Monday, February 27, 2012
3 John 1:4
Ryan finished the Bible at four years old!! Granted it's not the complete adult version, but I'm still super excited! We [mostly Daddy] have been reading him a story each night at bedtime for a few months now and he & Nana read the last one on Saturday night. Not only did he finish the Bible, he asked to start over again. Love it!!
Friday, February 24, 2012
all or nothing
Ryan's been on Winter Break this week which means no preschool, speech, etc. We've enjoyed being a little more leisurely in the mornings and lots of fun activities with friends. Tuesday was the baby doctor where Ryan was able to see his baby sister on the tv screen.
Wednesday we met Ms. Christa and her kids at the playground and had a great time! The weather was nicer than we expected [cloudy but surprisingly warm] and we ate lunch at Subway. Wednesday afternoon it cleared up nicely and our neighbors Sam & Jack joined us in the backyard to play on the swingset and in the playhouse.
Thursday was absolutely gorgeous!! High 70s and sunny, wow!! We had a picnic lunch at the playground with Ryan's preschool buddy Seth. And then in the afternoon we met Sam & Jack at the neighborhood playground, as well as running into a couple other neighbors. It was such a beautiful day; we even changed into t-shirts in the afternoon!
Today we enjoyed having a couple of our new small group friends over to play in the backyard. What a fun morning and great end to the week. It seems like I either overbook us with playdates or don't get around to it and we have boring [which leads to fussy!] weeks. And while this week was certainly crazy, I wouldn't want it any other way!
Wednesday we met Ms. Christa and her kids at the playground and had a great time! The weather was nicer than we expected [cloudy but surprisingly warm] and we ate lunch at Subway. Wednesday afternoon it cleared up nicely and our neighbors Sam & Jack joined us in the backyard to play on the swingset and in the playhouse.
Thursday was absolutely gorgeous!! High 70s and sunny, wow!! We had a picnic lunch at the playground with Ryan's preschool buddy Seth. And then in the afternoon we met Sam & Jack at the neighborhood playground, as well as running into a couple other neighbors. It was such a beautiful day; we even changed into t-shirts in the afternoon!
Today we enjoyed having a couple of our new small group friends over to play in the backyard. What a fun morning and great end to the week. It seems like I either overbook us with playdates or don't get around to it and we have boring [which leads to fussy!] weeks. And while this week was certainly crazy, I wouldn't want it any other way!
our date weekend
The kids spent the past weekend with Grandma and Grandpa visiting Aunt Lolly and Uncle Brian in NC. We missed them terribly, but tried to make the best of it. We ate dinner out twice [Applebee's and Schlotzky's] and went to a play at the local Woodstock theatre. We saw Brigadoon and while I enjoyed it, I'm not sure my hubby was as fond of it! Thanks for being a good sport and taking me Dearie :) We also saw a few movies [I recommend The Double]. And I also got some stuff done around the house on Monday which was nice. Now that the kids are back safely, it's a lot easier to say we had a good weekend! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for their mini-vacation and our staycation.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Look what we did
Before ...
After ...
Close up ...
We all worked on this canvas together. For our first time doing anything like this, I think it came out really well, I love it! Ryan did the little dots at the top with a pencil eraser, Coleson painted the sweeps with a rope, I did the next section with a spring, and Abby [with a little guidance] made with the large circles with a water bottle. The words are wall transfers that I cut and positioned how we wanted. Go us!! I love that everything on the wall is fun and personal and significant now instead of the boring, heavy, all in a line frames that we had before. It took awhile to find the motivation, but it was so worth it!
UPDATE: I knew we'd been wanting to do this awhile, but I was just cleaning up some files on my computer and found the 2011 goals that we made last January. Yup, you guessed it, "rearrange the family room wall" was right there on the list. Better late than never I suppose!!
Close up ...
We all worked on this canvas together. For our first time doing anything like this, I think it came out really well, I love it! Ryan did the little dots at the top with a pencil eraser, Coleson painted the sweeps with a rope, I did the next section with a spring, and Abby [with a little guidance] made with the large circles with a water bottle. The words are wall transfers that I cut and positioned how we wanted. Go us!! I love that everything on the wall is fun and personal and significant now instead of the boring, heavy, all in a line frames that we had before. It took awhile to find the motivation, but it was so worth it!
UPDATE: I knew we'd been wanting to do this awhile, but I was just cleaning up some files on my computer and found the 2011 goals that we made last January. Yup, you guessed it, "rearrange the family room wall" was right there on the list. Better late than never I suppose!!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Recent Going-ons
Cutest thing ever: Abby saying good bye to Ryan's "magic" train the other morning. It was time to leave to pick Ryan up from preschool, so I said something along the lines of let's go to the car to get Ryan. She walked into the family room, did her adorable little squat that makes my knees creak just watching her, got right up to the engine of the train, waved, and said "bye bye train bye bye." Soooo sweet!!
Yesterday we had a picnic in the back of the van with Ryan's friends Asher and Graydon [and all the sibs]. I love listening to four and three year olds talk! One snippet I heard that made me smile: "I have a Grandpa too! What's your Grandpa's name? Grandpa!"
