what is she saying!

haha... okay.. I am horrible about updating my blog.. You all know this. So, when I sit down to write something it is normally quick. A lot of my stuff doesn't seem to make sense and my typos are insane! haha. so, I will make an effort starting on the next blog to make more time for it. Which I'll probably start writing in a word dcoument and then just copy and paste. IF you have any questions over anything that doesn't make sense you may just want to add in your own words or ask me :) either way! haha I guess that will be part of my 2010 resolution! I think it'll be a great year! I'm looking forward to it.

Christmas

For Christmas Abigail and I went to my parents. Lucky for me I was able to go up and take part in the fun on Christmas Eve and beat the snow. Abbie after spending a couple of days with her grandparents slept in on Christmas morning. She had a great Christmas. In spite of the snow my sister got she said screw it I'm going to Joplin! haha okay okay.. I added some words in there. It was a lot of fun. The kids got to go out and play on Saturday. I think overall they got along and had a great time. :) Here are a few captured moments



the beautiful tree





my girl looking well beyond her years...




panties.. a Christmas is not complete without getting a pair of undies somewhere in the mix




These pictures were taken by a camera my mother has had for years. On there she has never downloaded any of the pics. We downloaded them and I found some shots on there I just had to share.




sorry.. its on its side.. I guess you'll either need to change your screen or laptop on its side or just tilt your head.. haha.. the choice is yours. I think Abbie was about 2 1/2 in that one. Such innocence. She is actually wearing a dress that my mother wore.


The next two are from her third birthday




Abbie and her Pa.




The Monday after Christmas I had to go back to work, but due to the all the snowbthe daycare was closed. Mariah was like my knight in shining armor.. except she is a woman who according to my boss looks just like me.. and she wears usually jeans with with long-sleeved tshirts.. Instead of a horse she can blazing in on two wheels.. haha.. okay not so much. She took Abbie and let her play outside and her first sledding experience in their backyard. My duaghter, I don't see ever saying no to anything that contains adventure in someway. Last summer she went with Mariah's family to Jason's parents' lakehouse and just wanted to go faster on the ski doo.. I was informed the gas was down all the way.. anywho.. I was told Abbie went down on the makeshift sled of a trash can lid about 20 times. I was told that the kids had fun and JonJon and Abbie got along really well which is nice. I heard they even shared some of their toys. I like to hear that. Thanks Mariah and Jason for letting Abbie come over to play! Jason you did great with the two big kids and the snowman was great! My sister has some really cute pics on her blog. I can't steal pictures off of shutterfly.. so.. hence the ones only with my child.







here is the little girl after the fun in the cold..

I officially have a six year old!

Abigail is six. CRAZY! Her birthday is December fifth and, as well as, all of you know our schedules seem so busy during this time. A few years ago I thought it would be great for a half birthday, with Abbie sharing the birthday with her two cousins.. which I'm sure everyone out in my blog world knows this.. My sister was totally on board for it and we did a half party the first Sunday in June. Well, with Abbie being my social little butterfly, I was not aware how important it would be to her having a party on the actual day. I know, what was I thinking?!?! I'm not sure what is going to happen to the half birthday next June.. I'll guess time will tell. She had a party at Gymnastics City in Claremore and I think it was a success. Me being me, I'm so not the planner or the organizer. I grew up with such an organizing, planning older sister, who took care of most things. Honestly, she still does. I also usually hang out with other planners. It works well for me and for them. haha.. I hope its an equal mutual relationship anyways! When it comes to things with Abbie I have to really focus and put myself in a whole new role. With this role I'm still learning and don't have the organization and planning down all that well. I'm working on it! Thankfully!!!!! My cousin Erin came to the party and she pretty much lead the thing. Here are a couple of pictures..










Yes.. for those of you wondering.. Abigial is still into the Ariel thing.. and yes she was the only one dressed liked that.. Abbie takes gymnastics there and she said she wanted to wear it. Me again being me, didn't think anything of it. I didn't think that she would be the only one.. but she was. I was going to change her when I realized it, however, a few of the moms said she is the birthday girl its okay. so.. I said okay.



Today, while I am typing this sitting in my daughter's room, I told her to get rid of stuff. As I look up from the computer I see more toys on her floor. She did what I asked and went through some stuff... instead it is everywhere. Does she want to get rid of it.. amazingly enough she said three things! We all have to start somewhere!


