Big Sister

(Doesn't Jack look Just like his Papa?)

Abby and Jack are the best of pals. This weekend and most weekends the two spent their time playing and laughing with each other. In my wildest dreams I could never have imagined that their bond would have been so automatic, natural, and beautiful. It amazes me how caring, loving, and patient Abby is and how much her little brother adores her.

My favorite photo of the two

It was a piece of cake!

We had a pretty good weekend. Yesterday we all went to the mall with Papa and Nana than went to Auntie Beth's work (Bridgeman's) for dinner. Abby especially likes having "green" ice cream after dinner!Today Abby and I enjoyed our Sunday afternoon grocery shopping trip. Today was family day at cub, kiddos could decorate there own cake. How cool is that? Abby's mom really wanted to make one too.

What a riot, Abby chose yellow frosting with purple icing, she made hearts and polka (bots) dots. Than came the sprinkles and the plastic decorations (picks and rings.)

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Respect

The word of the week is "respect." Abby tells me she is going to be learning a song about respect. I can't wait. Today the boy who never gets any stamps got all 3 today, but Abby didn't seem pleased about it. When I questioned her she told me that he hit her today and ate his bugars. Abby says and thats not respect.

Abby's grandma sent this picture to her via my email, Abby loves wiener dogs. Her most cherished belonging is her stuffed wiener dog. "Wiener Dog" has been through a lot, two eye surgeries, a tail mishap, and was even left at Target once. I know once Abby is grown, one of my fondest memories of her childhood will be when she realised Wiener Dog was missing, she had a melt down right there in the store, she cried, "I want my Wiener" over and over again.

Abby's new friend

Today was the first day Abby rode the bus home. This morning when we discussed it she shrugged me off, she is an old pro now. So she was scheduled to be home at 10:55, but when I looked out the window a bus was parked at the corner at 10:40, so I ran out to greet her and she hopped off all smiles wearing a "hat" with the name Andre written on it. When I asked her who Andre was, she told me "hers my friend." turns out Andre is a girl , she is Abby's best friend, except the kicker is Abby doesn't remember her name, and when I told her it was Andre she said no, I don't know any kid with that name. Well apparently Papa has Carl and Abby has Andre.

3rd Day of School

Abby now is getting on the school bus and going to her class by herself. She informed us after only one day, that she didn't need us to help her. Charlie still has been picking her up because the 1/2 day buses weren't set up in time for the HI 5 kids. Wednesday she will be taking the school bus home too. Abby can not wait. When she wakes up she asks me how many more school bus day before the weekend. Now she isn't just excited about the bus, Miss Hanson is pretty cool to. She sings the "days of the week" song to the tune of the Adams Family theme (not that Abby knows who the Adam's Family is.) Also every day the kids in her class receive stamps on their hands based on their behavior that day. 3 is a great day, 2 is OK, 1 is not so great, and no stamp is a really bad day. So far Abby has come home with 3 stamps but she sure cant wait to tell me all about the kids who went home with no stamps. She says she has lots of friends in her class but she only remembers the names of the kids who go home with 1 or no stamps. She sure is doing well, and i am enjoying this love for learning!

First Day of School....

Well we all survived the first day. Abby was not the bright eyed cheerful child you will see in the photos above, when I first attempted to wake her up at 5:30. Once we got going Abby became very excited that this day had finally arrived, the day she would get to ride on the "Big Yellow School Bus." For a four year old riding the school bus feels like "you have finally arrived." For a mother of a four year old it almost made me cry, but like she told me last weekend, "Mom I am a big girl now." I just don't think it is fair when children use that line on their parents. This morning during breakfast she told me, "Today I am going to make a lot of new friends." Abby does not lack any confidence, that is for sure! After school Abby was very proud of the 3 stamps she had gotten today from her teacher. Apparently Abby was very good at standing on the silver line. She also had gym today, which was very exciting for her because she gets to exercise. She also tells me that tommorrow she will be getting homework. I am sure the coming days will be pretty eventful and enjoyable I will keep everyone posted!

August Update

Wow, August was so busy I am just updating the blog now! August 1st we had a near miss on the 35w bridge. Puts things into perspective as a parent being annoyed that your child decides to challenge you when you are already running late, and than to realize later than 5 minute debate kept your family safe.

The rest of August was such a rainy blur! We spent so much time indoors, Abby has really gotten good at "Memory." When the rain finally stopped all the flowers we had planted from seed in July were just now finally beginning to bloom. My sweet four year old is so proud of her little garden.
Another thing that kept us busy was endless errands that coincide with starting school. Abby will be starting High 5 tomorrow! Below is a picture of Abby after returning from her open house. She is most excited about the four blue Imacs in her class room. he told me "This school is going to be Terrific."
I will try not to take so long to update this thing!