We took the training wheels off Abigail's bike for the first time today. She was a bit apprehensive at first. It wouldn't work without the extra wheels she said. She had to pick out just the right outfit and shoes. We talked her into jeans underneath, for protection. And then we were off. She picked it up right from the start. Daddy was quick to catch her if she fell.
Lately Amelia has been protesting wearing a Pull-up at bedtime (she says it bothers her). Unfortunately she rarely has a "dry night". The night before last I told her if she had four dry nights in a row, we'd talk about not having to wear one anymore. The very next morning she woke up with a dry diaper!!! Last night she complained again, but it had only been one night so I put her to bed with one on still. Around 1:30 she woke up requesting a "perfect spread" and a drink of water. While getting her the water she started to cry about her Pull-up bothering her. She really didn't want to wear it and I was too tired to listen to her cry. I had her go potty and put down a towel and a little mattress pad underneath her and hoped for the best.
We were all so proud of her when she woke up this morning with dry pj's!!
Every single night there's a common refrain
It's a good thing that Mommy and Daddy are trained
They know just how to tuck me in
My blanket smoothed out and pulled up to my chin
When Daddy leans over and kisses my head
I have to remind him, "Don't mess up the spread!"
Sorry about all the beach pictures. If it's warm out, that's where we are.
I've been wanting to take a trip to Atlanta since moving into our new house. We need furniture and I've been looking all over the Panhandle with no luck. I had hopes of finding some great deals at the Pottery Barn outlet. So when we got an invitation in the mail to a surprise birthday party for Will's good friend Jim (from college) we decided to go. We left after Abigail's ballet on Saturday and less than 24 hours later we were back home. I didn't find anything at the outlet (sob sob) but we did have a great time visiting Jim and Heather and their two little girls, Meg and Kate. Saturday night I even left the girls with a babysitter, WHO. I'VE. NEVER. MET, to go out to dinner! Gasp. The girls loved it, could barely take a second to say goodbye, and were perfect angels the whole time we were gone.
Today was the first day all week that's it has been warm enough (for us) to go to the beach. I let the girls ride their bikes to get some extra exercise. It was a gorgeous, sunny 70 degrees out. We walked and played for a long time, until we came to a stream running down the beach. Once the girls got their feet wet, any hopes I had of them keeping their clothes dry were gone. The next time we go to the beach, I'm putting swimsuits on them.
They had so much fun they didn't even complain about the wet, sandy ride home.
"Today I was doing a book store. I did a lot of good business and I got a lot of cash. Some of my books were free and Bunny did all telling the people what was true about the store. One of the Eagles did writing and one Eagles told the people who were shipping my books, if I had enough books. I was telling my customers the price about the books. Amelia came to my store to buy books. Even though some were free, I got a lot of cash." -Abigail
(Amelia's footprints)
It's so nice being this close to the beach. We've been down almost everyday. It's been sunny and in the 70's all week. We've had fun collecting shells and looking at all the fun things washed up on shore. We found a coconut yesterday!!
There is also a TON of the bluest jellyfish all over the beach. Abigail was very concerned for them and did her best to push a lot of them back into the water.
