) before I popped open the paint. Oh well, we will work on this one.
2 - "Abby is beginning to show age-appropriate aggression."
Yeah - our toddler is beating people up. Not other-toddler people, either. No, not really. Abby is very routine and schedule oriented. When I had her home last week sick for a couple of days I tried to stick to our normal routines, and she kept me to them! Even her nap was on time, at her persistence. Turns out that at school if they try to spring something on her (even as simple as "time to change your diaper") she can be pretty forceful about not moving. She has even been caught on several occasions pushing her teachers!
All in all, Abby's progress is awesome and she's ahead of the curve on a lot of things. Really, as long as she's having fun, we're happy. (But it was totally awesome to hear someone else say what we've been thinking!)
Last week we had our first of two (three?) PTC's at Abby's school, and all is right in Abby's developmental world! Hooray! Actually, she is doing better than her classmates on the charts, but that's because she is older and associated more with a boy who has since moved to the older classroom. She got check marks down two pages of "Developmental Goals of a 12-24 Month Old" and has begun to check things off on the same type of list for 24-36 month olds. It's really hard to believe how much she has developed, grown and just become a whole little person over the last six months.
There were two comments that stuck out on the otherwise Abby-Praising Pages:
1 - "Abby has developed an aversion to wet and sticky things - like finger paints."
Umm - what child does not like finger paints? It would seem that my daughter does not like them. She is the same toddler that does not like rice because of the texture. Yesterday afternoon I tried to work on this, but Anny pulled out the paintbrush that I had stashed on the table (out of sight) before I popped open the paint. Oh well, we will work on this one.
2 - "Abby is beginning to show age-appropriate aggression."
Yeah - our toddler is beating people up. Not other-toddler people, either. No, not really. Abby is very routine and schedule oriented. When I had her home last week sick for a couple of days I tried to stick to our normal routines, and she kept me to them! Even her nap was on time, at her persistence. Turns out that at school if they try to spring something on her (even as simple as "time to change your diaper") she can be pretty forceful about not moving. She has even been caught on several occasions pushing her teachers!
All in all, Abby's progress is awesome and she's ahead of the curve on a lot of things. Really, as long as she's having fun, we're happy. (But it was totally awesome to hear someone else say what we've been thinking!)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Little Miss Constant Amazer
Abby continues to amaze us...
Over the weekend while giving Abby her bath, she said and signed "finished." I told her that she needed to wash her toes, only as a stalling tactic while I finished brushing my teeth. She insisted... "finished!"
I hurried up and finished up my tooth-brushing, for fear of even more insistence!
While the water drained Abby looked up and said "owl" a couple of times. Anny had joined us in the bathroom at this point, and the two of us stood over Abby and were bewildered about why she would be saying owl, and so persistently. Owl. OWl. OWL!
We were not paying attention to the whole picture; we were relying on her very primitave speech. She is only 19 months old after all, she's not supposed to be using sentences. (and she doesn't... much)
She was signing to try to bring her parents up to speed. I can only imagine that in her little mind she's thinking "these people are responsible for my safety and wellbeing, but they can't figure out that I'm signing what I'm trying to say?" Yeah, I put a lot of my own ideas in her head from time to time.
So anyway, back to the bath. She was done. She was watching the water drain. The next logical step, for all but two people in the world.... She was ready for her....
Towel.
Yeah, I smacked myself in the head for that one. She's very communicative, if only we pay attention.
Over the weekend while giving Abby her bath, she said and signed "finished." I told her that she needed to wash her toes, only as a stalling tactic while I finished brushing my teeth. She insisted... "finished!"
I hurried up and finished up my tooth-brushing, for fear of even more insistence!
While the water drained Abby looked up and said "owl" a couple of times. Anny had joined us in the bathroom at this point, and the two of us stood over Abby and were bewildered about why she would be saying owl, and so persistently. Owl. OWl. OWL!
We were not paying attention to the whole picture; we were relying on her very primitave speech. She is only 19 months old after all, she's not supposed to be using sentences. (and she doesn't... much)
She was signing to try to bring her parents up to speed. I can only imagine that in her little mind she's thinking "these people are responsible for my safety and wellbeing, but they can't figure out that I'm signing what I'm trying to say?" Yeah, I put a lot of my own ideas in her head from time to time.
So anyway, back to the bath. She was done. She was watching the water drain. The next logical step, for all but two people in the world.... She was ready for her....
Towel.
Yeah, I smacked myself in the head for that one. She's very communicative, if only we pay attention.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
18 Months Old!
Okay, here we are less than a week from Abby's 19 month mark, and I'm just getting around to celebrating 18 months.... I swear it's not all my fault!
