Don't they just look like they are plannng something....devious little buggers.... (and I never notice how much taller Hannah is than Griff until I see them in pictures!)
Cuddling on the chair
Reading books
Sweet Abby, ready for school
Hmmm, not sure she actually wanted her picture taken here.....
Griff helping Mike fix a a hole in the wall he made by throwing one of his toys on Friday afternoon. He spent a bit of time in the corner for that one :-)
Pics of the kids...ignore the Craisins in Hannah's mouth!
Picture of Abby writing and illustrating one of two stories she wrote Monday afternoon. One was about a girl buying a puppy from a kennel and the other was about an ice skater. She seems to really enjoy coming up with the story ideas, writing them and then drawing the pictures to go with the stories. I've been adding them to my book collection, so anytime you come to visit, you are free to read them :-)
And lastly, pictures of Griff and Hannah talking to Grandma and Grandpa Newman on the phone last night. They love to talk on the phone. I can only image how difficult it must be to understand them, but they get such a kick out of it we make people suffer and "talk" to them on the phone when they call!
Also, my mom sent the kids some window sticker thing-a-ma-jigs, which Hannah and Griff were just fascinated with. They stood at the window for a good 1/2 hour rearranging each sticker. You could hear Hannah saying, "ok, this goes here. ok, right here. no, griffy, right here." They were a big hit!
Hannah is fine...feisty as ever. She likes to push limits, but then can be as sweet as pie, so it's hard to stay frustrated with her (and yes, I know I need to do something with her bangs, but I really don't want to cut them....they are usually pulled back, I promise. I don't take her out with her hair in her face!)
Both are talking up a storm, and you can actually have sentence-long conversations with them.
2. Hannah and Griff painting while the oven repair man was here replacing the heating element on our upper oven. Mike and I have terrible luck with appliances.
3. Hannah & Griff playing cars NICELY this morning (Saturday). Not one scream for an entire 20 minutes. Unbelievable.
4. The kids riding Mike like a horse this morning (Saturday). I was upstairs getting ready, and as I was coming down the stairs I heard, "okay, now hang on, and Abby, don't let Hannah & Griff fall off. Now this is the hard part, I'm going to get into horse position....". I wasn't sure what I was going to see when I got all the way down, but I have to tell you, all three on Mike's back wasn't it.
5. And finally, a picture of Abby just because :-)
On a lighter note, Abby is celebrating her 1/2 birthday today at school (she is officially 5 1/2 today). She is bringing in cupcakes and a couple of books for the classroom (they ask that you don't do treats, and instead donate a book or two to the room; however, according to Abby and her teacher, no one is listening to the no treats recommendation, hence the sugar-filled cupcakes I am sending to her classroom :-) She is super excited about the celebration and can't wait to get to school this morning. (picture was taken after school, and after she had a cupcake....you can see the pint frosting still on her face!)
Abby also seems to have a "boyfriend" in her class. She has mentioned to me before that she likes this little boy Ryan, and a month or so ago confessed to me that she was in love with him (!). She promised me not to tell Mike, which I promptly did after she went to bed. He about fainted! The next night, she confessed to him, and he held his cool pretty well while she was explaining why she loved him. Yesterday she came to me with the boyfriend word. They apparently have bonded even more the last couple of days b/c he also is a Narnia fanatic. She wants to have him over for a playdate so they can watch Narnia together :-) He is a sweet kid. Now I am just trying to figure out how to ask his mom if he can come over to play with Abby!