Oh.. another interesting story. As you guys knows I'm a single parent. With Abbie going to school and our situation not being a common occurence in our little town it has started to be a topic at home. Her big concern at the moment is telling her kids they don't have a grandpa becuase I never got married. I told her that her grandparents got married when I was 19. So.. she told me I needed to be married by the time she was 19. I told her I'd work on it.

Oh! and for those of you who can't leave comments. I don't know how to change that. I'll work on it.

Where have I been?

I know right! I haven't posted in awhile. I like to have people tell me to keep this up so they can read the exciting things going on in my life.. haha.

For Thanksgiving we went to my parents. It was fun. My daughter believes you HAVE to have a turkey on Thanksgiving, and luckily for us my parents say okay. :) Abigail just loved that turkey. I asked Abbie was she was thankful for and she said her family and her pets. The girl has two guinea pigs. The days before Thanksgiving from her school I did receive a card that had four questions in it with her answers. I have to share them with you guys. :)

1. What is Thanksgiving?
Something you are thankful for

2. Who started Thanksgiving and Why?
Indians because they wanted to help people.

3. Where do you get your turkey?
Buy one at the store.

4. How do you cook a turkey?
You put it in the microwave for 30 seconds.


haha.. I found it funny. On Thanksgiving we made a wreath and I think Abbie did a great job with the decorating and mom you did a great job with the hot glue gun!

Then the Sunday after Thanksgiving we went over to my cousin Erin's house. Thanks Erins for being a great host as always. It was a lot of fun. After leaving Erin's house I thought we were going to join Mariah and Jason for dinner in Sand Springs. Abbie stated that she didn't want to drive all the way to Sand Springs then all the way home. The long drive would cause her to fall asleep and miss all the fun at home. I couldn't really argue with the logic there.

Yesterday, Abbie was telling me about school and she was so excited to explain to me there is an elf in her classroom. This isn't just any elf, this is one that works with Santa. Santa has sent the elf to watch them. Also she was informed that Santa doesn't watch all the kids since he couldn't watch them all over the world including China. *for those of you who don't know, my daughter is very intrigued by the Chinese* She may have also mentioned China because they maybe the only other country she is truly aware of... Anywho. What Santa does do is he sends elves and also uses stuffed animals in kids' rooms to watch the kids and report back to him. I thought well.. I'll keep that one going. The magic is in the spirit of Christmas.

Kindergarten

I haven't really talked much about Abigail in school, so I will today. One thing about being a parent is the bragging rights we feel entitled to have. First for those of you who do not have school age children or its been awhile, I tell ya school is just a whole different ball game now. I get a calendar in Abbie's folder ever day that will have a color which lets me know how she did in class. I am required to initial it then send it back to her teacher so she knows that I know what the marking was. She has almost had all greens so far.. she has had two yellows. I am very proud of her. She does have a slight talking problem, and for the life of me can't figure out where she would get that from ;) In her school they already have reading groups. Nowadays I guess they call them literacy labs. Abbie got promoted to the highest reading group in her kindergarten last month, prior to that she was in the second to highest. I get her coming home quizzing me to make sure I know what onomatopoeia means to telling me she needs to work on her fluency when she reads. I was under some crazy impression kindergarten was mostly coloring.. man, was I wrong! For some reason what has shocked me the most of what I have heard out of her little mouth is the process of how American Indians use to hunt deer. Overall she is doing great.

In her backpack, she takes to school one of those little sketch type pads that you write with using the pen with it. Well, I started writing her little notes on it in the morning. My notes include things like "you are a great daughter", "have a good day at school",and "have fun at at girl scouts". Then my little tiger lily likes to erase my message and leave one for me. Which I have to say is one of my favorite things to do is read what she wrote to me. It started out with things like "love you mom" and turning into "you are silly momma" and "you are crazy momma".. haha.. kids. I'm sure as she writes it she giggles.


As a parent, we are our children's biggest cheerleaders. Being a parent is the most challenging and most rewarding thing I have ever been involved with in my life. On that note, I'd like to say congrats to Amy and Ricky, and welcome to the journey :) Amy and Melissa, you two will be joining soon. :) Nothing can completely prepare you for parenthood. Just when you think you have it figured out something changes.