Because of our trips and schedules and plans, Abby did not have her 18 month Well Baby Visit until last week. At the visit she got two shots, one in each arm, as well as the regular check up.
She's doing really well as far as height and weight go. She's a whopping 25 pounds (60th Percentile) and 32.5 inches (75th Percentile). What that means is that her height has balanced out her weight over the course of learning to walk and run. She's on the tall side, but that does not mean she will be tall later on necessarily.
Abby also continues to delight learning new words, and honing in on the words that she has jumbled in the past. We're always delighted to hear "mama... dada" when I'm not around, and visa versa. She knows that we all belong together. She still does not say "Abby" clearly, but understands who she is in pictures and mirrors.
Unfortunately for me she can already figure out when I'm making up words for books. She tends to latch on to one book at a time, which bores ME! I know, I know, it's not about me. But you don't understand, there are only so many times that I can bark like a dog at the right part without going hoarse.
In a book that our friend Elise gave Abby for Christmas, after her travels to meet-and-greet with real penguins in Antartica, there is on spot that I "helped" Anny with one day. Something about "these penguins like to eat...FISH!" My help was adding emphasis to "fish" and now she will force Anny to pause so that I can be included. It's adorable, and a little weird that she's that detail oriented after just one instance!
She's a handful, but a good handful. (Remember, evan cash can come in handfuls!)
Because of our trips and schedules and plans, Abby did not have her 18 month Well Baby Visit until last week. At the visit she got two shots, one in each arm, as well as the regular check up.
She's doing really well as far as height and weight go. She's a whopping 25 pounds (60th Percentile) and 32.5 inches (75th Percentile). What that means is that her height has balanced out her weight over the course of learning to walk and run. She's on the tall side, but that does not mean she will be tall later on necessarily.
Abby also continues to delight learning new words, and honing in on the words that she has jumbled in the past. We're always delighted to hear "mama... dada" when I'm not around, and visa versa. She knows that we all belong together. She still does not say "Abby" clearly, but understands who she is in pictures and mirrors.
Unfortunately for me she can already figure out when I'm making up words for books. She tends to latch on to one book at a time, which bores ME! I know, I know, it's not about me. But you don't understand, there are only so many times that I can bark like a dog at the right part without going hoarse.
In a book that our friend Elise gave Abby for Christmas, after her travels to meet-and-greet with real penguins in Antartica, there is on spot that I "helped" Anny with one day. Something about "these penguins like to eat...FISH!" My help was adding emphasis to "fish" and now she will force Anny to pause so that I can be included. It's adorable, and a little weird that she's that detail oriented after just one instance!
She's a handful, but a good handful. (Remember, evan cash can come in handfuls!)
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
We're Back from Christmas...And New Year's...
I guess I should start with Christmas and will blog later about other subjects...
This Christmas I took off almost a full two weeks from work between holidays, vacation and sick days I only had to work for about a half of a day in the middle. Turns out that putting in that half day was good for my coming back to the office yesterday because I could hit the ground running just a little bit.
We spent the first week visiting with Paul and Sarahlynn and their girls in St Louis. Aside from plane delays on the Baltimore side of both flights, it was a wonderful time away. The extra two hour delay on our way out was certainly not the best way to start a trip, but Abby was a great sport. I took her over to the B gate at BWI and we found some children headed out to Orlando to play with. They danced, jumped and chased each other for so long that Anny texted "everything okay?"
Since we only get the cousins together every six months or so, for now, it always makes me just a little bit nervous about how they will react to each other. Turns out, once again, that there is nothing to cause concern! We arrived so late Saturday that the cousins (two girls, one 23 months, one five years) were long asleep, so the first re-meeting would wait for the morning. Since we were on east coast time, and they are an hour behind us, we were up first. As everyone began to wake up, it was like a wonderful reunion for all three of them!
Abby had used the word "mine" two times the weekend before, but perfected it while we were there! Anny and I keep comparing the three of them to the seagulls in Finding Nemo:
It really was adorable when it comes right down to it.
It was great to spend time with Anny's family, even though our time was short.
The week of New Year's we were home. We were sure to figure out something out of the house during the day, and got to catch up with friends during the week too. We took Abby to the play areas at two malls (Columbia - A+ and Tysons Corner - B+) as well as the massive fish tank at our local Bass Pro Shop. She was amused and happy to have us around, I think.
Now we have all settled back into work and school and are getting the routine of life back down. I would say that Abby does really well at that, too. I know that she does better than I do, after all!
