Abbyism's

Abby is one funny girl. Her mind is working all the time trying to figure things out. She always asks the funniest questions. And sometimes I think "did you really just ask/say that?" I will list a few now and try to add to the list as more ridiculousness comes out of her mouth!

1. "Mom, why does Jesus live in the dirt?"...Honey, Jesus doesn't live in the dirt. Why do you think he lives in the dirt? "When you die you go in the dirt, Jesus died." I go on to explain the Resurrection and such and she kind of gets it until she says "So when you die you don't have skin and bones?" At this point I am thinking "Where did I go wrong in my explanation". I am about to try a new approach when she says, "So does Jelly Bean PaPa and GG Elna (her 2 great grands that are in their 80's) have their bones?...And do they have their skin.?" At this point I just start laughing.

2. "Mom, when you have a baby in your tummy are you resdeterded (resurrected)?"

3. "You can't treat me like this, I'M A HUMAN!"

4. "Mom, since I"m going to be Rapunzel for Halloween, when are my eyes going to turn green? And you know you need to get restentions (hair exstentions) right?"

5. I'm doing Abby's hair for school and she leans close to the mirror and says "Wow, I look like Taylor Swift! Do you think my friends will know it's me, Abby?"

I saved some money!

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to shop and shop and shop. Its theuraputic and fun! I've seriously been dying inside as I see deal after deal in my Inbox, 30% off at the Gap Outlet...yep past it up. Gymboree Circle of Friends ...yep past that one up too and the list goes on. We are in the middle of buying a home right now so I can in no way spend any money that isn't truly necessary. So, to cure my need for retail therapy I am focussing on Grocery Shopping because hey, that is a need, right? Now, I know my mom will be impressed because she loves me and everything I do is great, right mom, "Wink Wink". Andy, not so much because if it wasn't free then it wasn't a good deal. :( Well, I didn't get free but look what I did get for $26.00! ( I know that it's a lot of Pepsi, don't judge me)

Here's what I got:
48 yes 48 cans of Diet Pepsi
2 packages of Extra Long Grain Rice
1 jar of Bertolli Marinara
1 Bottle of Dawn
1 Mr Clean Bathroom Cleaner
5 packets of mexican seasoning
2 tubes of toothpaste
1 toothbrush
2 boxes of Cereal
2 boxes of Lipton Beefy Onion

I saved 50% on these groceries because here in PA stores double the value of your coupon! Coming from CA, I had never even seen that done before. I was so nervous when I went to checkout, I had so many questions and I think the checkout lady thought I was a bit crazy.

On a side note. Abby wants everyone to know that she can carry Jacob while walking. She is thrilled, Jacob not so much!

Marburger Farms

We went to a very quant little dairy farm today with our playgroup from church. There were a lot of us! We learned all about dairy farming and then some.
Abby was a great big sister...always keeping Jacob in check!

This is the cow that Jacob fed and let lick him all over, I had no part in it...obviously

Here he is feeding the cow all on his own. He love love loved it! When I told him we were going to the farm this morning he shouted, "All Right"!

The kiddos inside the very fragrant barn surrounded by about 50 cows.

Jacob constantly pointing and shouting, "It's a cow, It's a cow, MOOOO!"

Abby finally getting brave enought to pet a cow. She opted for the baby cow.

Jacob was contantly distruaght because he wanted to go inside the gates and cages so he could get right up and personal with the cows. He wanted to hug and kiss them, thank goodness for the cages:)

Abby made sure that I got a picture of her petting the cow, it was a very proud moment for her.

After the tour we were all treated to some super yummy vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate milk. It was seriously soooo good and I'm not a milk lover so that is saying a lot. It tasted like I was drinking a milkshake.

Notice Jaccob glaring across the table? He is strategizing on how to steal the sippy from the kid across the table. This poor little guy had the same Mickey Sippy that Jacob has and Jacob was trying to steal it from him the entire time.

Easter Weekend / Duquesne Incline

After all the furniture hauling (see post below) we went back to Pittsburgh to return the truck and do some necessary sight seeing. We chose to go up the Duquesne Incline to get a great view of the city. It's a small tram that takes you up the hillside to a great view and some quant restaurants. Jacob was soooo excited about riding the Tram!
From the top you get an amazing view of the city and the "3" rivers. I think we counted 15 bridges although I know there are more than that.

Andy, Jacob, and Clark checking out the view

We ate at a nice place on top of the hill with a great view of the city. Afterwards we went home and dyed Easter Eggs.

Easter Weekend/Furniture Find

I am loving Pittsburgh Craigslist. It rocks! I mean I have found the best stuff and the best prices I've seen anywhere. If the storage unit could hold more I would be all over it.

(Easter Weekend) Clark arrived late Friday night...I had already made an apt. to look at some furniture for Abby's room before I knew he was coming SO, on Sat. the plan was to look at the furniture put what we could in the van and then maybe rent a truck or something the next week to haul it to the storage unit. But, thanks to Clark...we used the ZipCar truck in Pittsburgh and were able to haul it all on Saturday. It was so nice to have Clark's help. I don't think we could have done it with out him. Not what Clark was planning on doing for 5 hours on a beautiful Saturday, but I'm gald he was a good sport.

Of course my awesome van! Yeah that's right I said awesome (LOL) hauled what didn't fit in the truck. I scored an entire room of furniture for Abby. I had purchased a night stand for her a few years ago at a consignment shop and have been looking for the past couple of years for the matching pieces. Well I scored! The pieces match perfectly.

It's kind of a girly French Provencal set from I don't know, the 50's-60's maybe. It's a creamy yellowish gold with gold details and scrolled legs and lots of girly touches. We are for sure going to give the pieces a face lift although Abby likes them just the way they are...of course!

