First Day in Second Grade!

Abby picked out her very own First Day of School Outfit right down to the shoes which we embellished with rhinestones.  She told be this morning that she felt like she was wearing "teenager shoes".

 Here she is with her guy pals.  She plays in the forest behind our house with these boys (and Jacob) almost every day swinging on the vine and building fort!

Abby with her gal pals.  Do you see that line of cars?  There were 30 cars and a whole bunch of kids lined up at the bus stop and that's just for the elementary schools.

 Jacob is so sad that all his "friends" are away at school.  He keeps asking when his bus is coming.  So sad he has to wait 2 more years.

My Baby, Officially a Mom of 4!

A few months ago Abby brought home some guppy fish from school.  She had spent some time learning about them in school and got to keep the ones she had studied.  Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not a pet person, even fish are questionable.  But when your daughter starts a question with "Well, I know you're just going to say NO!" you think twice, right?

So, we got a fish bowl and food and the works and the 2 fish have been happily living in Abby's room.  She feeds them and Andy cleans the fish bowl (I had to do it once and it was so not fun).  Anyway, Abby came to me one day and said, "Mom, I think one of my fish is pregnant!" Great, I thought, just what I need, more fish.  I quickly told her that we are NOT breeding fish and that she will have to give the fish away, take them to the river, or let the mommy fish eat them (apparently that's what guppies do...eat there own babies)  Abby was appalled at the 2nd and 3rd option. I'm such a mean mom right?

I was working in my office this morning when Abby came running down the stairs breathing so hard she could hardly speak.  I immediately thought someone was hurt!  She then said "come quick my guppy had her babies and she's going to eat them!  Jacob actually discovered the teeny tiny fish thank goodness otherwise they may have all been "breakfast".  I ran upstairs with a bowl and the net to fish out the adult guppies.  When I got to them there were 4 baby guppies left (10-15 babies are normal).  Abby is so Happy, she is now the Mommy to 4 baby and 2 adult fish.

 She is so proud!

 The 2 big fish separated from the babies

If you click on the photo (to make it bigger) you might be able to see the baby guppies, they are sooo small. They are towards the back of the bowl.

Soccer Girl Abby

Abby started playing soccer this year. She played in her first soccer game this last Saturday and really liked it. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

First Day of School

Abby was off to 1st grade this morning! I was a little sad because my baby girl is going to be gone all day now. I have to say that the house has been really quiet all day. It's kind of weird that it's just me and Jacob now. Jacob is asleep right now and the house is eerily quiet.

After I dropped Abby off at school Jacob said "Ok Mommy, now I get to play with YOU!" And we did. We set up his train table only to find 2 pieces missing! UGH! And we (I) cleaned the toy room. It's not decorated or anything but I did snag a picture quickly before it got all messed up again. I will post about the house later on today (hopefully).

2 Teeth Down More To Go

Abby's 2nd tooth finally came out! This thing has been hanging on for months! The first tooth took a while to come out and the second one took even longer. The 2 "permanent" teeth had already grown in before the baby ones fell out. So no toothless grin so far but still cute. She was very excited about the money under her pillow. She has been working really hard cleaning dishes, vaccumming, etc. so she can earn money to buy a Rapunzel Tower. She has to save up $35.00 so it is taking a while but she is a hard worker.

Picture Day

Today was "picture day" at school. Maybe I'm just weird but I think it's kind of weird to have pictures taken of you kid at school. I wonder if it's just something that has been done for years and know one really knows why. I mean, who orders these pictures anyway. No offense if you do, by any means.

Well, dispite my personal feelings on "picture day" I did get Abby all dressed up. She was going to be in the Class picture whether I ordered pictures or not so I thought I'd better have her looking great incase that picture shows up on
E News when she's rich and famous to haunt her or something. I mean you never know right?

Below Abby is doing her most recent "take a picture of me pose" I'm not sure where she came up with that but she does it all the time. And of course Jacob who wouldn't stay out of any of the pictures I tried to take.

on a side note* these pictures would have turned out a lot better with my better nicer camera if I could only find that elusive camera bag...see post below for info on that!

The Journey Begins

Today was Abby's first day of Kindergarten. When she woke up this morning the first thing she said was "I want to go, I want to go." Both Andy and I dropped her off...it was kind of sad for us. She's been mine everyday and now I have to take her to school everyday!

I asked her what she did at school today and she said, "we played and danced." sounds like my kind of school.

Proud New Parents of a - Puppy! Funny Story

So for Father's day the Primary sang a group of songs during Sacrament meeting. Abby loves it now that she is a big Sunbeam and can go up on "stage" and sing. She stood right in front with her little head poking up above the 1/2 wall. After the songs were over Abby dropped to the ground. I was just kind of watching and wondering where she went. ( we were in the back, as usual) I then notice some kids tripping and some older kids bending down trying to pick her up. Then I see the Bishop lunge forward trying to grab her. . . but misses. I was just thinking that I'm going to have to go up there and retrieve her when I hear "barking". I'm thinking, "oh my gosh who let a dog in here" then I'm thinking wow, that kind of sounds like Abby. Then to my horror I see her on all fours galloping down the isle barking like a dog! The entire congregation is laughing and I am just ducking my head hoping no one will know she's mine. She made it almost to the overflow and the barking is getting louder so I nudge Andy to go retrieve her ( I was holding Jake, so I got out of that one). It took several minutes for us all to recover. I'm sure she was the topic of everyone's Father's Day. We are so proud!

Preschool Graduation

Abby graduated from her first year of preschool. She absolutely loved it, once she got there. She's not much of a morning person and so getting there by 9:00 am was sometimes a struggle. Ms. Summer was the best teacher and we will miss her.

Abby survived as the only girl with 7 boys in the class. Needless to say our house if full of "potty talk" and more things like that thanks to them, LOL!