Abigail likes to say "So..." to start a conversation. "So, mama, I'm going to go to work. You stay here and enjoy your house and I'll be back in a few minutes." Then will proceed to walk away, check back a few times and then rush back, "so, how was work?" She'll ask you to remind you to ask her this question. She can easily hold up her end and your end of any discussion.
We recently got back from Disneyworld. She got to meet Mickey (and even posed long enough for a non-blurred picture to be taken), both Lilo and Stich--"he touched me!" She said after that encounter, Mulan and Ariel (who she loves but was a bit shy meeting). Plus we saw animals everyday at our hotel and she loved to run ahead of us as we went down the hallway. At the park that was a different story- she only wanted mama to carry her, not even sit in her stroller! "I'm not going to sit" was a favorite phrase from this trip, making the first days a no-rides zone for her. Luckily it is the most magical place on earth and she came to enjoy It's a small world and Peter Pan, along with some fun shows. It was exhausting and yet totally enjoyable. So, basically, it was the day in the life of a two year old, just with a little more pixie dust than usual.
We returned back to our Forest School class, a lovely few hours in Prospect Park, which includes making mud, nature walks, singing, puppets--rain or shine! Abigail has said, "this is a nice, wonderful day," during this class and says "I don't want to go," at the end it. We swim once a week too, she's loving jumping into the water and visiting the hot tub after class is done. She takes a zoo class where she's touched a chicken named Pigeon and a turtle named Sleepy.
She loves to glue things and she LOVES to swing on bars. There is scaffolding outside our apartment and those bars have become a playground. She first just swung backwards and forwards and now she whips up her legs, folding herself in half, puting her straights legs over the bar, then bending her legs over the bar. She has not yet let go, but, that's the next step! It's great but it can make but it makes our hearts skip a beat!
Other news is we will only be the Plaza Street Ettingers for another few months. Where we will be after that, well, do you know of anything? Send us a line if you have any leads!
