Abigail's Nanny

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Get Well Soon!

Grandad went up to the hospital to have a pacemaker put in, so Abby made a card for him when he comes home!

We made a handprint crab on front...

... then Abby wrote her own name for the inside! :) Isn't she doing great?

Monday, July 16, 2012

On Saturday, Maggie and I stopped in to visit Abigail, and while we were there, Chris found Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi on TV. Abigail immediately exclaimed "Star Wars is SCARY!" After I told her that Star Wars was my absolute favorite movie ever, she was at least curious, and after a few minutes of watching, she was hooked so much that during the commercial breaks she'd beg Chris to turn Star Wars back on. :)

As has been well documented before, watching Star Wars with a little one is always hilarious!

Quotes from the evening:

Abby: "I like the golden guy - what's his name, again?"
Me: "C-3PO."
Abby: "Right. I like him. And what's his little friend's name?"
Me: "R2-D2."
Abby: "Right. I like them."

(When the emperor comes on screen for the first time)
Abby: "That mean guy looks JUST LIKE the EVIL mean witch who gave Snow White the poisoned apple - I'll be they're the SAME!"

Abby: "I do NOT like that big guy. What's his name?"
Me: "Jabba."
Abby: "I do NOT like Jabba. He's mean. Is he gonna die?"
Me: "... yes."
Abby: "He's gonna die? He is? MOMMY! *excited/happy* Jabba IS gonna die! YAY!"

Abby: "Wow... Yoda is SO GREEEEN."

(Part where Leia, in disguise, creeps across Jabba's palace to unfreeze Han)
Me: "Princess Leia is going to rescue Han and unfreeze him so that they can be together again. Because they love each other."
Abby: "Aw, that is SO NICE."

(The part just before Luke does a flip off the plank)
Me: "Watch, Abby, Luke is gonna do a flip!"
Abby: "He must go to gymnastics just like me!"

(When she sees Admiral Ackbar for the first time)
Abby: "I don't like him. He looks weird."
Me: "He's a nice guy, he just looks like that because he lives in the water. Like a frog or an octopus."
Abby: "I don't want him to nibble me."
Me: "Haha, he won't nibble on you. He's nice."
Abby: "I don't want him to eat my stuffed animals, either."
Me: "... ? He won't eat your stuffed animals. He's nice."
Abby: "He LOOKS like he wants to eat my stuffed animals!"

Monday, July 9, 2012

First Pedicure

Abby's little cousin Lilly has had her nails painted since she was teensy, and Abby's always been interested. She's want her nails painted, and I kept telling her "We'll ask your mommy!", and I kept forgetting (and so would she, until we saw Lilly again lol). When I found a good salon this spring and started wearing my own nails painted, Abby was very interested, and one day we finally remembered to ask Mommy, who said yes. :)

Cute little toes "before" :)

I asked her what she had in mind and she said she wanted pink and "very, very sparkly." Luckily I had some ballet-slipper-pink and some glitter topcoat.