My Girls

God has blessed us with a beautiful beginning to spring. Last week was windy, but warm and sunny and everyone wanted to be outside a little bit more. When Micah was at school last Thursday Abigail wanted to fly her kite again, so out we went to fly the kite and blow some bubbles. I know I already posted some kite-flying pics recently but here is one of Isabel that I just could not resist sharing. She was having such fun!

The girls are doing amazingly well flying the kite on their own. They look so cute running around the yard, kite in tow! We have two rather large trees in our yard though that keep the wind from blowing too steadily so soon we will take it to the park to see what it is capable of.

Another of Isabel’s favorite activities is blowing bubbles.  While sissy was flying the kite she would blow her bubbles and then they would switch activities. Isn’t it lovely when the kids take turns without too much fuss? Here’s a few more shots of my sweet girls…

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Flying Kites and Shooting Arrows

Abigail has been begging me for quite some time to fly her kite. The winds were a blowin’ today, so out we went for some kite flying fun!

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Soon Isabel joined in the fun!

While the girls were busy flying kites, Micah was honing his archery skills. Last week he borrowed “Robin Hood” from the library, so he has been itching to get outside and practice.

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Isabel helped out by collecting the arrows and bringing them back to her big brother.

Micah has enjoyed this bow and arrow set, which is an actual set and not a toy…therefore requires close adult supervision! Today he was shooting them quite far and is becoming more accurate all the time. Sometimes I still can’t believe that it was my idea to get this for him. I am generally the more cautious parent, but this has turned out to be a great activity for Micah and I’m glad we went for it!

 

Winter Fun

Even though it has not felt like winter lately, we certainly had a taste of it this week! Monday a winter “storm” rolled through, leaving some areas blanketed in several inches of fresh, white snow. We however, were not one of those areas. Round two hit yesterday, quite a bit heavier than the first, but alas, again no snow; we saw rain most of the day. I was slightly surprised by my disappointment since I am not a cold weather person, but my Pacific Northwest roots run deep and part of me can still appreciate the beauty of fresh fallen snow…at least in small amounts! What should await us this morning, but a lovely, light dusting of pure white snow (that was gone by about 11 am so that made it even more enjoyable)! You can imagine the delight of our children when they looked out the windows. They immediately began scurrying about the house in search of appropriate winterwear.

 

It’s fun to watch our kids in the snow; they are never quite sure what to do with it! I guess that comes with living in the South, but it didn’t take them too long and soon Micah was throwing snowballs at his sisters (I use the term snowballs loosely as the snow was quite dry and not great for that sort of thing).

 

Our little snow angels! 

 

 

They had a great time…for about 10 minutes! Then it was in to the house for hot chocolate. And what did Mommy do to warm up? I went to Starbucks, of course!

 

All About Abigail

Here is the next interview of one of our kiddos (sorry it took so long, Mom and Dad)! We introduced Isabel a few days ago, now let’s learn all about… 

Abigail Grace
Age: 5

Her name means: My Father Rejoiced

Some of her favorite things:

Book: “Strawberry Shortcake” (we have many of these around the house!)

Bible Story: Moses

Color: Pink

Toy: Barbie

Song: The song from “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” (a Barbie princess movie)

Movie: “Barbie Nutcracker” (are we seeing a pattern here?) – Mommy side note: I must admit (although I don’t like to) that many of these Barbie movies are pretty good. This version of “The Nutcracker” has the actual music from the ballet and follows the story fairly well.

T.V. Show: “Clifford” and “Super Why”

Game: Zingo

Animal: Strawberry the Pony (this is her Webkinz)

Real Animal: “A real horsey”

Snack: Green Apples, Grapes

Food: Chicken

What do you want to be when you grow up? A Princess : ) 

These next two categories she came up with:

Clothes: Dresses, Princess Shirt, Rainbow Pants (I’m not quite sure what she is thinking about here!), Pink Skirt (I think Abigail would wear a dress or skirt every day of the year if she could)

Place: Washington (State. She didn’t actually say Washington but she pointed to it on the map. She knows this is where her cousins-in particular Caleb who she talks about all the time-aunts, uncles, and Grandma and Papa live!)

Abigail is our creative and artistic child. She loves to draw and color and is quite particular about how it looks. Don’t let her fool you…even though she said her favorite snacks are apples and grapes, this girl has a sweet tooth! We regularly hear, “What is for dessert?” If not during the meal, then immediately following.

One of her other favorite delights is taking sips of Mommy’s coffee, especially if it is a Frappacino (and trust me, they are not all that sweet…I like them strong)! And once in a while she gets her own little latte, decaf of course, at grandma’s house!

A girl after my own heart! I forsee many fun days of sipping coffee together while we shop or just sit and chat.

Abigail is a quick and eager learner and is looking forward to Kindergarten. Almost daily she asks if she can “do her homework.” She has learned to write her letters, her name, and can read a few simple words.  She is definitely a mama’s girl these days. Wherever I am, there she is!

Although she may never grow up to be a princess, she is our little princess and we are so proud of and thankful for her!

 

Five Year Old Philosopher

Yesterday Abigail was gathering up her markers to color and she asked me:

A: “Is this real or is someone telling a story?”

Mom: “Is what real?”

A: “Us. Or is someone just telling a story about us? That would be weird.”

Mom: “Uh yeah, that would be weird.” (That was about the extent of my philosophical response.)

Whoa…where did that come from?

 

Bowling Queen

Abigail went to a birthday bowling party on Saturday. This was her first time at the lanes and she loved it! All week she was looking forward to the bowling “tournament.”

She wasn’t too sure about the bowling shoes, however. Just before I put them on her she looked at them and said, “Mommy, am I going to look good in those?” She cracks me up! But despite the ugly shoes, she enjoyed herself and can’t wait to take her brother and sister to show them how it’s done…because of course she is an expert now!

 

 

The Grand Finale

Abigail’s birthday partying has finally come to an end! Last Saturday we invited three families to help us celebrate. Some of our friends we had not seen in quite some time, so it was enjoyable for the grown ups as well as the kids. We started out by playing some good, old fashioned party games. Drop the Clothespin in the Jar (this one is self-explanatory!)…

The Cotton Ball Game–if you are not familiar with this game, this is how it goes. There are two bowls; one with about 12-15 cotton balls, the other empty. The kids take turns trying to scoop the cotton balls into the empty bowl, seeing how many they can move in about 30 seconds. The catch is, the one trying is blindfolded so it is almost impossible to know if there are any cotton balls on the spoon. The kids thought this one was hilarious! Here’s a picture of Isabel giving it a whirl.

 

These are games I played at birthday parties all the time when I was a kid. Thanks to my mom for reminding me of them! Good, simple fun!

Since I had already made cake twice this month, I decided to go with big sugar cookies for the kids to frost. Fun for them and I didn’t have to frost all the cookies!

Happy Birthday, Abigail!

 

Birthday Girl!

Our sweet Abigail turned FIVE on New Year’s Day!! Here are a couple pictures from her second birthday party (take note of her special helper in the bottom pic).  Following my family’s tradition, birthday celebrations tend to become birthmonth celebrations! We had dinner and cake at home with just the five of us on her actual birthday and then we celebrated again last Sunday with Grandma and Papa and Uncle Jacob (David’s brother). We will celebrate yet again in about a week with a few of her friends. It just goes on and on! None of it is all that elaborate but when you are five and get to have frosting (I mean cake!) three different times, it doesn’t get much better than that!

It appears that I have finally figured out the picture thing, so when I have more time I will post some more pics!