Abigail's 1st day of school

Well we made it through the 1st couple of days of school.  Abigail loves her classroom and her teachers and Emily can't seem to get enough of it either.  I am so proud of them for doing so well.  They are so go with the flow kind of kids.  Several people have asked me if I cried or if I was sad about sending my baby off to Kindergarten.  It's bad to say, but No, I am not.  I get excited for them, but I am not a crying sentimental mom about those kinds of things.  Don't get me wrong, I watched Emily struggle through a season of softball and one game towards the end of the season I watched her get two players out in one game and I got teary eyed because of this.  If either of my kids get really hurt I cry along with them.  So I am not completely cold hearted!  School is a big deal, but I don't worry that I am" losing my baby".  I am planning on enjoying every phase of their lives, not just their baby phase. 

We couldn't find a hard lunch box for Abigail.  I can't stand those soft one because if they get milk spilled in them you can never completely get rid of it and it ends up stinking.  Brandon had his lunch box from 1979 up in the attic and he told her she could use it.  I went and dug it out and wiped it down and she was good to go.  Abigail didn't seem to mind that it was different and at school their were so questions about why her daddy's name was on it.  She was able to tell them the story of how she inherited the antique lunchbox.  I think she is proud of it!  I can almost bet that no one else has one like it!  

So this coming week the whole school thing will get into full swing with real homework and an actual 5 day week, so we will hope that it goes smoothly!   

Exercise by the Sea Anyone?

Here is Abigail caught exercising on the beach.  She didn't realize we were watching and notice at the end she gets up and says "What?"  She is so funny!

Kure Beach trip

We just returned from a quick little beach trip down to the North Carolina coast. We stayed in Kure Beach in a quaint little hole in the wall. We went with our friends Ned, Kelly, and their little boy, Nicky.  It has to be one of the most relaxing trips we have taken in a while. There was no schedule or place to be. We slept when we were sleepy and ate when we were hungry and that was just about all that we got done.  I enjoyed early morning walks on the beach by myself while everyone was sleeping. This was a wonderful and very peaceful thing for me. I would take my mp3 player and just get in a good 30-45 minutes of bliss. The beach at 6:30 in the morning is a wonderful thing. The overnight tides and winds have erased the previous days' tracks and replaced them with a pure blanket of untouched sand. Later in the day I spent time on the beach, then a dip in the pool, and then some chilling out time in the room or outside in our rocking chairs. I read an entire book that I had just started right before I went on vacation. That is the fastest I have ever read a book!  We did take a trip up to Wilmington and had dinner and a horse drawn trolley ride of part of the historic district.  My new interest is Wilmington and don't be surprised when we decide to go back there soon to do some more sightseeing.

 I started getting a little homesick about 3 days in and was comforted to know that it wasn't just me-Brandon also wanted to get home. We go on vacation and have time to think about what we need to be doing after we get home. Brandon has a Bobcat problem that he wanted to get home and tackle and he has about 15 chickens that he wants to kill and put in the freezer and I wanted to get home and clean up the house, get the girls to their 6 month dentist check-up, and spend some time at home before I have to go back to work. The girls both start ball practice this week.  AND both of the girls start school 1 week from today. There are some things we still need to get before we send them off on the merry little way next week!

This is what you call the playpen by the sea.  Brandon kept an eye on Nicky while Ned and Kelly enjoyed a dip in the ocean.

March 17, 2007-Stroller Ride

Here is a video of Emily pushing Abigail in a baby doll stroller.  This was a toy stroller that Net Net bought for Emily and they put it to more use than I ever got out of a real stroller.  We still have this exact stroller in the basement.  I won't let the girls have it upstairs at the new house because I didn't want the wood floors here to be scratched! Abi still sits in the stroller and plays with her dolls in it.  Last Halloween she even rode around a blow up skeleton for weeks in it!

TROUBLE-April 20, 2007

Here is another video of Abi having a conversation with us about who was trouble.  Notice she says at one point "I am Abi"  and also note she pulls Emily into the accusations while Emily is not even in the conversation and then when Emily disagrees Abi yells "Emi!"  She is almost 21 months in this one.

Toy spider video from November 18, 2006

I started going through some of my old videos and came across a few funny ones.  This is one of Abi and a play spider that Brandon was terrorizing her with.  She was 16 months old.