Favorite Photo Friday

Abigail and Amelia in their playroom
June 11, 2010

Today was the first day of Summer Vacation! Woohoo! The girls didn't get out of jammies all day. Ironically, they spent most of the day playing school.

Pre-K "Gradulation"

Amelia's class had a mini graduation today. All the kids received a diploma, but they also received a certificate for something they excelled at throughout the year. Amelia's was for her artwork!

Favorite Friday Photo

It's been a while since I've done one of these (or any blog posts for that matter). I never claimed to be consistent.

Mayfest

Abigail's school had Mayfest (sort of like field day) today. All 8 kindergarten classes and parents participated.

The highlight of the day was the musical they did. Abigail was front and center stage! :) The music teacher picked a few kids from each class to hold props for the songs. Abigail was duck number 2. She sat with perfect posture, sang every song and smiled the whole time! Of course my battery in the camera died right before it started. Luckily a friend took some pictures and a video for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mJFeP2mUo8

It Was Inevitable :(

"I'm not really into Princesses anymore." -Abigail

Art Show

Abigail's painting was chosen for the County Art Show. As you can see, she was quite proud. Mom and Dad were proud too! There were only two kids from her class that were picked!





It was a watercolor depicting her interpretation of a book she had read about the circus.

Another Year, Another Auction, Another Bunny?!

I don't what the chances of finding another bunny in the annual charity auction that we go to are, but Abigail found one and was determined to win it. Luckily she only had one other person bidding against her. When the lady saw who she was bidding against she quickly stopped. We got the bunny at a fair price. ;)

Amelia on the other hand, found a beautiful (wink wink) glass fish sculpture that she had to have. "It goes with our beach house perfectly" she said. We told her she could bid on it. Unbeknownst to us, it was also being auctioned off with a strand of pearls! There were quite a few people bidding along with her, but in the end she won! We didn't get out of that one that cheap, but all the money goes to charity so we didn't mind. :)

Happiest At The Beach

My mom gave me this rose almost six years ago. It's called Seven Sisters and it has never bloomed, until now! We were all pretty surprised and excited to see the pink petals. It's called Seven Sisters because it's supposed to have multiple shades of pink flowers. There's a whole bunch of buds on it, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Baby Hedge Fund the 2nd

The replacement for Amelia's lost bunny came in the mail today! Amelia says she loves it, he's just "a little fluffier" than her first Hedge Fund.

She looks like Aunt Nicole to me in this picture. :)

MONUMENTALLY HUGE

We had a wedding to go to, and even though kids were invited, I thought the girls would have much more fun playing at Grandma's.

We're not big planners around here. We had asked Grandma in advance if she was free to watch them that night, but it wasn't until a few hours before the wedding we made the decision to bring them to her house. I knew we'd be out past bedtime so I told the girls it was an option for them to spend the night. We quickly packed up a bag with their night stuff just in case.....

They stayed the whole night, the first time they have EVER been away from me overnight!!!! And I only called a few times to check in on them ;) I missed them a TON, but I knew they were having fun, making wonderful memories and whether I liked it or not, being independent. I'm proud of them and proud of myself too.

Baby Hedge Fund

Amelia's favorite stuffed animal, Baby Hedge Fund, is missing. She's a white bunny, about eight inches tall if you see her. She was last seen in her rocket that resembles a plastic bottle. Earlier in the day, she was flying around the yard as if everything was fine.

Sometime around 2:oo CST, she made her fateful atmospheric re-entry and landed her rocket on the rear bumper of dad's car. She remained there until Dad ran to the grocery store. We found the rocket the next day, rolled flat as a pancake in the street within a block of our house, but no sign of Hedge Fund. The girls made 'lost' signs, but so far no tips have been called in.

Coincidentally, or maybe not, we met this bunny late last night. He visited the house again today, and again later this evening. Through rigorous empirical evidence and the scientific method, we have proven conclusively that this is indeed Baby Hedge Fund. No need to look too hard for those of you that might have been worried.

Easter Pictures (better late than never)

The Robot

the quality of the video stinks, but their dance moves are priceless!

Frisbee Pros

Sarcasm Isn't That Funny When Your Daughter Gets All Literal With You

Me: Why do I have to put this tent (in the playroom) back together 8 million times a day?
Abigail: I really don't think it's that many times.

The Big 5

The day started with Amelia getting woken up by cousin Molly and a fun balloon from Dad!

Then at school her birthday happened to be the same day as the Spring party, which was also the last day of school before Spring break!

After school Grandma came over and took her, along with Abigail and cousin Macie, on a shopping spree!

Then we had her favorite dinner, quiche and then had cake and gifts.

Amelia is all about hamsters right now. She wanted an ice cream cake with a hamster theme. The end result wasn't very pretty, but it tasted ok and Amelia was happy with it.

Lost Tooth #2

Sunday March 28, 2010

All Still Alive

Just finding it harder and harder to blog these days.

Coming Around

"Remember when I said leaving was my favorite part of school? Now it's lunch." -Abigail

Of All The Ridiculous Things

"Mom, can you go to the bathroom for me?" -Abigail