Life is SO good!

Well I have not being documenting my children's activities as faithful has I had hoped. The scary thing is if I don't get it down in print soon....it will soon leave my memory or at least the exact wording, which of course is what makes is so charming........regardless let's get with it. Olivia was doing her homework the other day and she had to use her spelling words to write sentences. My favorite sentence put a huge smile on my face when I read it. The word was life and her sentence.....Life is so good. Very sweet....I am SO glad she recognizes her life is so good!

Of course it is so good,.... she was one of the winners in her school's pumpkin decorating contest. We spent a few days deciding what book character to make our pumpkin into. Her daddy and I wanted it to be Olivia the pig. But she opted for Fancy Nancy, which I had originally suggested to her. So the planning begins. My sweet friend Amy gave me her daughter's pink wig that Chloe hated. She said we could do anything to it we wanted which was a good thing. Then my very sweet friend Kenia painted Nancy's face on the pumpkin. We made her very cute and had a crazy time getting that big pumpkin to school but we made it with three kids in tow.

She was very excited when they called her name over the intercom announcing the winners. She said I loved hearing my name called.

When David told some of his co-workers about the win...they said, " tell Keri congratulations"...I wonder what David must of told him for him to send me congrats! The school did state this WAS to be a family project!

Where did you find Daddy?

Yesterday Olivia and I were talking in the kitchen. She was asking me what school she would go to after she finished at Kuehnle. Then she wanted to know after that school where would she go and so on until she got to college and I told her she then got to pick which school she wanted to go to. She said Texas A&M was her pick. She then wanted to know again, where I went to college and where her daddy went. I told her that her poppy and her daddy went to the same college. She thought that was pretty neat. She then said, " what if I marry someone that went to the same college daddy did, then before she really even got that complete sentence out she quickly asked, "Where did you find Daddy? I told her I found him at church. I asked her what made her ask that question and she informed me I wouldn't understand if she told me!

Later that evening we were in the car and on the radio was a lady talking about wives honoring their husbands, apparently Olivia was listening to all she was saying about husbands and wives. Olivia looked at me and said you and daddy do that....y'all take turns cleaning the kitchen and....other things like that. I was reminded how are children watch everything we do and take it all in....the good and the bad. I was glad this was something good. And hopefully one day Olivia will find herself a husband that will take turns cleaning the kitchen with her!

What is Tax, Mommy?

I took Olivia shopping the day after her birthday to spend her birthday money. We had more fun that day going from store to store finding all kinds of things she just had to have. At one store she was making her decision, which always included how much is it and will I get any money back. I told her how much the item cost and told her including the tax it should take her entire 20 dollar bill. "What is tax", she asked me. I told her it was money that you give to the goverment. Her reply, "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME"! Priceless. I wish I were girl....but get used to it, cause it aint' going to get any better!

Happy 7th Birthday Olivia

Well I am a little late on posting a birthday story. A little storm named Ike got in the way. Olivia's birthday plans got 86'd but hopefully we made up for having no electricity on her birthday. From the moment the storm hit and the power went out, the only thing on her mind was....." are we going to have power by my birthday" And of course since it was a week away, we said oh yes, we will have power! Little did we know it would be two weeks before we got power. But fortunately we found a restaurant with power and celebrated with family at Lupe Tortillas. Afterward we went to Auntie's ,since she had power, to have cake and ice cream. There is no doubt your birthday was over shadowed by a huge storm that transformed our city and our lives into something we did not recognize. For that I am sad, I did not get to ponder thoughts of what happened 7 years ago in the wee hours of the morning. Though Olivia's birth is not one I care to ponder actually, so I probably would have fast forward 6 months to ponder on those times. I will always remember you as the perfect little baby and little girl, who was so incredibly easy. Happy Birthday my precious Livie Lu....... I love you so very much!

"Let's get a new baby," says Abby!

Today we are getting ready for Hurricane Ike, so while I am busy baking, washing clothes, freezing water and cleaning the house Abby and Emily are playing. Of course Emily starts getting into things like the computer. Abby calls me to tell me Emme is at the computer. I come upstairs to see she has thrown the cd's all over the place and just messed up the computer desk. Of course I say," what a mess she had made, that crazy girl, what are we going to do with her." Abby says, "Momma, let's get a new baby." I said you know Abby that sounds like a good idea are you sure you want to get a new baby. She said yes, but later changed her mind.

