Monday, March 21, 2011

It's Momo Time!

Nonnie and I took the girls to Bay City last week for Spring Break. We were busy girls! Lots of posts to come showing everything we did. Caroline has storytime with Momo in the pic below.
Momo got Abby a bowling set.

One of Abby's favorite places to hangout was Momo's bed. She would sit up there with her and sort her curlers and play with make up.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Hat Day

"Hats Off for Spring Break" was the theme at Abby's school today. She was so excited to wear her new cowgirl hat.This is her new fake smile she does when you ask her to say cheese. Whipping up some stir fry in her kitchen as we walk out the door.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Showtime

Abby went to the Elmo show with Nonnie and Pops this weekend. I think it was a hit.
Lots of dancing and singing during the show
Bravo, Elmo!
Pops gets Abby a "publoon."Nonnie and Abby with all of their stuff. They needed a rolling suitcase for all of her people and their coats.
Must have one of these spinning toys that lights up.
She took all of her Sesame Street people to the show. Here she is getting them all settled.Nonnie said everytime a new character came out on stage, she grabbed her stuffed version of it.
She saw her friend from school in the lobby.

It's Great to be 29!

Another person in our family turned 29 this weekend. You never have to worry about getting older around here. Those candles just keep on burning. Happy birthday, Aunt Mary!
Caroline helps this time.Abby decided to take a turn.

Caroline wanted this fruit stand so bad.Once she had a grip on it, she would not let go.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Happy Birthday, GiGi and PawPaw!

We went to Spring this past weekend to celebrate GiGi and PawPaw's birthday. Poor Caroline fell asleep during dinner and missed blowing out the candles. Abby didn't miss a beat. She took on her party coordinator role. If Abby is ever at your party, you can sit back and relax. She opens all your presents for you.


Caroline is going to be into everything soon. She loved playing with the knobs on this piece of furniture. Abby and Uncle Phil test out the Mickey Mouse bubble blower.

Aunt Haley ate her share of plastic food this weekend. It was so nice for me to have another chef in the kitchen.


Haley brought books she had in her preschool classroom. This Barney book was falling apart by the end of the weekend. Abby-"Again, PawPaw."Brent caught lots of little fish with Abby's pink fishing rod. She wouldn't have anything to do with it. Maybe next time.

She just wanted to play at the playground. Here she is full steam ahead. Not a minute to lose.



Fun Times

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Valentine Picnic

The Anderson Family had a great Valentine's Day! Abby had fun at her little school party. She decorated cookies and exchanged Valentine cards. Hers were Minnie and Mickey. We had fun making them during the snow days. Nonnie came over and went walking with us. The weather has been gorgeous!

I got to have a long chat with my best friend, Ruth. I don't take for granted talking to her on the phone now that she is back in Texas. We were deprived of phone dates when she lived in China for 18 months. I also had a good visit with both of my grandmothers.

Brent surprised us when he got home with cards, perfume and a singing Mickey and Minnie. We started a tradition this year of having a romantic indoor picnic complete with candles and twinkle lights. Caroline fell asleep for her evening nap, but Abby loved it! We will definitely do it every year on Valentine's Day night. Thanks everyone for a special Valentine's Day! As Brent said, while we were eating, "These moments are what life is all about."
Abby chows down on her spaghetti. Notice all of her friends joined us on the blanket.After we ate, we opened the Valentine cards that came in the mail and went through Abby's bag of school cards. She had fun trying to blow out the candle.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Valentine Party

I have really enjoyed my Trophy Club baby playgroup this year. We joined it in September and meet every week. There are about ten moms in the group with kids two and under. I have had fun going to it with Caroline while Abby is at school on Mondays. Sometimes Abby goes with us to special events like this Valentine Party we had yesterday. It was at Cabella's and all the playgroups of Trophy Club attended.

I was in charge of decorations and if you know me well, this involved tulle, tablecloths, strings of heart lights, giant paper hearts etc . . I am ridiculous when it comes to things like this. You would have laughed seeing me unload in the horseshoe at the front of the store. I have to brag on my girls this once and say that they were troopers while I unloaded and set everything up. Abby even pulled the rolling icechest with the juiceboxes. We were quite a sight. I could feel all the men in Cabella's laughing inside at us. Ha Ha!

Abby dusts her hands off after feeding the fish in the picture above.
The kids went on a little tour and got to touch a tadpole and a turtle. If you guessed that Abby did not take part in the petting of these creatures, you are right! This girly girl came close, but then decided to just be an observer.

"Oh, this bee feels so good to my gums."Funnyface
Looking at the Aquarium

Some friends from our playgroup