School pictures!

Here are this year's school pictures. She really liked the dress she picked out and her hair was in a "loose bun" which was a compromise because she is still really into having her hair in a bun, but Mommy wanted to see her beautiful curls.

Yummy mummies!

Abigail and I had some fun and made some lil' smokie mummies! She was a great mummy wrapper!

Cutie pie

Things have been pretty busy for us lately. We are getting ready to leave Annapolis soon and head up to Newport, Rhode Island. The movers will be here the week of Thanksgiving, so we have been taking the time to go through and decide what we want to take with us for the 6 months we will be living up there, and what we want to go into storage until we move back down to Norfolk, VA. Adrianna is crawling all around the house and has also started to cruise along the furniture. She keeps us all pretty busy- even Abby. They like to go into her room and play. Adrianna also likes to drink water from the sippy cups Abby used to use. We were surprised she could do it, but she likes them a lot so we let her have water in them. Abigail is excited to move and told me that she hopes it snows more up there so we can go sledding and throw snowballs. We will have to wait and see I guess!

It's getting cooler....

The other night I noticed that Abby had added a little something to her Statue of Liberty that she keeps in her room. When I asked her about it she said that winter is coming and she needed a scarf so she wouldn't get cold. Instead of taking a nap that day she decided to accessorize Lady Liberty and a piece of kleenex made the perfect scarf!

Green Meadows Farm

Yesterday Abigail had her school field trip to Green Meadows Farm. We all had a great time and Abigail had the opportunity to milk her first Cow. Adrianna enjoyed seeing all the animals and taking a ride on the hay ride.

Abby on the YP's

This morning I had Saturday morning training and had to take some Midshipmen out on a YP, AKA the "baby ships." I decided to take Abigail with me so she could see what it is like and have a better understanding of what I do, especially since I am getting ready to go back on sea duty soon. She had a great time. The weather wasn't that great- it was raining but we still made the best of it. I took the pictures with my iphone so they aren't the clearest, but they are still cute so we wanted to share.

Such a sweetheart...

Yesterday Abigail and I were talking and had this conversation:
A: Mommy, what happens if I die or something?
M: When people die they go to heaven and see Jesus, but you don't have to worry about that for a really long time.
A: But will I be able to see you and Daddy?
M: Sure. When you go to heaven you get to be with all of your family again.
A: When I go to heaven I will send your Mom back to Earth so you can see her because you haven't seen her in a really long time and I know you miss her.

And to that I couldn't respond right away because of the immediate lump in my throat and tears in my eyes over how sweet a four year old can be.

Osprey Airplanes at the Naval Academy

This Saturday we went to the Naval Academy and saw some cool airplanes that were visiting Annapolis. The aircraft have the ability to take off and land like a helicopter or like a regular plane. Abigail had a great time and says she Navy and drive ships and fly planes!

Fun on the Playground

Tennis in NYC

This weekend we are in New York City for a tennis tournament. The weather has been warm, and we have a lot of new players, but the Midshipmen have been playing well. They play today in the silver bracket. Go Navy!

Day at the D.C. Zoo

We spent the morning at the zoo in D.C. The weather was beautiful and we wanted to get out of the house after all of the rain we had yesterday. The girls had a great time looking at all of the animals. We took a break on a park bench and a little chipmunk came up to us and Abby shared some of her granola bar with him! Abby also did a great impression of the snapping turtle. Adrianna took a nice nap and also had fun going through the misters, even though it wasn't too hot outside they always feel nice when it's warm. On the way home I was able to snap a picture of Adrianna's tooth!

First Day of Pre-K

Last Tuesday was Abigail's first day of Pre-k. She really likes her class and teacher and is looking forward to a fun time!

Getting ready for Navy football.........