Costumes

Abby has her class recital pictures today, so yesterday we had to get out the costume to make sure that everything was ready. To make sure that Lily didn't feel left out, we found one of Abby's old costumes from her first recital (when she was 3) for her to try on. Too cute.

I love me a real fairy tale

So, did you watch any of the Royal Wedding? I know that some people REALLY aren't interested, but I think it's fun. I recorded it, because I certainly wasn't getting up at 4 a.m. to watch it. I'm not that crazy.

Wasn't it pretty? Ah. I loved the part where Prince Harry looked back to tell his brother how Kate looked. So sweet. And my favorite part of pretty much all weddings is when the groom first sees the bride, and that part was beautiful in this wedding too.

I do hope that they live happily ever after.

both pictures are from People.com

Lunch Date

Lily and I surprised Abby at school today during her lunch. We have joined her before for lunch, so it wasn't completely shocking, but still a fun surprise.

One of the reasons we chose today was that Abby's class hatched some eggs and the cute little chicks go back to the farm tomorrow. Abby really wanted us to come in and see them so this was a secret mission to do that.

Abby's class eats God-awful early, seriously-10:50 is their lunch time, so I try to just bring a snack for Lily and we have lunch when we get home. We're at the Family Table, which is why it looks so empty.




Here are the chicks. Aren't they cute? Abby actually got to name one! She named one of the brown ones- Chip.

iPad=Very Spoiled Fun

We got new iPads yesterday. Yes, you read that right. iPad with an 's'. I should explain...

Matt, in his amazing first year as a divisional sales manager with his company, won a HUGE award back earlier this calendar year. They basically give you a bunch of points in an online catalog. Many of the options that you can purchase are vacation packages for 2, but you can also do merchandise or create your own packages, or whatever. We bought some airline tickets for an upcoming vacation and with the remaining points bought iPads for Matt and I, and they arrived yesterday. We had LOTS of fun playing with them last night, and by "we", I am including the girls.

Aren't they pretty? And they aren't even out of the box yet!

We even found a way for Abby to do homework on them:

You have to have Angry Birds, right? It is unreal on an iPad after playing on a little iPhone/iPod. I bought the Angry Birds Rio this time around and got the free version of Seasons for Abby.

...and we had to have something for Lily. She is VERY into the song Wheels on the Bus right now and I actually found an interactive 'storybook' of it. You move all the parts while it sings. It gets pretty annoying, but she loves it.

If you have an iPad, do you have any apps you recommend?

Abby's Chore Chart

We had a big talk last night at dinner about Abby starting up some "official" chores in order to receive an allowance. To say she is excited would be the understatement of the year. We decided on four chores that she does semi-regularly anyway, only now she HAS to do them to earn her allowance. For her allowance, we decided on a quarter per chore, which adds up to $1.00 a week. That gives somewhere to go later, but gives her real paper money. Matt started with 50 cents and then I reminded him that you can't even buy a candy bar with that anymore. Sad, really.

I made a chore chart last night. I think I'll have to revise it a little bit, but Abby was very anxious to have something. Since we started late, she gets a freebie for the bed making on Monday. Some of the categories are loose, but you get the idea.

So the best part of this whole story is that this morning when I went in to wake her up she was already up making her bed because she was so excited. How long do you think that will last? :)