Puppets, Toilets, Drums and Bouncing

Dear Abigail,

The title says it all.  To begin with, we made puppets on Wednesday.  This is from your "I'm No Longer Bored" bucket that your cousin Sarah got you for Christmas.  It's this big bucket of crafty stuff, all kinds of things, and we just pull it out and think of something to make with it all.  We thought of puppets and if I do say so myself, we did a pretty good job at decorating them!  Your puppet was named Chippey and I named mine Moose.  You were very proud of them and wanted to show the cleaners a puppet show.  Daddy asked if he could take them to work and you had a fit because you needed them at home...

Earlier that day, Katie Bug dropped a book shelf thing on Mom's foot and while I still went and worked out that morning, things really started hurting after lunch.  I noticed it was getting harder and harder to walk on as time passed and we were suppose to head to the mall later to kill some time while the cleaners were at our house.  Well... they didn't actually show up until 4 (and were supposed to show up at 1:30) so I knew they'd be here for awhile, and my foot was absolutely killing me and I could not walk at all at this point so I called up Aunt Steph and asked if I brought dinner, could we come over.  She was happy to have us (and dinner)! We got there around 5 and you girls were upstairs playing for a bit, probably a good hour.  We could hear you a little bit, but not much, and even Aunt Steph made the comment "You know what they are doing if it's too quiet..." to which my reply was "into water of some sort."  Well... we called you girls down for dinner and after dinner all the kiddos took a much needed bath.  (btw, Aunt Steph made me take a large amount of Advil and I soon was able to walk a little on my foot!).  You 4 were loving bath time but trying to get all 4 of your hair do's to stay up so we could get a picture was one almost impossible task - but, we did it!!!!  

 So after baths you girls were allowed to play for a few more minutes then it was time to head home.  Well, I was gathering up stuff from downstairs and Aunt Steph yelled at me to get the camera and come upstairs, quickly.  I should have known.  I should have known... Well, I had NO idea this much, but I should have known you two were up to no good.  Anyway, guess what we found... 

Yes, that would be Ellie's toilet filled with bath toys.  All her bath toys to be specific.  And lots of toilet paper.  Oh, and yes, Ellie had to go poo-poo AFTER the toys were put in there.  So she did.  Yep, so toys and poo.  I apologize if you are throwing up in your mouth right now, as it is indeed disgusting, but imagine how Aunt Steph felt when she cleaned it out.  And yes, she cleaned it.  Not Mommy.  I was too busy yelling and laughing and gagging to stick my hands in that mess. Aunt Steph is nice like that.  To say the least, we were mad and punishments were dispersed.  And we left immediately after.  AHHHH!!!!!  Seriously you two.  Seriously...

Friday we did our usual Mexican but again, you two were out of control.  Uncle Jaybee says it's a phase, but I'm not so sure...Saturday after your ball game, and after Mommy went to a fun yoga class with Miss Leigh and Aunt Steph, Ryan came over to our house for some play time!  He brought his cool motorized Play-doh thing and you brought your play doh toys out and you had a blast just play-dohing away.  Then you and Ryan and Kate (Jake had a fever and wasn't feeling well) went upstairs and played in the playroom until dinner was ready.  Dinner included a big piece of chocolate cake (and the most delicious hamburgers Daddy has ever made - Bacon and Pimento Cheese Burgers) so afterwards you both were SUPER hyper.  Well, what better way to exhaust that energy than by playing drums and dancing the night away?!!!  Ryan LOVED the drums and insisted that we dance while he played!  

 Then, the dancing made me think of the Wii and Just Dance, so we turned that on and we all had fun dancing to "Following the Leader" and other fun Disney songs!!!

 I'm pretty sure that burned off some energy because it took no time at all for you to fall asleep that night!  Sunday was very chill and included a walk around the neighborhood with Daddy, Kate and Mommy.  There are several new houses being built, so we decided to take a little tour of those we could go in.  You were eager to go upstairs in every single house and it made me rather nervous, but no injuries occurred. :) After a walk and while Kate was napping, you painted a bunch of things for Daddy to take to work, one of which was the family (including Mimi) at the beach.  But then you said it was for Mimi and Daddy was rather sad because it was a really good drawing.  You love giving Mimi pictures though.
Monday (today) is MLK day.  I thought your school did a good job explaining who he was.  According to you, he wanted you to like someone for what's on the inside, not the outside.  He said you shouldn't be mean to someone because they look different than you.  You understood that and that made me happy.  
It just so happens that today was Aunt Steph's day off, and she wanted to do something with the kiddos.  It's turned bitterly cold (even though it's very pretty with the sun shining so bright) so we kept it indoors with Pump it Up.  To say the least, you guys had a blast...

 

   And so did Mommy!!!!

  Now I'm off to see the zoo that you created in my bedroom.  You set up all kinds of animals and just informed me that I had to buy a couple because they did not have homes.  I'm pretty sure I will not buy any monkeys, as my house if full of them right now...
LOVE YOU!!