Life is good!

Well, just a quick post. Abby is so much fun, I thought we'd share a little of what's been happening.

Abby with Cinderella

Grandma Argie and Grandpa Gene treated Abby and Meghan to a night at the ballet back on February 12th. We saw BYU Theatre Ballet's production of Cinderella, and we loved it! I was worried that Abby would get bored after the first little bit, but she not only made it through the whole show, she LOVED it! She was pointing her toes and kicking, trying to dance along with them. She was also very well-mannered. She was quiet during the performance (except for when they brought out the pumpkin...she got very excited and shouted, "Puhkin! Puhkin!"), and waited until intermissions to do most of her moving around. Amazing for a two-year-old! Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa, for an evening of wonderful memories (and quite possibly sparking a love of dance for a future ballerina)! Abby still talks about "bal-yay" and asks Mom to turn on music so she can dance.

Abby looking at a picture
the Spring Fairy took of them

Before the show, they had a "Prince and Princess Party," where the kids could come dressed up and meet the dancers. I thought Abby would love getting to dress up as a princess and would be a little scared to meet the dancers, but I was slightly mistaken--she was only a little excited about her new princess dress, and much more enthusiastic about the ballerinas! She is typically a little shy, but that night she would just walk up to the ballerina, make eye contact, then turn around and back into them, expecting they would let her sit on their lap. :)

Princess Abby riding her
pony into the sunset

Something else Abby loves doing is story time. We usually go to the Provo City Library for story time, but this last week we went to the BYU Bookstore Story Time. Abby ended up being the only little kid there, so she got lots of good attention. :) She was read a bunch of books about princesses and dragons, and then the story time girl sat and made a paper crown with her. Abby loved her new crown and wore it for the rest of the day.

After we left the bookstore, she caught the alluring smell of the bakery right outside the bookstore entrance; so she got a donut, which she patiently carried in a paper bag all the way home where she was allowed to eat it. With a nose for baked goods like that, she is definitely her mother's daughter! :)

Abby and the remains of
a donut well-enjoyed