It's Time to Dance!

We went to Yo Gabba Gabba! a couple weeks ago and boy did we have fun. Abby danced and sang along until the world's longest intermission sort of ruined the fun and Abby wanted to go home. Oh well, the first half was super fun!
Abby had to change into some real dancing clothes for the after party.

Newest obsession? Climbing trees.

And she couldn't be prouder.



I think maybe Pollyanna made too much of an impression on me as a child, because I am terrified of climbing trees... I better have Abby watch that movie ASAP.

Baseball and Ballet

Pretty much all Abby wants to do is play baseball or ballet. She takes both of them very seriously and she sometimes combines them by swinging the bat so hard that she spins and then she calls herself a baseball ballerina. I love that she has managed to so effortlessly combine the girly and tomboy sides of her personality.



No more pictures! Let's play already!

Happy Halloween!

I love, love, love this little cupcake!






And how is it possible that my daughter feels this way about candy? I have to seriously question all that babies learn tastes from you in the womb stuff...

Pumpkin Patch

I love the pumpkin patch. Up until this year I've somehow lucked out and always gone on a gloriously sunny October day (probably my favorite kind of day weather wise) but this year we did have one trip in the rain and it wasn't so bad either. I honestly don't think Abby noticed that it was raining... I guess she loves it too!

Double Complete Rainbow

I saw one and the colors were so vibrant and it was so cool that I can kind of understand why that guy freaked out about it. Also, Eli came for a visit and it was wonderful. Abby and Eli play so well together and he was such a well behaved little love that it made me wish I could have him come over whenever I needed a break!

I'm back!

Watch out! Abby is growing up super fast!


I guess I took the summer off. Sorry about that. I am back now and here it is, a hodgepodge of pictures that 100% does not tell even half of what we did this summer. But it does give you a glimpse...

Let's see, Abby experienced a lot of angst at not being able to swim, wear goggles and/or water wings in a pool instantly, whenever she wanted.


We played ballerina, princess, photographer a lot and Abby used to word booooootiful a lot too.


Had boootiful parties with friends.


Perfected a very dramatic pout.


Discovered a new LOVE for tattoos.


Oh and bootiful ballerina crowns.


We had a lot of picnics.


And a few hikes.... and now I guess Summer is over.


It's also been a big Summer for Abby because she now sleeps in a big girl bed (actually this happened in the Spring, but I kept thinking I'd get and angelic sleeping picture of her to document it and it never happened). But she's pretty proud of her big girl bed, so here it is:


And look at the cool tent that Anne-Lise Hurn made - check out her amazing goods on her site here: http://www.littleorangeroom.com/

Also this little wonder is potty trained!!! Here she is with a celebratory lollypop.


And, last but not least, she started preschool! She LOVED her first day and is so excited to go back. She's been talking about it all week. Here she is on her first day. She picked out this outfit (I had to dig the 'telephone' shirt out of the too small pile - we haven't worn it in weeks so it must really be a favorite since she asked for it directly) and I told her to act excited for the picture and this is what she did. I'm not sure what to make of it, but just so you know, she was really, really excited - so maybe she's just a little confused on what the word excited means?