Christmas Eve at Home

We celebrated Christmas Eve at home.

THANKS UNCLE JON...Abby loved the new Barbie that he sent.

Abby also got to open her gifts from mom & dad....a whole lot of girly dress up clothes.

And bling.

Joe, Abby & Millie watching Charlie Brown Christmas.

Good grief!

Finally, Abby got her jammies on and set out cookies and milk for Santa.

(she snitched a little nibble for herself too!)

Big Girl Bedroom - Dec 8

Abby moved down the hall to her new big girl bedroom...
the walls are pink! (per her request.)
Here she is reading books in bed.

Ho Ho Ho - Dec 6, 2008

It's that time of year again...jolly old Saint Nick!

We have been talking about Santa for the last few weeks and invoking his name as a reminder for Abby to try her best to be a good girl.

Saturday we went to see him. Abby walked up, gave him a hug and announced that she was a GOOD girl. Santa asked her what she would like for Christmas...she told him a Princess Toy.

Popcorn Posse - Nov 30

Abby has inherited several of her dad's traits. His passion for teasing people, his pretty blue eyes, his slightly less than attractive toes...and a powerful preference for POPCORN!

Here Abby, Joe, & Millie are sharing a giant bowl of popcorn.

Abby is working on improving the "shovel method" of cramming an entire handful of popcorn into her mouth at once.

We LOVE popcorn!

MORE popcorn!!!

Here Abby is on a solo popcorn mission.

Vid Kids - Nov 29

We went over to Evan & Emma's house to play on Saturday.

Evan has adopted his dad's old Sega Genesis and was demonstrating his gaming prowess to his little cousin Abby.

Gobble Gobble! - Nov 27

Happy Thanksgiving!

Me, Abby, & Mom.

'NASTICS! - Nov 26

Abby has begun taking gymnastics classes...and she LOVES them.

Gymnastics, or NASTICS! as Abby calls them, are a great way to burn off some energy now that the weather has turned colder.

Imagine a dozen 2 and 3 year olds all bouncing off the walls for an hour each Wednesday. It's pretty nuts-o! Abby does her best to listen to her teacher and learn the new routines each week...but I am begining to suspect that she really just looks forward to the part of the night when they blow up the big inflatable bouncer.

Here Abby is about to perform a forward roll...a/k/a a sommersault.

And here she is modeling her pink leotard at home.

Fall Fun - Nov 1

Uncle Jon was here visiting for a few days from Arizona...so te remind him of the joys of life in Minnesota, we let him help us with raking leaves.

Here Abby & Uncle Jon take a break for some fun.

Trick or Treat - Oct 31

We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood on Friday.

Abby's "practice" house was at our neighbor's door. Once the candy hit the bag...she caught on pretty quickly.


Abby (Elmo) was joined by Jack (Luke Skywalker) and Charlie (Yoda)...a pretty good pair to hit the 'hood with.

Tub for Two - Oct 30

You know you have a TRUE friend when you can share bathwater.

Abby & Haley splish-splashed together the other night.

Our Little Pumpkin - Oct 26

Abby & Joe worked together to carve our pumpkins for Halloween.


FIRST, they were creative with the pumpkins...Then it became creative photography time...

Here is the Mount Rushmore of Pumpkin Heads:

And to keep it a little more Minnesota...here is a Pumpkin Totem Pole!

And then Abby held the pumpkin on dad's head!

AFTER photos - 1st Haircut ~ Oct 20

Simply marvelous, darling!