Sunday snapshot: Abby

Abby is 5 years old, going on 13. She's silly, funny, and starting to be a little sassy.

She is a good mix of girl, and tomboy. I only say girl because she is very emotional and dramatic. Other than that, she's not that girly.

She is constantly saying she has no one to play with. (even though she has 3 siblings.) It confirms to me that filling that gap between her and Emily (through adoption) would be a really good idea!!

She LOVES school, and loves to read; Junie B Jones is her favorite, and she reads it with all the attitude written for Junie B, which I think is very funny.

She also likes puppies, and she is starting to enjoy American Girls.

She says she loves to play soccer but is quite possibly the least aggressive soccer player that my husband and I have ever seen. It's painful for us to watch. She's totally, "if the ball comes TO me, I'll kick it, but otherwise, you go ahead..." :)

She's generally a very sweet little girl. She is kind hearted and a very good friend to others.

baby glasses

My baby had to get glasses a couple of weeks ago.

Coincidentally, they're broken right now and in the shop getting fixed. Not good, since she was JUST getting used to wearing them and now we'll have to go back through that learning curve. 

anyways, she looks pretty cute in them. hopefully she'll come around and get better about wearing them so her eyes can be corrected and she'll outgrow needing them.....

halloween 2009

So, we had a Halloween Party this year. Costumes for all, adults included. It was a ton of fun and an absolute riot to see how people costumed themselves. We hope to make this an annual thing, so now we have a year to be thinking about what to do next! Check this out!

recent emily-isms

As I said in my previous post, she's quite a go-getter....She's now almost 16 months. She is very spunky, and has lots of words lately. Dog-dog, mom, dad, bubby (brothers), baby, ben-ben, mattman, ab, up, uh-oh, poop (which the boys think is hilarious), stinky, snack, down, home.... that's all I can think of but there are probably more, and seemingly more every few days.
Here are a few recent shots!

first time with piggytails!

where to begin?

I have been completely neglecting this blog!
Not for a lack of goings on, maybe just because of that!
We've had a trip to the apple orchard, and that could be a post in itself, but I'm condensing here. We got more apples than we knew what to do with, resulting in baking several yummy desserts to try. Apple crisp (so good we made it twice), apple dumplings, and cinnamon applesauce. Everything turned out great and was delicious! The kids had a blast peeling/slicing/coring apples (see photos below!)
Matthew and Abby are playing soccer this fall, with just a few weeks to go.
Abby is her usual, non-competitive self, but is enjoying it nonetheless.
Matthew has really come outta his shell this year, being aggressive and a real go-getter. It was a jump this year, adding in goalie, and a larger field.
Opening game he scored twice, and last game had 3 goals! He's got a good buddy on the team, making it all the more fun for him!
Ben is playing flag football, and as that is winding down, he's starting basketball as well. And as usual, enjoying all things sports-related.
Emily gets carted to all these events, and is quite a go-getter herself... more on that in next post.
All this in addition to watching the Hawks have a great start to the season equals we've been busy!
Hope you're all enjoying fall as much as we are!