ScrumpyDaddy

We have started a Sunday night tradition. To those who remember and love, The Wonderful World of Disney, you would appreciate our new tradition. I really miss family oriented stuff on regular TV. You have to have cable or digital cable to get any family oriented stuff to watch during peak hours. Anyways, enough with my rant, for about a month now, since Abby has fully gotten into the princesses, we have been having our own wonderful world of Disney night. Each Sunday night while either Dave or I are making dinner we let Abby pick out a movie to watch. We then sit down with her to eat dinner and watch the movie of her choice. Tonight was Aladdin. It has been a great way to wrap up our weekends together and Abby seems to really calm down for a while when we have a movie on. Can’t wait to see what she will pick next week.

I love my daily car rides with my children. Mostly Zach just coos or sleeps, but Abby can be so much fun. The other day we were driving to preschool and Abby said to me there’s the moon for you mommy. Abby loves to point out the moon to whoever she is with. Abby then said, “somebody cut it. Somebody cut the moon in half.” I couldn’t see the moon because I was driving, but when we got to preschool I had to check it out. Sure enough it was not a full moon, part of the moon was shaded and to Abby that meant someone had cut the moon.

On the way home I always ask Abby how her day at school was. She always corrects me and says, “No, preschool.” Anyways, after she corrects me and I ask her again how preschool was, her answer is always good. I try and probe to find out more information on what she did and her answers are just as short as the first. If I ask her what she did she will say, “play.” I will then ask what did you play with and she will say, “toys.” She is only 3 and already she has nothing to really say about school. This does not bode well for the future.

Zach is now 4 months old. Time really does fly. Zach is now 18 lbs, 25 inches.

Zach has had a very busy month. We went to Trax Farms twice (read previous blog) for their fall festival and had his first Halloween. He dressed up as a dalmatian puppy. We went around as a whole family all dressed up. Abby was a pink bunny, Daddy a pirate, Mommy a dalmatian, and Zach a dalmatian. Aunt Becky had come for the weekend so she handed out the candy while we walked around trick or treating.

Zach is such the talker and smiler. He is always making noise when he is awake. Whenever anyone gives him attention he talks up a storm and smiles at you. He can also grab toys, which end up always going into his mouth. Got to be careful what his sister gives him to play with. He also loves belly time. Zach will stay there for a while very content to look around and suck on his hands. He can hold his head up so well while on his belly. He is also so close to rolling over. The other day he almost made it but his one arm got stuck . If he could have figured out how to get that arm out from under him he would have been all the way over. Better luck next time Zach!

I have two wonderful little stories that I wanted to share about my 3 year old Abby.

The first one happened while I was putting her to bed the other night. We were reading a Thomas the train book when Abby said, “When there’s a hole in the book I will jump in. I will be Thomas and he will be my friend.” I think she got this idea from the couples times she has seen Blue’s Clues. There is a part where Steve jumps into a picture after Blue.

The second one happened today while watching The Little Mermaid. There is a scene where Ariel and Flounder are in a sunken ship looking for human things. Ariel spots something and says, “Have you ever seen anything so wonder.” Flounder says, “What is it?” Abby answered, “It’s a fork! It’s a fork Ariel!”

What a wonderful ending to a great weekend. I loved this weekend. We saw family and friends, got to dress up, went trick or treating, and didn’t get too sugarfied.

Ariel in a therapy session with Barbie.