I think Abby knows her little sister is a mess and she is just thankful she is because I am pretty sure Abby remembers she used to be the one that was the mess and is glad to be done with that time in her toddlerhood!

Yesterday when we were walking out of Target, Nana asked her if she still wanted her icee and she said no. I asked her if we could throw it away and she said yes. Nana then said to her, "your just an easy girl Abby." To which Abby replied, "but Emme is not easy! That sums that up pretty well! And here is a picture to demonstrate just the messes Emme can get into! But how can you get mad at that smile!?

Time for T-ball

Saturday was Abby's first T-ball game. She was very excited to be following in her sisters footsteps! Her cousin Jenna is on her team and her uncle is her coach, along with her daddy who will help out. Abby was so excited when she got dressed in her uniform Saturday. She did pretty good for her first time out on the field. She wasn't quite sure what to do after she hit the ball, but she soon figured out everyone was yelling for her to run to first base! Fortunately most of the other kids out there didn't know what to do either. Her daddy said while she was out in the field she kept saying I want the ball....I want the ball. She did catch the ball once and throw it to first base. Of course I wasn't paying attention at that exact moment and Poppy didn't get a picture either, but her daddy knows she did it. Of course just like her sister....it appears the snacks afterwards are the best part of the game!

Livie wants her name in the title........

Olivia was looking at my blog today and she noticed the title of the blog....Dabs & Doodles.....she wanted to know why her name wasn't up there. I tried to explain that it was really their names....that Dabs and Doodles had other meanings too......but she wasn't buying it...... So I told her I would write a story just for her about her nickname.....since technically the name of my blog is Abby and Emily's nicknames, which are Dabbers otherwise know as Dabs and Emily's nickname which is Doodles.

So here is Olivia's story about her nickname ......Livers Lu or Livers or Livie Lu regardless....you can understand why Livers is not in my title. I should have thought harder on her nickname before I gave it to her! But she loves it and that is all that matters!

Off she goes...........

Emily started MDO today. I remember when I did this 5 years ago with Olivia it wasn't quite so easy. I sat in the parking lot and had a good cry after I dropped her off......this time I skipped all the way to the car with a smile on my face. Isn't that awful.....poor Emily, not really she could care less I could tell. She was more than ready to go to school today. When I dropped of f Abby first she wanted to know why she wasn't going to her class. I told her we had to come back her class wasn't starting now. She was so excited carrying her lunchbox, eager to start her day. She walked right in put her stuff in her cubby and went off to play. I had to go to her to get a kiss and a goodbye. With the third everything is so different.....we didn't even get a chance to take a picture. I will have to do that when I pick her up. We have to have a picture. She will want to know where her first day of school picture is!

ABBY TURNS 4

What a special day it is. Abby Bicky is turning 4. You are turning into such a sweet girl who is learning how to mind better each day. I am amazed by how much you have changed in the last 6 months. It is almost like you are a different little girl. I love your smile....I love your laugh...I love they way you say things....that because. You have a sweet little voice. You love your sisters so much and you want so much to be like your big sister. I am so proud of you starting school this year. You told me, "Momma I'm not going to cry when you take me to school this time.... and you didn't. You sat down at your desk so big and proud and said bye bye momma....and of course I was the one to cry.

Happy Birthday Abby......Momma Loves You!

Letting go.........

Today I sent Olivia off to her first day of public school! Second grade, wow...what happen to my baby? I started crying as soon as we walked into the school. But I had one excited daughter and fortunately a crying mother didn't faze her a bit. We found her class and then found her desk. She immediately set down and was ready for her parents to leave so she could get on with her day. She wanted us to stop taking pictures and move on!I was one proud momma. I had a daughter that sat there with excitement in her eye as she took on a new adventure. She was confident in herself to handle all that lies ahead without her parents right by her side. Wow...time has flown.... that baby doesn't need me every moment of her day anymore.....Thank you Lord for the blessing of Olivia.....I know you are walking right beside her all day long.