A story told by Abby Kate...

Once upon a time there was a little girl named momma and I wasn't born yet because isn't that sad? And there was a little Bitty girl named Sweecie who was strong and could carry out boxes but she was scared of mice and rats. I was growing up and I was put out of heaven and had a body. And I was growing and growing and was a teenager and was 4. And they loved counting...123456. They loved counting to 6. And then everything was marlic and sparkly. There were pretty dresses. A big storm came over and there was a big shadows and it was the mean ol twins. They were 2 witches and there were 2 mice and 2 rats on the back of their broom. And then every person didn't turn into a witch. They ran away so they wouldn't turn into witches and hid in the trees. It rained all night. And then it became spring. All the witches stood and didn't become good ever never again. And the witches went to another country. A rose country. And then. It was really big until the end. And the frogs became a turtle and the turtles became a frog. And the witches went to the rose country and then the big other witches loved their little girls. And the baby. And the castle. And the things. And this Story. And then they lived happily ever after. The end.


I think I have a author in my hands....

Classic Abby Kate...

The following conversation ensued tonight as I was putting Abby Kate to bed...
AK:  Mom, lets play the crab game, I am the crab and I pinch you and you are the little girl and you scream, "NO NO!"
Me:  NO, NO!
Me:  We can look for crabs in South Carolina!
AK:  YEAH!  But they might pinch me!
Me:  We can just look at one, not touch it!

AK:  Mom, do you remember that crab we saw in the pool at Costa Rica?

Me: Um, YEAH!  Yeah, I do!  I had forgotten about that crab!

AK:  I should have swam down to see it.  But it might have pinched me.

Me: Yep

AK:  And do you remember I threw up in Costa Rica?

Me:  I do remember...

AK:  And you made me feel better

Me:  Mommas usually do that

AK:  And you made my mouth feel better.  How did you do that?

Me:  That was more God than me

AK: Oh.  Hey Momma.  When you throw up,  I will make YOU feel better

Me:  Do you remember when Bo was in my tummy, I threw up a LOT!

AK: You did!  What did your throw up look like?

Me:  Different every time.  I threw up a lot when you were in my tummy too.

AK:  Why?

Me:  Because babies can make you do that

AK:  MOM!  OH MY GOSH!  WHEN YOU ATE, THE FOOD GOT ALL OVER THE BABY!

Me:  (giggling SO hard) No, the babies are in a bag and are protected

AK:  (Huge eyes and giggling)  Even from the water you drink?!

Me:  Actually, the babies are IN water in the sack, but it protects them from everything else in the tummy!

AK:  WHAT?!!  Was I wearing my bathing suit?

Me:  (Full out laughing) No silly!

AK:  Was I in my clothes?  Did my clothes get wet (remember a previous post on her HATRED of getting wet...this was very disconcerting to her)

Me:  No!  You were naked!

AK:  (LAUGHING SO HARD!)  Naked!!!!

Me:  YES!

AK:  That is SO funny!

I can only imagine what is going to come out of her mouth tomorrow at school....

Halloween!

Playing pin the face on the pumpkin

Bo LOVING being with the big kids!

The only pic we got of Mario in his mustache.  I think he thought we were torturing him!

Sweet Coleman Claire giving Bo lovins...

 Halloween was so fun this year!  Abby Kate had a SUPER FUN party at school in her pajamas.  And then we had so much fun trick or treating.  I told my sister in law how this is one day I am especially loving living in a small town.  It was SO fun to run into friends and see their kiddos dressed up!  I even took AK to the neighborhood I grew up in to trick or treat after hitting all the other fun stops.  We really had a BALL!

Randomness

Exercise Olympics Day before school

Random story but Abby Kate had on flip flops one day and opened the door at Chick-fil-a and ripped her toenail off.  It hung by a tiny piece for weeks and then she finally decided to let it come off and there was already a toenail growing.  It is amazing how God created our bodies to heal!

Abby Kate practiced her letters on my dirty car.

Kourtney

Pop and Ronnie got to baptize her.  It was so special!

The kiddos wanted to take a dip afterward...

Forgive these pics as well but this was just TOO precious of an event to not record.  We had the honor to watch Kourt follow Jesus in believer's baptism and few weeks ago and as always, were SO SO proud of her.  I loved having Abby Kate there to watch.  As I have said a million times on here (and probably will a million more) we are SO blessed that Abby Kate has such a precious big cousin to look up to.  She truly sets such a great example!  Abby Kate idolizes her so we are so thankful she is who she is!

Old McDonalds Farm

AK and her sweet buddy Jaxon.  She talked about him NON-STOP the first few weeks of school.

Oh goodness it has been a while since I updated!  I cannot believe how far I had to go back to start the updating.  For our first, Abby Kate's very first fieldtrip.  It was SO SO fun and to make it even more special, Neannie took the day off work to go with us!  We had an absolute ball and our little animal lover could not get enough of the CUTE animals.  This was an exhibit at the fair and when we went back the next night, she wanted to show her Daddy this very first before riding any rides!  Sorry about the pic quality, I forgot my camera and only remembered my phone!