I wanna be a cowgirl

Well... not so much, since Abbie thinks being a cowgirl entails living in a barn. My daughter was in her first parade on Saturday. It was the Will Rogers Days Parade... sad but true I'm not sure of the great accomplishments that Will has done. I know a couple of his famous quotes but thats about it. My personal quest for myself is to find out what exactly this man is famous for. Anyways... She was in the parade with her Girl Scouts. The leaders thought it would be cute if the girls dressed in cowgirl type attire. Abbie had a pink hat I purchased about two years ago and I thought it would do nicely. Well, when I found the hat it had a couple of stains on it. I am not a cowgirl nor do I know much about the clothing. I do know that I improperly washed the hat which caused it to lose its shape. Lesson learned. I do not know the proper way of washing one, but using a toothbrush, laundry soap, and water is not it. If this situation ever arises again a different revenue will be determined. If she ever does want to be a cowgirl, I'd have to say she'd be a stylish one.

What does All Hallows Eve and a Diva Girl have in common?

They have Abigail in common thats what!

For Halloween, Abigail braved the lions, tigers, and bears.. oh my! She made her first trip to Hallozooeen. Her mermaid costume got a lot of compliments. As though we thought it wouldn't. It was a good time. The wig did not make it with us.... that was my fault. I truly did forget it at home! Here is a picture of her with a pumpkin, I was instructed to wait for the ghost to come up before I took the picture.











Here is a picture of her very proud of her candy selection... I think she ended up with about 20 pieces, which to my non-sweet eater is a lot! Oh.. and yes, to those who have not been to the zoo, you are able to get more she just didn't want it.


















Earlier that day she actually was dressed up as a cat. We use the 24 hours we have for Halloween.





haha.. one picture is her "sleeping" she wanted to see what a sleeping cat looked like. Now looking at the picture one may say what is that thing behind the scared cat. Well that is a home-made canopy. So, now you're thinking home-made does that mean Sarah made that? Yes, yes it does. The picture doesn't do it justice.







On November 3rd, Abigail got invited to her friend Lauren's, birthday party. It was at Diva Girl and it was right up Abbie's alley. It was fun she got dressed up, her hair done, and walked on a runway.




I love the glasses! I do have a little diva. This is one of my favs for sure!

What.. two more parties

Abbie felt that the mermaid costume needed to be seen a little more around society. We went to the Halloween party at church. It was fun I have to say. It was nice no candy was given out.. if it was we were oblivious to it. She played darts... who knows maybe I'll have a future dart player on my hands.



She played other games and had a blast. She won things like tattoos, little bugs, some crazy pink vampire teeth, and even a vampire rubber ducky. Of course the teeth were something she simpley insisted on wearing that night.






She even went through her first "haunted house". It was set up by the fourth graders.. they tried to scare her, however, she just found it silly. She is so brave.

She also had her first Halloween party at school. I actually got to attend. It was crazy and hectic.. just like a Kindergarten school party should be like. Abbie wore her mermaid costume. This time I got wise.. I fixed the shells. I sewed them so they didn't gap. I know I know... they didn't reveal anything, it just made me feel better.



We'll see what tomorrow night will bring! You never know what this spontaneous girl will do!

some creations

I thought I would start a blog as well.. Seemed interesting. I'd like to be able to keep track of things about Abbie. This also gives me reasons to stay up with my picture taking.

Saturday, Abigail went to a Halloween party at her gymnastics. She dressed up as Ariel. The wig was great.. haha.. It made me have visions of what her hair may have been like if it was that crazy Jones hair ;)




She was very excited about attending the party. After they wore their costumes they all got to change into their leos and have a blast. It was fun the kids got to run around like they were crazy and do whatever they wanted. If you know Miss Judy, you'd understand why this is such a rarity. If you squint that little spot that looks like it could be a person is Abbie running up something.. sorry I wasn't a gymnast.. at the top they just jumped off. I think Abbie liked it so much because the teacher working this kept telling her how brave she was for doing it. Quickest way to get her to do anything.. flattery...






At home on Sunday we.. mainly Abbie made a haunted house. I did the structural building of the house.. which I personally am not very good at.. Next time I'm sure I'll have more success. The first is the creator in action, with the last two showing the finished project. The bottom pic says boo.. she came up with that all on her own. Such a smart spookie cookie :)









The other home project we worked on was decorating a black wreath. I have to say I was pretty excited to find a plain black one with nothing on it. I think next year we're making homemade spiders or bats or ghosts.. or maybe all of the them to hang from it.







To answer your question... yes that is an arm inte photo.. no, it is not there to hold the wreath it is holding a thing that has a picture of the Jonas Brothers... not sure which is scarier the wreath or them ;)