Birthdays

Abigail turned four this week. Yikes - where does the time go! We had a nice week long celebration of the event. Aunt Gail came Sunday bearing gifts, we celebrated the actual day with cinnamon rolls and homemade mac-n-cheese and applesauce (her requested meal), and then had her party on Thursday complete with bouncy houses (borrowed from our garage saleing friends the Philips) and crafts. She even got a Cinderella Barbie, which has accompanied us on many outings since then. Guess that's what I get for borrowing the princess bouncy house for her party!

It was funny to listen to her talking to our friends and family on Tuesday. Her conversation with Cousin Mae started with asking me if Mae could come for a sleep over. I said that if she flies out here (they are in Indiana) then I would love to have her over. The rest of the conversation was them figuring out what they should bring for the sleepover and Abigail repeatedly saying the she has lots of videos so Mae didn't have to bring any. Her conversation with her friend Vincent was a lot of silliness and unintelligible words repeated over and over and them laughing hilariously. God graciously kept Abigail well for her party and allowed enough of her friends to make it a fun time, although we missed a few.

Abigail loved getting $ from her Indiana Aunts! She wants to go to McDonald's to buy a Happy Meal. She's also sporting the rain gear from Nani/Pa Pa.

All was going well this week, until I got a hold of scissors and tried to trim Abigail's bangs quickly. I think I might pretend like she did the haircut herself. Just kidding. Like Jeremy says it will grow out.

We are currently battling sickness in the house - Olivia is fairly miserable with a cough/cold and Jeremy has the same - although his method of medicine is gambling in Reno :)

Also, Olivia apparently likes getting screamed at (and I love the way Abigail's ability to obey the first time is displayed here too). Olivia honestly thinks everything that Abigail does is hilarious.