Abby turns FIVE!!!

For Abby's fifth birthday we drove to Dallas for a special day at the American Girl Store.  Abby was able to pick out her first American Girl doll and tour the store with a tour guide.  Then, to top off the visit we were able to get a table at the American Girl Bistro for lunch! 

Knowing that this little one would be a bit jealous, Grammy and Chief brought Mia a baby doll from a different store!  We have very appropriately named it "Big Baby"!

Fun Facts about ABBY:

Abby has moved on from her favorite color of green and now loves all the colors of the rainbow

Abby's favorite part of any Disney movie is watching the Directors talk about the making of the cartoons and the extra illustrations that did not get put into the actual movie

Abby LOVES school and church, and sometimes cries when she has to stay home on Saturdays and Sundays

Abby would choose a slushy or smoothie over eating at McDonald's or Chick Fil A

Abby's favorite foods are pizza, corn dogs, apples, oranges, ice cream, ham, tortilla chips, pickles, anything sour, broccoli, cauliflower and she loves orange juice

Abby hates oatmeal and rice

Abby loves to read comics in the news paper

Abby still says "Lasterday" instead of "Yesterday"

Abby thinks the Disney Store is Disney Land

Abby has a big, sensitive heart and loves making new friends

Abby loves putting on plays, making up stories, singing and dancing

Abby has finally conquered her fear of going down tunnel slides

Abby's favorite day at school is Library day

Abby's favorite songs are "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5, "Mean" by Taylor Swift, "Party Rock" by LMFAO, "Love Song Baby" by Selena Gomez, "Single Ladies" by Beyonce

Abby would prefer to wear a dress or nothing at all

Abby's favorite restaurant is Chili's

Abby is very outgoing and has no fear of public speaking or getting on stage in front of a large audience 

Abby has started getting freckles on her face and she loves them!!

Strep Throat and Valentines day

Abby and Mia were struck with their first case Strep Throat the day before Valentines.  This led to a day home from school and 10 days of antibiotics for my two little ones.  It just so happened to snow on their sick day so I let them out for 5 minutes to play.

And yes, that is chocolate on Mia's face! 

Mia and her elephant valentine

This year I wanted Abby to be happy with store bought valentines, but my girl had something else in mind.  I made the mistake of showing her some ideas off the Internet and she just had to make these little mice for her new friends at school.  Turns out she really wanted her mama to make the little mice while she watched.  It took some time, lots of encouragement and a few tears, but she finally finished with 16 cute little mice.   

After School

Our typical afternoon activities:

 

Busy Weekends!!

Since arriving in our new city we have been spending our weekends checking out the local kid attractions.  So far we have spent an afternoon flying kites, a day at the zoo, and a morning at the science museum.  All adventures have been a hit with the kids and adults! 

Taking advantage of our windy city!

Watch out Pepaw!

RUN MIA RUN!!

City Zoo

Mia, our elephant whisperer, insisted on seeing the baby elephant first.

Abby would be happy if the zoo was just statues of animals! 

Feeding the giraffes was the highlight of the zoo! 

The Science Museum

Anxiously waiting for the "Science Live" show to begin!

Notice who's car is in the lead!

Little architect in the making!