I let Abby play with the watercolors the other day. Sammie and Olivia were both gone. Everytime I let her do a "big girl" thing she gives me this look like, "Are you really letting me do this?" Then she will do it really timidly as though I am going to make her stop as soon as she starts. She keeps looking up at me with her big blue eyes. No really, it's ok Abby.
We had a busy Valentine's Day. 
Joey had a thing up in Sacramento on my birthday weekend so we all tagged along and stayed with my parents for a few days. It was so fun seeing family. Especially our new little nephew and cousin, Noah. He's a cutie and a boy. We need more of those around :)
I celebrated my birthday by shopping and being with family. And we even got to see a princess. Rapunzel stopped by for the party. (My sis-in-law is a princess for kid parties, and had just come from one) I love being with my family.
So another birthday...another year. I feel so blessed and grateful. It's a good life :)
I caught Abby reading to her baby after lunch. She first looked at her baby in the stroller then mumbled something that sounded like, "Wee Jaw Bawn yaw?" and gave a little nod of her head. I'm getting better at translating Abby talk. "Read Jolly Barn Yard?" Then she arranged herself in front of the baby stroller and quietly turned the pages. She had one of her favorite books, The Jolly Barnyard. The girl loves farm animals and we read this before every nap. She is such a little mommy to her babies.