More blogging to come later this week - Abby had her 18 month check up last week, too!
This Christmas I took off almost a full two weeks from work between holidays, vacation and sick days I only had to work for about a half of a day in the middle. Turns out that putting in that half day was good for my coming back to the office yesterday because I could hit the ground running just a little bit.
We spent the first week visiting with Paul and Sarahlynn and their girls in St Louis. Aside from plane delays on the Baltimore side of both flights, it was a wonderful time away. The extra two hour delay on our way out was certainly not the best way to start a trip, but Abby was a great sport. I took her over to the B gate at BWI and we found some children headed out to Orlando to play with. They danced, jumped and chased each other for so long that Anny texted "everything okay?"
Since we only get the cousins together every six months or so, for now, it always makes me just a little bit nervous about how they will react to each other. Turns out, once again, that there is nothing to cause concern! We arrived so late Saturday that the cousins (two girls, one 23 months, one five years) were long asleep, so the first re-meeting would wait for the morning. Since we were on east coast time, and they are an hour behind us, we were up first. As everyone began to wake up, it was like a wonderful reunion for all three of them!
Abby had used the word "mine" two times the weekend before, but perfected it while we were there! Anny and I keep comparing the three of them to the seagulls in Finding Nemo:
It really was adorable when it comes right down to it.
It was great to spend time with Anny's family, even though our time was short.
The week of New Year's we were home. We were sure to figure out something out of the house during the day, and got to catch up with friends during the week too. We took Abby to the play areas at two malls (Columbia - A+ and Tysons Corner - B+) as well as the massive fish tank at our local Bass Pro Shop. She was amused and happy to have us around, I think.
Now we have all settled back into work and school and are getting the routine of life back down. I would say that Abby does really well at that, too. I know that she does better than I do, after all!
More blogging to come later this week - Abby had her 18 month check up last week, too!
Friday, December 19, 2008
New Videos!
Abby loves to sing as much as she loves to dance. Okay, sort of. Here are two songs that we've learned at Sunday School. These songs have saved us on more than one occasion! At least twice she has been having a meltdown and we'll pull out "Twinkle Twinkle" and it brings her back down to a calm and sensible level!
Please enjoy:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star from Anny and Rob on Vimeo.
And also enjoy "If You're Happy and You Know It!"
If You're Happy and You Know It.... from Anny and Rob on Vimeo.
Please enjoy:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star from Anny and Rob on Vimeo.
And also enjoy "If You're Happy and You Know It!"
If You're Happy and You Know It.... from Anny and Rob on Vimeo.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Thanksgiving Weekend - Abby Style!
Thanksgiving weekend was one of fun and adventure for Abby!
On Wednesday we went to the turkey farm to pick up a fresh turkey, or two, and also took some time to explore. We saw cows and cats of all ages and sizes. Abby was fascinated by all of it!
On Thursday Rob's dad and step-mom made the drive up from Florida, so we got to spend some time with them before dinner.
At dinner there was quite a houseful of people. I think we counted 12 around the table, and four dogs. Abby at lots of cranberries and stuffing, but was not interested in much else.
On Friday we did a little shopping, and finished decorating the house for Christmas! Since we'll be in Saint Louis for Christmas, we put up a fake tree. It is already decorated and Abby loves it. It has come at the right time as we are working on identifying colors and the lights are much more interesting than crayons!
On Saturday we raked the front and back yards - and Abby tried to help. It was adorable and I wish I had gotten pictures, but I did not. This year we are composting our leaves, so it was especially fun for her to throw handfuls of leaves over the fence!
What did you do for the big weekend?
On Wednesday we went to the turkey farm to pick up a fresh turkey, or two, and also took some time to explore. We saw cows and cats of all ages and sizes. Abby was fascinated by all of it!
On Thursday Rob's dad and step-mom made the drive up from Florida, so we got to spend some time with them before dinner.
At dinner there was quite a houseful of people. I think we counted 12 around the table, and four dogs. Abby at lots of cranberries and stuffing, but was not interested in much else.
On Friday we did a little shopping, and finished decorating the house for Christmas! Since we'll be in Saint Louis for Christmas, we put up a fake tree. It is already decorated and Abby loves it. It has come at the right time as we are working on identifying colors and the lights are much more interesting than crayons!
On Saturday we raked the front and back yards - and Abby tried to help. It was adorable and I wish I had gotten pictures, but I did not. This year we are composting our leaves, so it was especially fun for her to throw handfuls of leaves over the fence!
What did you do for the big weekend?
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