Rainy Days won't get us down!

Sorry I have become so lax in updating this blog!  Abby Kate has pretty much wanted to spend every waking minute outside since the weather has finally started leaning toward summer.  I can only imagine how my summer is going to look for my very pregnant self!  HOT!  We spend 98% of our time swinging.  I am desperately trying to teach her how to pump and swing herself.  Is 3 too young to expect this? :)

So after a crazy storm came through yesterday, AK had diligently watched for the rain to stop and the second it did, she was ready to go swing.  Now typically, she hates to get wet.  If she even spills a little bit of her drink on her, you would think it was acid by the way she gets out of the offending garment.  But yesterday, she just took one look at our water-logged backyard and ran full speed and jumped in the closest puddle.  She even managed to run around and jump in the puddles for 15 minutes before stripping to her underwear.  And it was a fight for another 30 minutes to keep those on her!  

She has been really funny yesterday in how much she has loved playing with Belle and Callie, our dogs.  She will literally play with Callie, our younger dog, chasing her (or being chased) forever.  Callie loved her playing in the water yesterday.  AK would just splash her and laugh so hard!  Callie loved it!  Belle, our 9+ year old dog just sagely watched.  It was fun to watch her with them.  She told me yesterday Belle and Callie were her best friends :)

Well, just wanted to share our rainy day fun with you.  She has a seriously runny nose today.  Do you think it could have something to do with letting her run around wet in her underwear in 60 degree weather?  So worth it...

Ready-ing for Summer!

I cannot keep this girl out of her bathing suits.  If it is above 65, she wants to be in one.  So here is a preview of her new mermaid towel (which she says is frustrating...I think because it is so long) and her precious ballerina swim suit!  

Our Bat...

I know, I know, I am a neglecter.  I have found it much easier to sit down and jot down my thoughts on my own blog rather than waiting for the 872 pictures to download from my camera card.  So I am sorry.  I still love my girl, as I tell her every day, she is my favorite girl in all the world.  So I am going to try to make up for my negligence.

Oh how she delights our hearts!  I cannot tell you how fun she is...how big her imagination is, how dear her vocabulary comes forth, how much she loves her life.  

Take these pictures for example, I was using trash bags to bag up some old bedding for Goodwill and she asked me to be a bat.   I had no clue what she was talking about so she made a head hole and spent 2 hours pretending to be a bat while I was the princess in my castle.  Most the time, she was a "good bat" who had come to the castle for tea.  But others, she was a "mean bat" to while she giggled hard as I said, "Shooo!  Shooo!  Yucky Bat!  Back to your cave you go!"

And here are just a few examples from today...

Just a little background, our 6 year old fridge went out Sunday.  We paid $77 to have a man drive out, spend 3 minutes inspecting and consequently telling us we needed to "start shopping for a new unit."  Um, huh?  Needless to say we were sick about it.  However our sweet Lord provided our state tax return in the same day we had to purchase a new one, more than covering it.  We had not earmarked it for a new fridge (it felt like paying for a speeding ticket) but nevertheless, we had money to pay for it.

So it was delivered this morning and B and I spend time emptying the ice chests and placing all the food back in the fridge and freezer.  And my goodness, our girl got antsy.  She so wanted to be outside playing....she asked to ride her bike, for us to push her on the swings, etc...only for us to push her off trying to finish our task.  She finally forlornly headed to our backyard and I heard her sweet voice say to our dogs, "Hi Belle and Callie, you will play with me..."  Break my heart!

So after lunch I told her she could choose, bike or swing and she choose to swing.  Now she can swing for hours....I am so not exaggerating.  So here are a few things she said while happily swinging as my arm fell off from pushing her...

*Oh what a lovely day!  It is so warm.  Not cold.  I don't like the cold.  But I love the warm.  Oh how lovely!  (amen sister)

*There is Belle and Callie.  They are my doogs (said in a british accent)...oh yes, that is their names, Belle and Callie.  Oh, they are so sweet (said in british accent again).

*Oh Belle and Callie, they are my friends...and Mr Bill and Caylor and Colton all from church ilovechurch and wehideeastereggs andoh,watchnemo!  (like my run-ons? Just copying her enthusiasm)

*Hold me Momma!  Oh Mom, you hold me so good! (this said as I carried her through our soggy yard to the trampoline)

*Oh Mom, you are the best Mom!  I love you so much.  (Sigh)