Maracas, CHa ChA cHA!

Today Brian was mixing up some punch and Abby asked " Daddy, what's the recipe for punch?" Brian answered: water, sugar and punch mix. Abby thought about this, held up the punch packet and shook it. "It sounds like maracas". I love how their little minds work, mwah hah ha.

Chug a Chug a Choo Choo!

This morning Abby built these "train tracks" and then climbed onto this storage container. When asked what she was doing she stated that she was "waiting for her train", DUH! Along came Ginny thinking that this path was perfect to tread and was promptly informed by Abby that she needed to get off the tracks or she would be hit by a train!!! Lately they have both been very imaginative. When in the car we are always in imminent danger of plunging over waterfalls that can clearly be seen ahead of us in our "boat". Apparently mommy is a really good driver. It's so fun to hear them saying "ohhhhhh, ohhhh" as if they were riding the rapids.

SUPER DUPER!!!

Abby has been learning to read. I can't believe my little girl is getting so big! She gets really excited to do her "chart" as she calls it. At the end of each lesson she gets to put a sticker on her chart. As you can see we just finished lesson 14.

I have to say I am pretty impressed by this program. For the first five lessons I thought this is going to take forever but it is really gaining momentum. At the end of each lesson she practices some of the letters or "sounds" she has learned. Today was "i" and "e". Ginny wanted to join in (we usually do this during her nap). Can you tell which one is Abby's and which is Ginny's? Ginny became so excited over her attempts that she shouted "That is SUPER DUPER!!!" It was hilarious, I have no idea where she heard that. We laughed so hard that she walked around the house saying "SUPER DUPER" for the next 15 minutes.

Orange Smile

After eating doritos Abby's face and hands were stained orange... Me: "Abby, do you need to go and wash your hands?" Abby: "I washed them with my tongue."

plummer's crack!

We finished up saying prayers tonight and Brian was doing the lazy kneel with his head on the floor. Abby: "You forgot to pull up your pants Daddy!" Ohhh, forgetful Daddy. On a side note, his bum is so little I don't know how he manages to even have back cleavage. Mine, on the other hand (as my Ashton roomies will attest to) is ample... let's just say that low cut jeans pose problems for me. My old roommate Chelsey happily pointed out that Ginny had inherited my "tall crack" (a delightful little moniker the Ashton's gave me).