what's abby up to?

In case anyone was wondering what Abby is up to these days ... she's been very busy writing and drawing.  Please don't offer to spell words anymore. She prefers HER spelling.  A few examples:

"Bees can fly" (and something else in the lower left hand corner I can't remember what it says)

"This is a fish"

"Butterfly"

She's got first and middle name down.  Spelling of last name proves to be a bit more challenging.  Butterflies she did draw all by herself!

"Brontosaurus dinosaur"

"Ladybugs buzz and fly and have legs"

"A poisonous cricket" (and below, another attempt at last name spelling)

At Nate's request ... a "dump truck"

Most of the words to the book "I love trucks".

 

circle train

Nate is impressed by the circle train that Abby made!

jams

With two cute little people in the house, it's hard to resist occasional matchy-matchy.  We did try this matching game once before.

gray day at the beach

Watching waves and throwing rocks at the beach with Mister Miles. A sweet little sunny guy amidst much sadness.

big cousins

Dinner with big girl cousins Emily and Natalie. Thanks for the cello lesson Natalie! (And how about Abby + Nate's haircuts?)

big digger

There was a big digger in the gymnastics parking lot today! We investigated after class.

mischief makers

Hey, what's that noise coming from Abigail's closet?

Oh.... two little monkeys "going to sleep"

Peek a boo. Found you....

A gives N a lift on the makeshift wagon trailer.

Passenger check.

New robe (and slippers, not pictured) from G&G!

Grocery shopping with Papa.

 

boo

Pumpkins keep an eye on things. This was our 10th Halloween at this house! Hard to believe.

storm + halloween

A big oak tree fell in our yard during Hurricane Sandy ... and hit our gas line ... when we heard the hiss and smelled the gas we scooped up sleeping kids and made a speedy exit to our neighbors house across the street.  Firetrucks + firemen soon arrived and shut off the gas and aired out our house and within an hour we were back in bed to sleep through the rest of the storm.  Now for some unexpected projects: tree removal and garage repair.  BIG TREE FELL is a new favorite phrase around here, and it did not put a damper on halloween, which was very festive and our beautiful flower and busy bee were very excited about the whole event.

sharing

Lots of practice sharing as we have an inside playday with Hurricane Sandy in town.

pre-halloween excitement

One excited pink flower.....

pumpkin patch

Every year the preschool crowd heads to the pumpkin patch for a field trip. Nate, the big preschooler he is now, went along too!
Petting a chicken:

Watching a horse:

Nate loves talking about how this pig was sleepin'

Nate found a pumpkin

a Nate-sized pumpkin.

Meanwhile, Abigail and the other Big Kids were off exploring other parts of the pumpkin patch....like this castle.

Listening closely.

A long line of Rainbows.

A with some buddies.

Exciting!

 

bangs

Guess who has bangs now?

Oh so silly.

New 'do.

Oh, and it is fall, y'all!