The Mingos

Last night we were flamingoed by a few highschool students.
They put 10 flamingos in our yard to raise money for the Jr/Sr After Prom.
I pointed them out to Abbie this morning.  She could not wait to go say hi to them.
She was quite worried about the flamingos because they were not talking. 
Then she had to give each one a kiss before we left for church.
When we came home from church she fed each flamingo while petting its head.
After nap, she felt it was neccesary to feed each flamingo again. 
She talks to the flamingos and makes sure they have everything they need. 
She now calls them her mingos!
She will be quite upset when the highschool students take them away to put on someone else's yard. 
We might have to get a pet flamingo for the backyard. Yes the backyard, I am not putting it in the front yard!
I am fine with this because the flamingo only eats free rocks and will not ever have to go to the vet! 
I could not ask for a better pet!!

Hide and Seek

A few months ago we taught Abbie how to play hide and go seek. 
She loves the game.
Over the past few weeks we have been working hard on potty training. 
She has incorported the two of these things into 1 game.
I will sit her on the potty and leave her for a minute or 2. 
When I come back she has found something to hide behind so she can
yell Surprise to me!  Usually she hides behind the shower curtain.
But this day the shower curtain was pulled back and she needed something else to
hide behind.  Her choice was the decorative lighthouse and a roll of toliet paper. 
It is hard to act surprise when you are laughing!

First beach Trip of 2010

Abbie loves the beach and has been asking all winter to go to the beach.
Since the weather was going to be in the 70's on Sat.  we told her we would take her to the beach.
It did not take to much convincing to encourage her mom to head to the beach!
She was very excited.  She wore her beach hat during the whole ride down to the beach.
When we got there I took off her shoes but she was scared to walk in the sand.
I guess she forgot since it had been 1/2 a year. 
But after a little bit of time she was running around in the sand, collecting seashells, and
watching the waves. 
I know she is anxious to jump into the water but I think we have a few months before we can do that!

Gymnastics Class

She took a month long gymnastics class with her friend Sarah. 
She loves nastics, which is what she calls it! 
Her favorite things is the trampoline.
Her second favorite things is to swing on the rope and then let go and fall into the foam pit!

Our little gymnast!  All ready to head to class. 

Abbie and her friend Sarah waiting their turn to jump on the trampoline!

Valentine's Cards

I had to make 40 Valentine's cards between my students at school, her friends at school, and her friends at church.  She sat right next to me the entire hour and helped out.  I wrote on the cards and folded them in half. She put the heart sticker on each one to seal the card. 
She was so excited to hand out her Valentine's cards to her friends at church the next day.