Thanks to my wonderful hubby for taking the kids to Chickfila this morning for breakfast and playplace time [and for picking up breakfast for Mommy too!]. As they were leaving and giving Mommy hugs, Ryan said "get some good rest Mommy for you and the baby in your belly" Love that little guy :)
UPDATED: I forgot to mention my parrot: I missed a call from Abby's pediatrician Friday morning, so I called back and I said this was Amy Chase calling. From the backseat Abby shouts "Amy Chase! Amy Chase!" I bet she said it ten times. She was so loud, the lady on the phone could hear her and had a laugh too!
And yes, in case you were wondering Abby still calls SpiderMan "bad guy." She always refers to Ryan's oversized action figure as "bad guy" and then when we were at a friend's house a couple weeks ago, she took a SpiderMan magnet off the fridge and brought me "bad guy!!"
Yesterday we had a picnic in the back of the van with Ryan's friends Asher and Graydon [and all the sibs]. I love listening to four and three year olds talk! One snippet I heard that made me smile: "I have a Grandpa too! What's your Grandpa's name? Grandpa!"
Thanks to my wonderful hubby for taking the kids to Chickfila this morning for breakfast and playplace time [and for picking up breakfast for Mommy too!]. As they were leaving and giving Mommy hugs, Ryan said "get some good rest Mommy for you and the baby in your belly" Love that little guy :)
UPDATED: I forgot to mention my parrot: I missed a call from Abby's pediatrician Friday morning, so I called back and I said this was Amy Chase calling. From the backseat Abby shouts "Amy Chase! Amy Chase!" I bet she said it ten times. She was so loud, the lady on the phone could hear her and had a laugh too!
And yes, in case you were wondering Abby still calls SpiderMan "bad guy." She always refers to Ryan's oversized action figure as "bad guy" and then when we were at a friend's house a couple weeks ago, she took a SpiderMan magnet off the fridge and brought me "bad guy!!"
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
conversations and interactions
Abby says so many words now that I gave up a couple months ago on keeping a list of them. It still amazes me how well she communicates! I can understand what she wants almost all of the time. And she's starting to put words together too. "Mommy shoe" "right there" "two babies" that sort of thing. She can also answer questions pretty well. She knows that Ryan goes to "p-school" and just this past week she's starting saying "work" when I ask where Daddy goes. She tries to sing her ABC's too. She knows the melody, but the letters are rarely in the right order. She gets "ABC" right most of the time and she will usually shout out "W!" when we get there.
Another fun thing is listening to Ryan and Abby talk. I love when Ryan will ask Abby "what does that mean" or "what are you saying" or something along those lines. The last few times we've been driving together, they've been talking a lot about their surroundings. Abby has started calling out "bank" or "p-school" or whatever and Ryan tries to correct her. "That's not a bank, that's the elementary school" [I was impressed he knew that word, I've been calling it the big kid school]. They also love seeing the animals and some sort of unspoken contest has emerged to see who can yell "MOO!!" the loudest to all the many cows we pass.
I love seeing their personalities emerge and I love watching how well they've been interacting recently!
Another fun thing is listening to Ryan and Abby talk. I love when Ryan will ask Abby "what does that mean" or "what are you saying" or something along those lines. The last few times we've been driving together, they've been talking a lot about their surroundings. Abby has started calling out "bank" or "p-school" or whatever and Ryan tries to correct her. "That's not a bank, that's the elementary school" [I was impressed he knew that word, I've been calling it the big kid school]. They also love seeing the animals and some sort of unspoken contest has emerged to see who can yell "MOO!!" the loudest to all the many cows we pass.
I love seeing their personalities emerge and I love watching how well they've been interacting recently!
Welcome February
We're one more month closer to summertime, yay! Although it's hard to complain too much this year since it's been such a mild winter. But nonetheless Ryan and I enjoy talking about all the fun things we can do when it warms up: going outside, swimming in the pool, playing on the swingset and in the playhouse, and all sorts of other summertime favorites!
But we're making the best of winter until then. We've had several playdates recently. And Abby's even had a couple of her own with some of our friends in our new small group. It's exciting having lots of little girls around, we're not used to that. We had Olivia over last week and I loved that Abby talked about "Libya" the rest of the day! We've also been up to Chickfila and then Lowe's for the Build and Grow workshops; I didn't realize how age-appropriate they were. Ryan had a great time building a bug box [although he keeps his HexRobot in there] and a dinosaur. Mommy went out to Atlanta Bread Company with Christa and Alicia for some much needed girls' time. And Mommy and Daddy had a date night! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Bahama Breeze and saw Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. We've also done a few projects around the house [pictures to come eventually, I have to put the finishing touch on the family room adventure first].
So that's about all I can think of for now. Happy February!
But we're making the best of winter until then. We've had several playdates recently. And Abby's even had a couple of her own with some of our friends in our new small group. It's exciting having lots of little girls around, we're not used to that. We had Olivia over last week and I loved that Abby talked about "Libya" the rest of the day! We've also been up to Chickfila and then Lowe's for the Build and Grow workshops; I didn't realize how age-appropriate they were. Ryan had a great time building a bug box [although he keeps his HexRobot in there] and a dinosaur. Mommy went out to Atlanta Bread Company with Christa and Alicia for some much needed girls' time. And Mommy and Daddy had a date night! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Bahama Breeze and saw Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. We've also done a few projects around the house [pictures to come eventually, I have to put the finishing touch on the family room adventure first].
So that's about all I can think of for now. Happy February!
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