Saturday, June 30, 2018

May Stuff

Here's our random stuff from May!

Halle poured her own breakfast cereal.....(And by the way - is it just me who can see her eyes not straight?!  More to come on that in June.)


Chocolate face!


Halle and I got to go to North Ridge and register her for kindergarten!  We're not sure where we'll be come fall, but for now, she's registered here. 

The Zoo Crew had some animals out for the kids to play with!  This is Maggie, the guinea pig who stayed at our house over spring break while she was pregnant.  Now she has her two babies!



Halle is beyond ready for school.  That's what happens with fall birthdays!  She's already reading short chapter books and is getting better and better and math and writing.  And she's our little social butterfly, so kindergarten will be a blast!  


Eve and I made a trip to the dentist for her silver crowns on two baby teeth with cavities.  The procedure was done under conscious sedation, but Eve was really sleepy by the time the dentist began.  


She did awesome!  Not a wiggle or fuss - the dentist said she was  a perfect patient :)  (Besides her teeth having cavities....)


Cora started requesting to sleep in Abigail's "big girl bed" so for naps, that's what she does now and she loves it!  Hopefully it will be a smooth transition to nighttime sleeping in a big bed too?  Soon....


After receiving permission to lay down in our room one night, this is how we found Abigail when we headed to bed.  


Eve brought this treasure home from school - a note she'd written to her teacher describing a recent Monday they'd had off of school.  It's going to be a long summer....


Look at this little guy!  So excited for his arrival in September!


Getting some help with yard work:


One Thursday night while Eve and Andrew were at soccer practice, I took the other girls to Halle's friend's birthday party.  The girls love Blazing Bouncers!  (And I had permission to bring a couple of extra kids, don't worry.)



Hardly time for food with all the playing!


We had Cora sleeping in our room while our graduation guests were in town (I'm very proud that we fit 5 extra adults in our tiny house.).  The first night, I didn't reinforce the body pillow that was supposed to keep her on her mattress.  That does not look comfortable!


We had three straight days of short hail storms in May and the girls went wild collecting hail to save in the freezer.  (We just finally threw it away this week....)



Some pretty good size pieces!  


Checking the backyard....



Cora and Daddy time!


Eve had Buddy Day at school Friday, May 18th.  Basically lots of activities for the kids!  I stopped by the school just to say hi and snap a picture!


Eve's buddy for the day was Glorian :)


More hail!



Eve's last soccer game was on Saturday, May 19th.  


Eve getting her trophy (blocked by Halle):


Super proud of these two, despite another hard season.  




1st Grade Awards Ceremony!  Eve received the A Honor Roll, Recycling, and Outstanding Character awards.  


Ms Cole was a great teacher and Eve is going to miss her!


We're proud of our awesome 1st grader!


This is what Monday night walks for our FHE activity look like:


And huge news for May - Abigail graduated from physical therapy!  She is now age equivalent, with the understanding that strength in some areas is compensating for her continuing lack of balance.  She may always be slightly off balance, thanks to the location of the tumor, but she really has come a long way in the past 5 months.  Miss Laura was awesome working with her and Abigail will miss her.  


More yard work!


All pooped out - Abigail sneaks into our bed sometimes and Andrew's more patient with it than I am....


Last day of 1st grade for Eve!


She and Naomi wanted to match for the day so they coordinated it themselves :)  Love these two!

Abigail Turns 4!

Abigail's 4th birthday fell on a Saturday this year and we spent the whole day celebrating this cutie!


She wouldn't put the roly poly down for her birthday pictures.....


This girl has personality and spunk coming out her ears!


For her family activity, Abigail chose the trampoline park.  We'd never been there, so were excited to give it a try!  When we showed up, Abigail lost her nerve, though, and insisted she just wanted to stay with me.  (At 5 months pregnant, I definitely wasn't jumping.)  There were lots of tears, so she stayed with me as Andrew and the others headed out for some fun!  

That lasted about 30 seconds before Abigail realized she'd been wrong and wanted to join in!


She had a blast!



You got this, Cora!



Go for it!  



We had an hour and a half of play time and boy did they play!  The only downside was Eve, who'd been having pain in her ankles for a few weeks and kept twisting them while jumping.  So lots of tears on her end :(  


She wouldn't sit out the fun, though!




Eve did this rope swing/jump over and over and over.  


Playing dodge ball with Daddy!


We were worn out by the end!


And ready for some birthday donuts!


That afternoon, Abigail had to find her hiding presents based on clues that her sisters happily helped her read.  




They were all over the house!



She also had plenty of willing hands for the unwrapping part....



Her last, and largest present - 


A dino water table!  (This thing has seen a lot of use in the past month - although the combo of half water and half sand has made for lots of messes....)



Abigail loved her matching swim suit and flip flops and still tells random people about them!


And a watermelon beach towel :)


That must mean it's time for some pool play!



We finished off the day by watching Kung Fu Panda (Abigail's choice, not mine) while Abigail chowed down on some watermelon!  Watermelon and chocolate chip pancakes were her dinner of choice.


When it was time for cake, I told Abigail I'd accidentally dropped her cake in the dirt and it got bugs all over it.  She was a little confused at first, until we explained....


She wanted to put on her own candles :)



What a big 4 year old!  Love her to pieces!


Ice cream cake is yummy!  Abigail had originally asked for an ice cream cake (I don't think she even knew what it was!) but then a few days before her birthday, switched to saying she wanted a "honey cake".  Not knowing what that was, I stuck with her original request.  


Here are Abigail's answers to her birthday questions at age 4:

1. What is your favorite color?  Purple
2.  What is your favorite toy?  My video game to try to get the hoops in (a little plastic cell phone that you try to ring the hoops with).
3.  What is your favorite fruit?  Grapes
4. What is your favorite TV show?  Sophia
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Ramen Noodle!
6. What is your favorite outfit?  My pocket shirt
7. What is your favorite game?  This one (pointing to the plastic cell phone) – this is a game.
8. What is your favorite snack?  Ramen Noodle
9. What is your favorite animal?  Camel and elephant
10. What is your favorite song?  Bye Baby Bunting and Hush-a-bye
11. What is your favorite book?  Be Gentle with the Dog, Dear (one we got from the library a few weeks ago).
12. Who is your favorite friend to play with?  Cora
13. What is your favorite sport?  The one that we watched on the TV when our show was just starting (soccer).
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Play!
15. What is your favorite drink?  Koolaid
16. What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas!
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  Little blankie
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  Ramen Noodle
19. What do you want to be when you grow up?  Adorbat (Acrobat)
20. What is your favorite thing to do with Mom or Dad?  Be holded with little blankie
21. What is something Mom always says?  You say, “Don’t touch the ant hills.”
22. What is something Dad always says?  “Don’t touch the ant hills.”  
23. I'm very proud because: Mommy holds me.
24. I'm afraid of: real monkeys that will bite me.
 25. Name one thing you do really well.  Sleep    
26. What is your favorite time of day?  Christmas
27. What makes you feel sad?  Because Dad has to go to school.
 28. What makes you feel happy?  Because Dad doesn’t have school today (it’s Saturday)
29. Where do you want to go on vacation?  To the lazy river swimming pool at Texas Tech.
30. What is most exciting about being 4?  Uh, I don’t know.  Because I have a birthday and I turned 4 and I get birthday cake.