Big Stuff!!

It was cold today. And windy too. I hate the cold.

The kids were really wanting to go outside and play. I said no.

I really hate the cold.

But they persisted, and I gave in. I'm so glad I did!

Out of nowhere, Amelia asked to try riding on Abigail's bike, only if I PROMISED to hold on the whole time. Well of course I did no such thing. Once she started peddling, I let go and she just kept on going!


And now,
Amelia can officially ride a two wheeler!!!!!!!!

:(

"I wish I was four again. That way I wouldn't have to go to school. School's not my favorite part of life." -Abigail

Regret

Abigail: "I really wish I still had a calendar."

Me: "Where is the one you had?"

Abigail: "Umm, it was princesses, remember I don't like princesses anymore!"

(Apparently she threw the calendar away. I guess she really is over princesses. :)

Halloween

Bumble bee and a Peacock

Amelia's teacher and some friends

Amelia's "Life Cycle Of An Apple" Puppet Show

Abigail's "Turkey and Bunny's Thanksgiving" Puppet Show

a big long, but very cute

Next Step, Toddlers and Tiaras!!

I joke. We won't be doing any beauty pageants around here, but the girls did model outfits in a fashion show for one of our favorite boutiques in town. When I asked the girls if they wanted to be in a fashion show, Abigail said "Mom, I've been wanting to do that my WHOLE life!"

I thought for sure when the time came, the girls would get nervous, but they were absolutely adorable, smiled the whole time, and loved the attention they got from everyone.

walking the red carpet

having fun in the limo

the after party

Honestly?

Do I have to do everything you say in life? It makes life difficult. -Abigail (in response to me telling her to put on her jammies)

This One Hurt My Heart

About a half hour after the girls should have been asleep, I heard Abigail calling me. I asked her what she needed. She said it was Amelia who needed me because she was sad. I came in to find Amelia sitting in her bed crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said, through the saddest little sobs, "I don't want to grow up to be big and be a mom. Because then I'll have to leave you."

I'm not sure what prompted that train of thought, but I snuggled up in bed with her and reassured her it was going to be a long time before she was going to be grown up. I told her that she was always going to be my baby no matter how big she got and that, if she chose to, I'd never make her leave. :) I think that made her happy and she fell asleep shortly after that.

Oh My

Me: If you're not using your DS, then turn it off. (while playing a game of go fish)
Abigail: I am. I'm multitasking. I can do a hundred things at once.

Me: If you don't get your scooter out of the kitchen, I'm going to throw it away! (after asking her quite a few times to do so)
Abigail: Dad payed money for our scooters. That would be like throwing away money and I expect that you probably don't want to do that.

Me: Let's go out and swim in the pool.
Abigail: How many times are you going to try to force me to do that?
Me: It's gorgeous out!
Abigail: You always say that.

Favorite Friday Photo

I'm often the one behind the camera and so I don't have very many pictures of me with the girls. And while I don't love being photographed anyway, I'm glad I have a few.

My girlfriend snapped this one on her iphone a few weeks ago.


Baytowne Wharf Music Festival
August 14, 2010

Labor Day Weekend At Chez Kline

Guest Log In:

William
Gina
Abigail
Amelia
Karen
Rick
Austin
Kassidi
Macie
Carolyn
Guinness
Muffin
Lucky
Piggy Sue
Boo
Wicket
Swimmy

We had quite the weekend at our house. We had our good friends come into town with their two kids, two dogs, and YES, they brought a PIG!!! We also had our niece and her girl friend stay over for the weekend AND we pet sat for another friend's two small dogs and their fish!!!

She Sure Has Been In A Mood Lately

(just a few of the many fresh things Abigail has said this weekend)

Abigail: "I don't feel like being reasonable right now. Maybe later or tomorrow I will."

Me: "I think piano music is nice and relaxing."
Abigail: "I think it's nice and weird. It makes me sleepy and want to cry."

Amelia: "Tinkerbell is going on an adventure."
Abigail: "In the dumpster I hope."

Just a funny video I came across on an old camera card. The girls were just playing dress up, dancing to the Nutcracker, oh so "Grace-fully", right up till the end. I'm pretty sure it's Guinness who Amelia trips on. :)

Amelia's Kindergarten Song

She Forgot To Draw The Picture Of Daddy's Poker Winnings

The girl's cousin Macie had a softball tournament in Biloxi the same weekend as Will's birthday. Will and I hadn't been to Biloxi together since the kids were born. We used to go pretty often. It's just a short drive, a little over 3 hrs, so we decided it would be a fun weekend getway. Abigail documented the trip for us in drawings.

Just Chute Me

Well over a month ago, for Will's step mom's birthday, the whole family went to Big Kahunas water park. The girls had a blast playing in the water and being able to ride on some of the bigger kid slides this year. After the water park some of the grown ups and a few of the older grandkids got treated to a parasailing trip. I'm pretty sure when someone asked if Abigail could go (Amelia wasn't old enough) I said something like "there's not enough drugs out there to allow me to let her do something like that!"

Well, somehow I let her go, sans drugs. There were 8 family members that went in all and there was only room on the boat for the people parasailing. So I stayed back with Amelia and tried to not to think of all the things that could go wrong.

An hour later Abigail came back absolutely beaming. She has so much fun and wasn't scared at all! At the highest point William and her were 400 feet in the air!! The coolest thing to her was being able to see her school's water tower.

(crappy photos taken by the parasailing company)

Eat Your Heart Out Mary Lou

(I think Abigail already has longer legs than most of the Olympic gymnasts)

The girls had their first gymnastics class tonight and they absolutely loved it! The class was an hour long and they were not ready to leave when it was over. They did lots of stretches and then worked on balance beams. They will switch to a new apparatus every week. For never taken a gymnastics class before, they did great!

On Second Thought

So the girls had an asbolute BLAST at the open gym! They played for over three hours and came home exhausted. Not a minute has gone by without them talking about what they can do and what they want to learn. I think we are going to sign them up for tumbling classes one day a week.

Tonight rolls around and we've been discussing going to Baytowne Wharf. There's a play area and a few kids activities. When we asked her if she wanted to go, she thought for a moment and said this:

"I'm going to say yes, 'cause whenever I say no, I always have fun."

We call these learning moments............

Friday Night

"For real? I'm not doing that. I'd rather sit here and write my alphabet thirteen times!" - Abigail

And she wasn't laughing. Apparently the idea of going to "open gym" isn't so appealling.....