This is a picture of what the furniture looks like. We got the following:

1. Full size bed, mattress, box spring, frame, headboard/footboard

2. night stand

3. 5 drawer tall dresser

4. long 6 drawer dresser with mirror

5. desk and chair.

Happy Easter

We had a small but great Easter today. Church was great, wonderful music, great lessons, and the children were pretty well behaved! Thanks to Uncle Clark!!! I think I need to fit him into my Sunday bag of tricks somehow. We had a small Easter Egg Hunt, Church, went to show Clark where our new house is being built, had a nice dinner, dessert, lots of craziness and of course we couldn't let Clark leave with out having seen Tangled, it just wouldn't be right.

The Easter Bunny hid an egg in the tissue box, what a crazy bunny.

It didn't take long for Jacob to catch on to the Easter Egg Hunt. He was running around yelling, egg, I see it, I did it. It was really cute. We were in doors (no yard) but the kids still had fun. The Easter Bunny left them a note this year and ate the carrots Abby left our for him. Uncle Clark told Abby that he thought he heard the Easter Bunny hopping around the house last night and that go her really excited, especially when she noticed that he had take 1 bite out of each of the carrots she left out for him...silly bunny!

The note went something like this...

Happy Easter

I noticed you didn't have an Easter basket out for me to fill up and hide SO; I hid all 42 eggs filled with yummy goodies all over your apartment to find. I also hid a few other treats I thought you'd like. I hope you have a wonderful day. Be good Abby and Jacob, I'll see you next year.

Love,

The Easter Bunny

Abby with her new "Tangled Book". She and Jacob were really excited about their new goodies from Grammy and Grandpa.

Jacob was really excited about his New "Car Car" book with Mac and McQueen.

Jacob and his new best friend, Uncle Clark. Clark is visiting this weekend from Philly. From the moment Clark stepped foot in our house Jacob has been glued to his hip. Jacob calls him "Cart"

The kids after church in their Easter Best. I love this picture because it's my kids in a nut-shell, they are nuts!

Here they are, finally a cute picture. It was a tad windy but overall a beautiful day.

Our Humble Abode "move in day"

Jacob was so happy to see his train table! He ran around screaming and dancing with excitement. It was the only "toy" unpacked at this point so it was a source of "contention" all day Abby looking in every box for her toys, it has now been almost a week and we still haven't found them. I even checked the storage unit. I'm missing a few other items as well.

Abby arranging the bookcase in her room. She is very particular as to how it is arranged.

Cookies and Creme cake to celebrate our first night in the apartment and NO, i didn't make it...the nice folks at Giant Eagle did and was pretty good.

Our Time at the Hotel

The highlight or our 4 day stay at the Hotel was the super fun and very warm swimming pool. The kids loved it. Abby is already a "fish" and Jacob seems to be following suit. I would take him under water and when he'd come up he immediatley said "again, again". He was blowing bubbles and kicking right away.I wasn't able to get a picture of it but Jacob wore, goggles, floaties, and his cute chubbies almost the entire time in the pool, it was really cute.
I was spoiled with prepared breakfast every morning, and going out to lunch and dinner on most of the days, except Sunday, of course. We had a prepared lasagna, salad, and french bread. The easiest dinner to prepare with limited kitchen supplies :)
While we had fun at the Hotel it was really hard to adjust to the time change. The Hotel breakfast closed at 10:00 and we barely made it. It was really hard getting the kids out of bed. And especially hard when Monday rolled around and we had to drive Andy to work. We had to leave at 8:00 am and that was a real struggle. Here is my favorite comment from Abby "Can't daddy get his own ride to work!" Thank goodness for the DVD player in the van! The kids watched "Tangled" to and from Andy's work for drop off and pick up. It's a 25 Min trip normally but with traffic it can take up to 1 hour. Andy's car is expected to arrive sometime this week...hopefully it is sooner than later.

Pennsylvania Here we Come!

After a crazy week of cleaning, packing, listing/selling/shipping Ebay and Bow stuff, we finally made our way to the airport. Abby was super excited and Jacob was just going with the flow. Here is a picture of us at the airport with all our stuff. Ther's me alone with 2 kids, 1 checked bag, 2 small carry on rollers, a big back pack, diaper bag, purse, and stroller. It was a long day with all our stuff, a 3 hour flight, a 1 hour layover / plane change, and then a 4 hour flight. I recieved NUMEROUS compliments on how well behaved my children were/are. I was thrilled because they aren't always such angels ... they did great!

Here the kids are sitting at the window looking at all the planes come and go. Jacob was "excitedly" announcing each planes arrival to the entire terminal. "Plane, Plane, I see it!" "Air Plane, Air Plane," ... repeated over and over until I said, "Yes Jacob that is an airplane, I see it." about 100 times.

Thanks to a portable dvd player, laptop, coloring stuff, snacks, and an always filled "milky Mickey sippy" things went very smoothly. We left Grammy's house at 8:30 am Pacific Time and arrived in Pittsburgh at 11:30 Eastern Time. More to come ...stay tuned

Valentine's Party

On Saturday I helped my sister Brooke throw a Valentine's Party for her step daughter Leah and her friends. It was a fun filled couple hours with crafts (don't these paper purses look real?), cookies, candy, homemade pizza, and lots and lots of screaming...(what is it with girls and screaming???) Below are a couple of pictures of the party. Click below for the purse tutorial.
http://missfancypants.typepad.com/little_miss_fancy_pants/2010/11/fancy-this-paper-purse-gift-tag-set.html

What a fun group of girls!