Easter Picture 2012

Almost a month ago, I got ready to take Easter pictures for Abby and Lilly. Of course, once I got the chicks, the weather turned cloudy and grey, and it was almost impossible to find a sunny day to shoot. I never was able to get Lilly :( but I did get a few minutes to do some quick takes with Abby.

To be honest, I thought they'd bombed, as I couldn't get her to smile for me, and she seemed a little afraid of the chickies, plus the sun was going in and out of the clouds, so imagine my absolute delight when I finally got them uploaded on my computer and they were gorgeous! :) (You can click on the pictures to enlarge them)

  

  

  

"And I Love You!"

For two (and almost a half) years, when I laid Abigail down for her nap, we read a book, cuddled a bit, and I have kissed her and said "Goodnight, I love you!"

When she started to talk, she'd grin and respond back, "I know!" which made my heart happy. :)

After we read "Guess How Much I Love You" our routine changed, with me saying, "Goodnight, I love you!" and Abigail stretching her little arms as wide as they would go and responding back "Thiiiiiiiiiis much!" Which also made my heart happy.

Last week my siblings showed Abigail the American Sign Language sign for "I love you," explaining what it meant, and tried to teach her how to do it. She coyly refused to cooperate, and they gave up.

This weekend Chris texted me saying that Abigail was saying she missed me. :( I missed her, too.

On Monday at naptime we read our book, cuddled a bit, and I kissed her and told her, "Goodnight, I love you!"

Abigail carefully moved her fingers into a perfect sign, flashed it shyly, and whispered, "And I love you!"

<3

Art Work

Abigail has gotten very skilled at coloring and crafting lately - she cuts, paints, colors, etc so nicely!

Recently she's been very enthusiastic about the crafts she does at school; it used to be that they'd send home coloring pages with a few halfhearted scribbles, or crafts that were slapped together or obviously greatly "assisted" by the teacher, and when I asked her about them I'd get a shrug or a one or two word reply.

Lately, though, she tells me enthusiastically about how she created the craft, or why she chose different colors for the drawing.

Today they made these adorable rainbow fish crafts - I hope they read the book - it's one of my favorites! :)

They must also be learning about turtles, because Abby has brought home at least three of these turtle coloring pages. :) She loves turtles! She's always careful to point out to me how nicely she stayed in the lines, and how many different colors she used. Today, she showed me the little orange spikey circle she'd added in the upper left hand corner and announced that the turtle needed a family, so she gave him a son. :)

Fun In The Sun

It's warm and sunny out! We hit up the playground after gymnastics for some fun with Grandma, Bean, and Lilly.

Abby loved going down the great biiiig slide with Grandma!
Lilly and Abby play on the bouncy see-saw while Grandma and Bean (and lil Caleb!) watch.

I'm so looking forward to a long summer filled with days like these! :)

Best Friends!

We had another playdate with Lilly this week!

While I got to snuggle with this little guy...

(Isn't he just DARLING?) :)

The girls played (for the most part) nicely together. It was cool out last week, so since we couldn't go outside, Abby and I bought new coloring books at the spring sale at Michael's - a Hello Kitty one for Lilly, and an animal friends one for Abby. :)