Tonight we celebrated the Indian festival Diwali -- the "festival of lights." According to our friend Sapna, Diwali honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and signifies the renewal of life. We went with Sapna, Stephen and Tara to a Diwali celebration. Sapna loaned me a lovely sari and Abby and I wore wonderful bracelets and we each had a bindi on our forehead. We ate delicious Indian food. Abby and Tara danced and danced! Abby was so serious as she was dancing.
Abby has worn the same size shoe for the last year and a half. This was great because it was easy on the wallet (especially given that Tonto likes to buy her shoes). But her shoes were starting to look pretty grubby because I've been putting off buying her new shoes, waiting for her feet to grow. Just when I was beginning to think that Abby's feet would never grow, they sprouted -- that means new shoes and new snow boots! Unfortunately, Tonto is in Alabama! Hurry home Tonto -- baby needs shoes!!!
This is Skitchy -- Abby's pet guinea pig. Yes, I know it looks like a marble, but believe me, it is a guinea pig -- just ask Abby! Skitchy goes everywhere with Abby. She likes to ride in the car, but doesn't like to stay in the car because Minnesota is getting cold. She's rarely allowed out of her cage in the house because one never knows what trouble a guinea pig might get into. Abby does let her run across the floor sometimes, but always puts her back in her cage. Abby talks to Skitchy and feeds her.
Abby announced today that she needed a haircut. She said she wanted a lot cut off, "but not all of it!"
Jim, the nice stylist at the JC Penney Salon, gave Abby a very cute haircut that includes layers!!For those of you familiar with Abby's hair, you know that it is rather unruly (my fly away hair and Will's cowlicks)! The result is very cute!
Will is on a quest to visit all 50 states in the U.S. On Friday, he made it to #43 and Abby made it to her 14th state -- KANSAS -- when we arrived in Wichita for the wedding of friends.
Abby is a GREAT roadtripper. She likes to call our roadtrips "journeys." We were on the road 11.5 hours yesterday (including stops along the way), and Abby was cheerful the entire time. Highlights of the trip included:
We learned that Abby is the same size as a King Penguin.
We also learned that Lynette finds bats to be rather disgusting!
Our friends BJ and Erich joined us at the zoo.
Abby spent hours practicing her numbers and letters! At one point she even said to me, "Mommy, don't interrupt me! I'm doing my work!"
