Our 1st Haircut

Well, the time has come for the girls to get their first haircut. Their hair was getting so long and uneven, so Aunt Tracie agreed to give them a trim. These are their BEFORE pictures:

Emily,

Abigail,

Emily sat very still and let Aunt Tracie get everything just right.
However, Abigail didn't make it through the whole haircut sitting in one place. I'm so glad we have a stylist in the family because I don't know if a stranger would have chased her down to finish. She started off ok, but then had to be held by Daddy. Then, moved to sitting in a different chair where Aunt Tracie was finally able to finish.


Here are the final results.


Before/After:

Emily,

Abigail,

Although, not much hair was taken off, it made them both seem older. Another transition showing how quickly they are turning from my little babies to my little girls.

Abigail is Reading!!

At 2 years and 8 months old, Abigail read her first book completely by herself!! Momo bought them a set of sight word readers and she was able to read all the words the first time we looked at it together.

This is an example of the pages in the book. The harder words (floor and door) have pictures to help them read. The first time reading it, Abigail seemed to only be focusing on saying the words. The second time she read it, she seemed to realize that she was putting words together to make sentences and tell a story.

Build-A-Bear 2009

We took the girls for our annual Build-A-Bear Christmas trip today. Emily chose a dog for the third year in a row and named her Chance. Abigail picked a frog and named her Verde (green in Spanish). They were both a little unsure of the loud stuffing machine, but Abigail eventually helped by pushing the pedal. They put hearts in their animals, gave them baths, and dressed them in pajamas. This year was different from the years past. They were much more interested and involved in the whole process. Emily amazed us with her memory. She said "We are going to give them a bath." She remembered that from last years' trip, when she was only 21 months old. Abigail stuffing her frog. The girls warming the hearts before putting them in their new friends. Emily washing Chance. Emily dressing Chance for bedtime. Abigail washing Verde. Abigail dressing Verde in her frogging p.j.s.

Our 1st
Build-A-Bear 2007

Flower Girls

Uncle Jerrad requested Emily and Abigail be the flower girls in his wedding. Mommy was a little worried how they would react to a crowd and if they would make it down the aisle. So, in preparation, we watched videos of other flower girls, played "flower girl" without dressing up, and then, finally, we got them both in their dresses, walking down the hallway, and throwing the petals as they walked. However, Abigail was still not thrilled about wearing her dress. She kept saying it was "too tight".

The day of the wedding we drove to Eureka Springs where they were having the wedding at the beautiful Crescent Hotel. We had to get the girls dressed a little early for pictures. Like we feared, Abigail wanted it off badly. She cried for a while until we distracted her and the wedding began...two hours later. However, she and Emily did PERFECT!!! They were the cutest flower girls ever. As soon as they walked down the aisle, they came back to where Mommy was sitting. Emily exclaimed, "I DID IT!" and Abigail said loudly, "Take it off now" speaking of her dress. Everyone heard them, of course, and laughed. I was so proud of them both and they looked so beautiful!

Trick or Treat

This year was a lot different from last year's trick or treating. The girls were anxious to walk(at the beginning) and they could actually knock on the doors, say, "Trick or treat!", and "Thank you". They also understood that they get lots of candy and that candy is GOOD. They, however, have not yet realized that we gave away or hid most of their bounty. Emily has discovered a new love, but still won't eat chocolate.

By the end, Emily just wanted to ride and dig through her bucket. Abigail did a pretty good job of making it the whole way.

Sapulpa Trick or Treating

Sapupla downtown businesses held a trick or treat activity on Halloween. We walk around and all the owners or employees handed out candy. It was almost too easy. And, the girls got way too much candy. Abigail had three pieces and I guess her tummy started to hurt. She told me , "I ate three much candy." (instead of "too" much since she had 3 not 2 pieces).

They had it made. They choose to ride the rest of the way once they got about half way through it. Daddy would push them to the next business, the people would put more candy into their buckets, and they spent their time going through their goodies.

Pumpkin Patch(es) Times 5

Okay, I'll amit, we went to the pumpkin patch a LOT this season. The girls loved it and with two great ones close by, we had many activities to cover. Pumpkin Town was great because they had a hay stack to climb, houses to play in, and wheelbarrows to push your pumpkins in.

The pumpkin patch in Bixby was fun because it had a petting zoo, pony rides, and a lot more pumpkins to climb on.

Halloween eve, we went back to the pumkin patch in Bixby with Aunt Tracie, Uncle Bryan, Lorelai, Aly, and Cade to get pumpkins to carve at Aunt Tracie's later that night. This time the girls rode the ponies. It was the first time they rode ponies without Mommy and Daddy holding on to them.

Abigail found a pumkin that looked like an egg.