Round & Round - Maplewood's Merry Go Round

A quick errand to run at Maplewood Mall turned into a VERY exciting adventure for Abby this weekend. She heard the music first, and went looking...when she rounded the corner and saw the tall beautifully lit masterpiece, she exclaimed: "Oh, Wow!"

Two dollars later we were on board....Abby picked a beautiful white horse that went up & down. She was having the best time going around and round and up & down...but then...almost before we knew it...the ride was over. And we had to get off.

The tears and screams echoed all the way to Barnes & Noble.

Elmo's World! ~ Jan 19

What a day!

Sesame Street Live has been cleverly advertising their performace for months on PBS. Whenever their commercial would come on, Abby would begin a chorus of chants, "Melmo? Melmo? Melmo? PLEEEEEZ. Melmo?"

So, off we went Saturday afternoon to see the magical red man in person!

We settled into our seats and, when the curtains opened and ELMO'S voice rang through the Target Center, Abby's eyes grew bigger than I've ever seen them and her face went completely slack. She immediately broke into enthusiastic heartfelt applause! I almost started to cry for how HAPPY she was!






The second half of the performance began with the Elmo's World theme song, along with Dorothy the goldfish and Mister Noodle...all "regulars" at our house. Abby jumped up and started dancing like mad. She was THRILLED!

Here you can see another example of a thoroughly spoiled little girl. Abby is holding her fifteen dollar Elmo spinning flashlight, which will likely spend the rest of its red plastic life somewhere near the bottom of the toybox...but...she HAD to have it....and she spun it throughout most of the show.

Fun with Friends - Dec 29

Abby's friend Alexis Rezac came for a visit this weekend. They had so much fun together...and so did the grownups!

Here Abby & Alexis color and eat apples.
Alexis had her fingernails painted. Abby was very impressed.
Here Abby shows me that her fingernails are not pretty like Alexis'.

Later that night Jack & Charlie from next door came over to play too.

Christmas Day in Northfield

We spent Christmas day with Joe's family in Northfield. It was a very fun day. We went and visited both sets of great-grandparents and then Abby's cousins Evan & Emma came down to celebrate Christmas.

Abby & Joe

Abby & moomy watching the parade!

Daddy & Abby making animal noises.

Uncle Joe & Evan goofing around.

Abby & Emma walking her new baby dolls in their stroller.

Evan's first pair of hockey skates! Very major!

Abby & Emma decided they wanted to hang out in the crib.

They giggled & laughed and jumped together for a long long time.

Christmas Dinner.