Days with Abby...: Snowshoe

Dear Abigail,

Well, you finally made it to the snow! We got all settled in at Mr. Dave's and Miss Linda's and by Sunday, we were all itching to get out of the house, or at least your mamma was ready to hit the slopes! Miss Linda was nice enough to take you and Ellie up to the Big Top, that's where there are all sorts of things to play on like jumpy houses and trampolines and stuff galore to climb on! Per Miss Linda, you did an excellent job showing off your climbing skills, and she said you and Ellie had a blast. I'll have to ask her to send a few of the pictures. Sunday night, we all headed out to dinner, all 10 of us! Thankfully we know people who know people, and it was no problem trying to seat all us at any given point!! Here's us heading out - you are so ready for the snow!!!

Here's Ellie and her Papa getting ready to go eat:

You were quite the entertainment at dinner that night. For some reason, you were insisting upon an apple. I, of course, didn't think to bring you an apple (lesson learned), so we searched the menu for apples and finally asked our nice waiter if he could find us an apple in the back. Man alive, when you saw him bring you that apple you would have thought Santa Claus was walking your way. You were so excited!! While, yes, you were a hoot that night, the funniest thing came from your BCF, Ellie. See, we had you at one end of the table and Ellie at the other. While you were causing tons of racket down at your end, Ellie, as usual, was quietly sitting at her end, minding her own business. It got quiet at the table for a split second, and at about that same time, Ellie sneezed really loud. Everyone at the table turned to Ellie and started laughing and, then do you know what that comedian did? She faked sneezed! Just to hear us all laugh! And then again, and again, and again!!! She was hamming it up for us, and secretly, Mommy was glad the attention was off you for a few minutes, as I'm pretty sure that's about the time you found the knife and you started screaming "ALL DONE" super loud. Anyway, your Ellie is pretty funny!

Monday was the big day - the big day for you to play in the snow!!! Everyone got all bundled up because it had snowed a ton and it was super cold. I was a little nervous about whether you were going to truly enjoy the cold weather, but within seconds of taking you out there, I knew it was on! You loved it!!! I don't need to go on and on about how much you loved it because I have the pictures to prove it!!

Here's the boys (your daddy and Uncle Jaybee) with their girls!

This next part was my favorite, mainly because I loved watching you have so much fun. I don't know if I've ever seen you so happy (other than when I return home after leaving you with a babysitter - which we'll get to in another episode...). But anyway - you LOVED sledding - loved it - every last minute of it. You cried when you had to stop, and begged to go all day long. Look how much fun you are having...

Here's you and Ellie with Uncle Jaybee...

That's quite the hill!! Here's you and Ellie and Mr. Dave...

And then this is my all time favorite. It's you and me, zooming down the hill, hair in the wind, mouths wide open!!!!

Ahhh, the snow. I don't know if you can tell or not from the pictures, but the snow is really coming down. You and Daddy and Uncle Jaybee are just chillin' out, no punt intended...

All in all, it was a great day playing in the snow. Well, there was this one moment when things got kind of, well, ugly. See, Uncle Jaybee was pulling you and Ellie back up the hill after a fun ride down. The two of you looked so comfy in the sled, and you were just playing away with all the snow you were collecting in your glove. I guess you thought Ellie would like to have some, so you smashed it in her face. She didn't want it - to say the least. Unfortunately, that was the end of the snow day for Ellie. I made you apologize, and from the looks of it, she forgave you...

Here's the 2 of you, all peaceful - but see that right hand of yours, how it's full of snow, it soon was in poor Ellie's face...