Abby's a Bid Kid now :(

Abby is officially a big kid.  She turned 5 a few days ago, and then started kindergarten yesterday.  Today was her first day riding the bus, and she couldn't have been happier.  Gideon, on the other hand, was not happy to be left behind.  He was ready to join her on the bus, too.  2 more years, buddy.

Abby wants to be a ballerina and a makeup artist....

The same Saturday that we went apple picking also happened to be the first day of Abby's ballet classes. She was SO excited to go. She did not want to go home when it was over, but she was thrilled that she got to pick out a trophy and water bottle (ahem...I think they were trying to clean out their back room :-P). When we went to the orientation, they had old costumes that the kids could pick out, and she picked out her special tutu :-P plus a little "medal." Gideon's just dancing around as usual.

For Abby's birthday, she got a pair of Lelli Kelly shoes. They're very whimsical...covered in multi colored beads and sequins in a rainbow of colors. Every little girl's dream shoe :-P. Well, inside of the little box that they came in was a little make up kit in the shape of a phone. I immediately put it up somewhere high (out of sight out of mind :-P). Well, a few days later, I decided that I would let her play with it. Well, the little stinker hid it. I had no idea where she put it, but she knew -_-. A few days later, as I was washing the dishes, she decided that she would give all of her dolls a little make over. I was able to get most of the out, but she did a pretty good job, hahaha.

Apple Picking

This past Saturday, I met up with a couple of friends and their families. We often have play dates and share a little hobby. Can you guess what it is, hehehe. We LOVE to dress our children, haha. Their two little boys and Gideon are roughly the same age, so it's so much fun to coordinate them whenever we go out. Abby and Gideon LOVED picking the apples. I thought that there would be more apples, but it looks like we were there after many other visitors. Most of the apples were at the top of the trees, so we grabbed what we could. Most of what we could get weren't as ripe, but the kids didn't mind. Abby and Gideon would take a bite from an apple and then once they spotted another, would move on to the next. It was super easy to spot everywhere we went. One would just have to follow the trail of the apples with a single bite. One of the friend's husband took these AMAZING photos. Such a gift for us to have :-). Hope you all enjoy!!

Abby is 3!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that my baby is 3. The years are starting to go by a little too quickly. She is at the age where she understands what birthdays are...and what comes w/ them: balloons, cake, ice cream, and PRESENTS!! She has been talking about her birthday for MONTHS! She originally wanted a Dora birthday party...then Tinker Bell, then Princess, then Barney, then Dora. And then one day, when we went to look at party plates, she saw it. Diego party decor. From that moment on, she would have nothing else. She wanted a Diego birthday party! Now...this choice made things a little hard for me. Abigail is *very* picky about what she wears...or really anything that is hers. She's very much so a girly little girl. If something is blue, she questions if it really belongs to her, because that's a boy color, and Gideon is a boy, and Gideon gets the boy colors...so it must really belong to Gideon, haha. There's a pair of blue floral jammies that dread coming to in her pajama rotation. Without fail, we have at least a 5 minute argument over who they really belong to. In the end, I convince her that the flowers are princess flowers on princess blue jammies...and then we're good. Well...girly Diego shirts do NOT exist. I had to find an orange tutu, and iron on patch, and white t-shirt to make little Abby happy :-P. She wanted to wear that outfit every day up until her party. Anyhow...here are a few shots from her birthday weekend :-).

We went to Chucky Cheeses the Saturday before her birthday. Abigail LOVED it! She had a ball playing games with her daddy, eating pizza, and meeting Chucky. Gideon, on the other hand, was a little terror. I could write a whole other post about him...such a little monster, haha. Christian let her have a soda, and boy, did she feel like it was the most amazing treat ever!! It was just a root bear...but to her it was liquid gold.

On Monday, Abby had two little friends come over for her Diego party and had a blast. I wish I had taken a picture, but her birthday cake said, "Happy 3rd Birthday Abigail and Ongre." When I ordered the cake, I told them that I wanted it to say "Happy 3rd Birthday" in orange letters. Well...I guess the guy wrote down "Happy 3rd Birthday Abigail in orange" and either he couldn't spell, or the person who made the cake couldn't read or spell. Christian was able to get most of it off, and I got a cake for 1/2 off, whoohoo.