Funny Sept Shots

Abby in her cowgirl/horse costume that Grma Donna brought for her
Caught being cute watching "Curious George"...one of her favorites

I was fighting with her the other day to get dressed and in protest she managed to get her shirt half off but it got stuck on her head and frustrated her.....so I laughed and grabbed the camera of course.

I heard some cackling in the other room while I was doing dishes, and the dog was missing and I knew Abby had crackers in hand, so of course some teasing was surely going on. I snuck in and caught her teasing Roxy with veggie sticks over the play house, occasionally throwing them at her for fun......2 year olds!! How many times must I tell her "Roxy doesn't eat this, or that, nor does she like it when you sit on her or brush her hair!!!"

I'm sure Roxy is wondering where the next treat will be coming from......over or under....she just waits patiently knowing it will come eventually!

"Hi Mom, no of course I'm not teasing Roxy, she's just watching me eat my snack"

Tiny Dancer in Action

Video clip of Abby's dance moves

Rockin' Out....Rockstar in Training

We had a fun night out for dinner with our friends last night, and headed back to our place for a little "Guitar Hero" fun. As soon as Mike set it up in the family room, Abby was all over the drums and microphone! She was really into the songs while the guys were playing and just had to join in the fun.

Our little singer

Singing along with the big boys! I love the one-handed microphone with the other hand out for musical stability!!!

The Boy Band

Groovin' to the music

Sitting with the cute drummer....she's such a groupie

Philly!!

After the museum we drove into the historic Independence Hall area in downtown Philly, treated ourselves to a traditional Philly Cheesesteak lunch of course, and stopped to see the Liberty Bell exhibit. Abby napped in the stroller after lunch, so it was a good hour of quiet time to see a few walkable sites! But my belly is just too big and my feet were too tired to do much more, so we headed home from there.

Bye Philly! See you again down the road for another visit.....next time with 2 kids in tow!

Mike and I in front of the Liberty Bell.
Benjamin Franklin's gravesite

"Please Touch Museum" in Philadelphia

The morning after Sesame Place, we took Abby to the "Please Touch Museum" in Philadelphia. It was soooo cute! It is a completely hands-on museum for kids age 1 and up. We spent almost 3 hours there enjoying the many touching experiences.

Riding the carousel with daddy
The water tables were lots of fun. They had mechanisms for kids to manipulate the flow of water, to push the boats around. Abby liked picking the boats up out of the water and moving them around.

The rubber ducky pond....the ducks just circulated round and round, but boy was it entertaining for a toddler.

On the "BIG" piano! Just like the movie....it played when you walked on it.

Goldilocks (Abby) and the 3 Bears! So cute!

She climbed right into this canoe and put the life vest on all by herself as if it were 2nd nature...weird!

Sitting on the swan!

Weeeee!!! Down the slide on her back!

This was so cute. They had a whole section based on "Alice in Wonderland" with the Mad Hatter, Tea Party and all!
Here she is with Mike in the shruken room.

Our play tea party with the Mad Hatter and Rabbit. She would have stayed here an hour playing with the cups.

The front porch replica. She had to pick up and move the dog's bowl of all things!

Then she grabbed the broom and started sweeping.

In the Children's Hospital room. She loves babies, so this was probably her favorite part and could have stayed here forever too! Its hard to convince a toddler to move onto another room and leave baby dolls behind!

Doctor Abby! They had dress up clothes in some of the rooms too.

And she's off! The mock grocery store was adorable! You pushed your cart around, filled it up with all the food items you wanted, and then had to put it all back after you "checked-out" at the register.

FRUITS!

In the Kindergarten room, stacking blocks. She kept stacking and the 9th block always made the tower fall down!

Quick Labor Day Weekend Getaway

We made a last minute getaway and drove up to Philadelphia Friday/Saturday to take Abby for a few new experiences, and just to get out of town and do something new. This was an early 2nd birthday celebration! We went to "Sesame Place" the first day and then to the "Please Touch Museum" the second day. She had fun at both, and we have a lot of great memories.

Waiting in line for the "Elmo's Fishbowl" dumbo-like ride!
About to "take-off" in her elmo fish

Gazing up at the next ride as the people before her went up & down!

Locked-in and ready to go! Her first ride with a harness. The only part she didn't like was being confined to a seat with the harness, but she got over it once the ride started. It was a bouncy up/down ride.

Lots of fun in "Elmo's World"- Sesame Place is full of dry attractions/rides as well as many water rides. We tried out the water at the end of the day but she was pretty tired and Mike said the water was cold so she didn't last long.

Here is Abby in one of the toddler tumble zones. She loved stacking and carrying the oversized foam blocks around, sharing with the other kids to build things.

Daddy bought her a build-your-own icee! YUMM!!!

Sitting with mommy on the steps of Sesame Street! There was a cute "Main Street" where characters were available for photos, and you could enjoy the scenes resembling the tv show.

Touching Oscar's trash can

Big Bird's mailbox

Her souvenier of the day! A Grover plush doll with a pink nose and cape! She hasn't let him go since!