Hannah Montana is in the house!!!!!

Happy Halloween Y'all! It was cold and rainy all day today. I took Abbie to "Ark in the Park" for a few games then home... BRR. I am glad she is not a candyholic because she was fine with the little she got. She traded her hard candy in for other things like M&M's and Gummy Savers. She wants to send her hard candy to her teacher's husband, who is in Iraq.

Abbie's school had their Fall Festival on the 30th. She got her hair done.....

Play-Doh vs Hair

Why? Well, the only answer I have is......It's Abbie-what else? She did learn that using Play-Doh is NOT the way to accessorize your hair.

Grandma Ethel's 90th Birthday

My Grandma Ethel turned 90 on October 11th. Many gathered on the 24th to celebrate. My brother and his family drove in from Indiana, my great Aunt Gladys flew in from Minnesota, and a surprise friend drove in from Minnesota.

5 of the 9 great grandchildren were able to make the party.

Sisters: Ethel 90 and Gladys 84

Aunt Gladys and me.

We are very close. I spend mandy days on her farm in Minnesota in the summers when I was little.

No matter how old either one of us gets, I will always be her Sugar Plum!!!

I wish everyone had an Aunt Gladys!

Peek a Boo Fall

Happy Fall to all!

October 15th Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness Day

Introducing Bailey!

After lunch with a great friend and plant shopping at Lowes I spent the afternoon in the yard trimming plants, flowers, and such. Bailey was found behind the lantana on the side of the house. So far so good. We will keep you posted.

Celebration of Learning

At North Columbus Elementary School the classes have what's called "Celebration of Learning." Abbie had her first one last Thursday. The class just finished landforms, so the kids created a map legends with the landforms they had studied. At the Celebration the kids made landform cookies that they were able to eat (once Mrs. P. took their picture). It was so much fun. The Celebration was early in the afternoon, so I was able to stay the rest of the day!

Introducing Cadet Ashcraft

Labor Day Riddle

What do you get when you have.....

PVC pipe, duct tape, water, bike pump and two grown men on a day off?

Stadium Seating-Abbie style

We brought home the new Hannah Montana movie today, and I guess Abbie wanted stadium seating.....

Only Abbie

The Next Revlon Girl

Abbie has so much fun with make-up if you couldn't tell!! I love watching her put it on. Gotta love cheap and goudy makeup that brings hours of entertainment!

First Day of School 2009

This year both schools, Muscogee County and Ft. Benning, started only 1 day apart! Abbie has the same teacher as last year, they loop at her school, Aeriell has classes on the 1st and 2nd floors, Andy has 2nd grade this year, he loops too, and I am teaching 4th and 5th grade! It's going to be a great year!

Only Abbie

101 Uses for a pink lawn bucket

Abbie saw one of these the other day but they only had blue-how dare they. Anyway, I went back later and behold....PINK! I brought it home and Abbie quickly put it to use (bottom picture). I bought it so she could collect the countless number of sticks fall onto our yard on a daily basis. I guess she is breaking it in! YES- she has attempted to put Houdini in it but....the cat won that round.

Slip Slidin' Away

Slip Slidin' Away

We found a gem of a public pool this summer with something for everyone. As you can see, AFA enjoys the slide. Abbie loves just floating around in the pool!

Drive in Movie

As always, Abbie puts her own spin on a common term/phrase/word.

This time it is ...

DRIVE IN MOVIE

Chicken Wings

Trying new things when GmaJudi is around is always a given. This time it was chicken wings. Abbie had her first! She loved them so much that GmaJudi ordered them again the next night for dinner!

Gma Judi making sure it's done right!

No meat left of this wing!

The face says it all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBIE

I can't believe that my baby is 6 years old!!! She had her birthday Camp Rock Style at Monkey Joe's, and it was GREAT! She had just enough friends there to help her celebrate. The most important thing (according to Abbie) is she got to sit in the queen's chair! Her GrandmaJudi was the bit hit with Abbie's new bike. 'Course we can NEVER beat out GrandmaJudi!

PITIFUL

Houdini and Abbie

Even though Abbie bugs the stew out of Houdini, carries him around like a sack of potaotoes, and wakes him up from a wonderful sleep, Houdini adores Abbie. It hadn't been 5 minutes after Abbie fell asleep that Houdini came and crawled right of top of Abbie. A new level of pitiful has been reached!

Slip n Slide Georia style

Sunday went to the Garcia's and spent the afternoon/evening with them. Ed, a big kid himself, sit up a homemade slip-n-slide. Well, I think the pictures say it all. Abbie is so light she couldn't get enough momentum to slide, so she kinda swam down the slide.

Ed and Andy....who can go farther and get dirtier?

Perfect ending...

Abbie was chosen to say the final line of the program. The interpretation is below.

"We've been sitting still a long long time,

and we have gone about our limit,

but if you like to take some pictures,

we'll be still for 1 more minute."