"Obleck"

The kids had a good time playing with "oobleck" the other day.  If you never played with it before...we highly recommend it!  It's very different!  Caden was a little unsure, but Abby dug right in.  Click (HERE) to see where I found out about it.  Caden seemed to enjoy the Dr. Seuss book too.  Abby figured out how fun it was to squeeze some in your hand and then release it.  It goes from solid to liquid really quickly.

 

 

  

"Morrow"

Me:  Abigail, when are you going to use the potty?

Abby:  Morrow (tomorrow) - this is her answer every time

After Jason talked with her...

Me:  Abigail, when are you going to use the potty?

Abby:  Lie (July) - little does she know that July is in just a few days

So, that's the story...we'll be hopefully starting to potty train in July.  I have a feeling she's going to be tougher than Caden to train.  We'll see :)

Story Time with Abigail

Abigail's newest thing to do before she falls asleep, or after, is to set up all her animals for story time.  (Just so I remember - she has her pajama top on because that day she decided to strip down to her diaper and only wanted to put her pajamas on before her nap.  I was able to talk her into putting her shorts back on, but allowed the top.  She's so opinionated!)

"Oh, Caden!  Do you want to listen too?"

Story Time with Abigail isn't just for babies and stuffed animals!

What a Face!

Funny...she's never seen Popeye...

A Visit With Zoey

 Last Tuesday Mom and Erin came for a visit with our friend, Mrs. Splane, and her great-granddaughter, Zoey!  It was fun having a baby in the house again.  Abigail LOVED it!

 Abby kept trying to hold Zoey by herself, like she would with her babies.  Mom told me that Abby threw a silent little fit when she had to keep telling her that she couldn't pick up the baby.  She laid down on her belly, and kicked her feet a few times but said nothing :)

There, now she's "holding" Zoey!  You can see her arm wrapped around Zoey :)  As you can see, she's the sweetest, "smilest", baby!  She only cried when Splane wasn't feeding her fast enough.

Abby had to of course try out the play mat and kick her feet up like Zoey.

She got a kick out of Caden.

Abby wasn't too thrilled that I had Zoey on my lap...

You may have noticed that Abigail has different clothes on in this picture.  If you asked Abby what happend, she would say, "Baby, wet!"  Zoey spit up on Abby's skirt which my mom washed off, but of course Abby couldn't put on a wet skirt!  The shirt was fine, but that had to be changed too.  

Oh - also in this picture...Abby shared Funny Bunny with her for a second.

Thanks Splane for bringing Zoey, Mom, and Erin for a visit!  We all had a great time.

Stairs

The Set Up:

 

 Caden:  "Mom, we're not ready yet!"

The Pose:

 Ok Abby, what's with the face?

Caden, a little smile won't hurt ya!

 Better...

 Worse...

It'll do!

Water Table

They have so much fun with this water table!  It's fun that lasts at least half an hour.  That's how long it takes them to take all the water out and dump it somewhere else.  Abby wasn't too thrilled with getting wet by Caden (second picture down), but she soon got over that.

Things to Remember...

A few things I want to remember about Abigail at 25 months:

1.  She has crazy, curly hair!  The more humid it gets, the curlier it gets.  Right after a bath it's a full head of ringlets...so sweet.

2.  She crosses her arms when she's told to wait for something, like if she wants a toy Caden is playing with.  She'll step back, cross her arms, and actually wait patiently (most of the time)!

3.  When we read certain stories (especially ones with pictures of animals), she loves to point to the pictures and say, "Mommy and Abby" for every single page.  There's one book where it has a whole family, so she will point out each of us on that page.

4.  She has just started saying her version of "come on" which is a little like "mon" and waving her arm to get you to follow her.  

5.  She asks for me to do Itsy Bitsy Spider on her back when I lay her down.  She made up her own song called Apple Juice sung to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  It's funny how that song will calm her right down!
6.  She learned how to push the button on the door knob and then shut every door upstairs one morning.  I'm getting good at unlocking!
7.  She can almost get herself completely dressed.  She just needs help pulling up her pants.
8.  She likes to look into the wrong end of her telescope and say, "cheese"! 
9.  I love how she sings her little made up songs in the car...every time we get in the car.
10.  She continues to be so much fun!

Four Painted Ladies

 My mom bought the kids one those "As Seen on TV" Butterfly Kits.  No one in the house is too crazy about creepy crawly things...so it was an interesting experience!  I had wanted to post these pictures each time something happened, but time just got away from me!

 It only took a few days for the little critters (whom we lovingly names Pokey, Prickles, Quillian, and Needleroozer...after a book the kids have) to arrive by mail (on 5/17).  Caden was so excited, he ran up the driveway (shaking the container) and shouted, "They're here...they're here!"  Wonder what the neighbors thought??

 Another good picture of how bad they are at sharing.  The little guys probably got shook up again then too.

 Finally, we were able to open the box, read the info (that happened to say, "don't shake the container"), and take a look at our new house guests.  They were both VERY interested in them.

 

 They started off as teeny tiny things, but they quickly grew into nice big caterpillars (5/21) thanks to the food that's already in the container for them.  They were quite easy as caterpillars.

 Just 4 days later, they were all wrapped up in their chrysalises.  You can see our bonus caterpillar that hatched once we got the caterpillars.  I decided to just let him roam outside since I wouldn't be able to keep the other guys in the little container once they were close to hatching.  I hope he made it!

 I then transferred the chrysalises to the little tent.  One fell off, which I placed on the bottom of the tent, and luckily he ended up being just fine.

 Finally, the day came when all of them "hatched" into beautiful butterflies (5/30).  I think it was over the course of 2 or 3 days to take all 4 to come out.  Of course we didn't see this part of the process.  Most of them did it over night, but the one I looked over and it was still wrapped up, and then the next time I looked it was out.

 Once they were all out, we decided to release them that evening.  We called our neighbors to come join us too.  Ethan stayed in the background, but Ella was really curious!  As you can see, Abby was just as into it as Caden was.

 (One flew away...that's what Caden's looking at.)

 

They were too quick for me to take a picture of once they were released, but if you look closely you can see the little black speck towards the bottom middle of the picture, you'll be able to see Needleroozer take flight!  Overall, it was a fun experience and one we'll probably do again!  Thanks, Mammy!

Sleeping Bag

Caden pulled out his sleeping bag the other night after I already tucked him in.  When I went to check on him, this is what I found:

He actually stayed there all night!  I think he has the sleeping bag out again tonight :)  Is he hinting that he would like to go camping?