Birthday Party at Daycare!!

Tuesday is daycare day.....and the last day before Abby's Birthday...........so they had a birthday party for her. It was great they decorated the place with balloons and streamers and we took rice crispies and lots of art supplies to play with. They made puppets, painted and colored! :) Here is Abby before daycare dressed in a brand new outfit for the day! :) She had a blast and Carrie gave her a piggy bank for her present....perfect gift for Rick's kid!! :)

Blizzards & Brownie Batter!!

Sunday night we went out and got Blizzards. There was a deal at Dairy Queen...buy one get one for $0.25!! And then, on Monday I decided to make brownies....yep the Smith Family surely had some sweet "tooths!"

Ponytail Time!!

Here is Abby's Pony as she calls it. Please....if you see her sporty it do not call it a pigtail....it is a ponytail!!!!

Flower Sunday!!!

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So on Sunday Rick went riding and Abby and I got to hang out. Well.....if anyone knows me they will know that I have a very structure routine on Sat and Sun. Saturday we go to the gym and then hit up Starbucks. Abby so loves the gym because the play area is like the ones they have in the malls with stuff to crawl all over, etc. Sundays I go to Big Foot Java and grab 2 Sunday papers and of course Berry Warm Milk for Abby. Then Abby and I go through the papers and drink our Foffee as she would call it. :)

After her nap....I thought a fun project would be to plant flowers! We have a irrigation system and hangers on our front porch so hanging pots would work perfect and I really wanted a tomato plant! Well....we loved loved shopping for flowers. Abby had so much fun!! Best shopping trip ever! she was a good helper but, as we were planting....I have to admit I turned by back and she picked 3 of the flowers!! So out of 21 only 3 didn't make it! Success!!!

Of course Abby had to take care of her baby while we were planting...Baby Crying....she told me! ;) Abby hold Baby!

Babysitting Courtland

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So this Saturday we watched my friend Stacey's baby boy Courtland. I have been nervous to have Abby around him because he was so little and she wants to help so so so much. But, at 6 mo he is a tough little guy and Abby finally understands more about how to be gentle and how to properly help with babies. Stacey and I are going to switch on a off babysitting so we can each every so often enjoy a quiet dinner with our hubbies! I think I go the better end of the deal....Abby moves a lot faster then Courtland right now!!! Although - Abby can say want she needs which is often. EAT, PLAY, SHOW!! :) Here Abby is reading to Courtland while he is jumping! :)

Happy Tuesday!!

Hi Everyone!
We had a great weekend filled with an early birthday party for Abby and hitting up the Spring Fair here! That was all on Saturday.....so Sunday and Monday were filled with relaxing and of course now Abby has a bit of a cold!! :) Poor thing - but...she still is full of energy.

Abby had 7 friends over for her birthday party. We had it set up so all the kids could color on the floor and of course had toys all over! To eat with had BBQ chicken, Mac & Cheese and Cupcakes with Abby's fav....M&Ms on top. They were a huge hit. I am waiting on pics from that and from the fair....of course couldn't find my camera on Saturday :(.

Yesterday & Sunday.....Abby was quite the fashion model check out Abby dressing herself. Yes, that would be a poka- dot shirt under a fishy tank top matched with leggings, a skirt, and shorts topped off with her flower socks. She is quite proud of her taste. Then, in the evening...she wanted to wear undies and be "Nake" as she calls it.

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This week our buddy Pete (Rick's old high school friend) has come to hang with us. He is an aircraft mechanic and he travels around working on planes. This week he is at McCord Airfield. This is a military airport as most of the plane he works on are for the military (going / coming from war). Yesterday Pete, Abby, and I went up to Seattle for the day - to go to the aquarium and then to also hit up lunch with Rick. After lunch Abby and I headed back down to Puyallup to hit up a quick nap for her and Pete spent the rest of the day in the city exploring.

Here is a pic from Tuesday before daycare - Abby sporting her barrette and going "shopping!"