Abigail turns 3

We celebrated Abigail's third birthday this week. On Sunday we went out for dinner at Sizzler in honour of the occasion (and visited Great-Grandma Sheehy in the hospital afterwards). On the day, while I had big plans of things to do with Abigail, we ended up just having a quiet day at home; Abigail enjoyed a few Skype calls with family. Jon had been coming down with the flu and that night he was in bed by 6:30pm so the evening celebrations were somewhat subdued, but Abigail was very happy to get her long awaited birthday cake. And she was very pleased with a gift of flowers she received from some playgroup friends earlier in the day (the flowers went everywhere with her for a few days until the constant attention brought about their demise).

It's amazing what 3 years can hold. Jon and I have grown as parents, and Abigail continues to blossom and mature in so many ways. We continue to pray she will be her Father's Joy, and grow into a beautiful and wise woman.

Sausages

Abigail cooking dinner with Jonathan

A couple of weeks ago when I was quite unwell for a day, Jon and the girls cooked dinner (!). Abigail enjoyed helping cook the sausages so this week we finally got to and made some felt sausages:

Abigail stuffed them and I sewed them up

 Now to get her a little fry pan to 'cook' them in!

Nesting Time

I've been busy these past couple of weeks. It seems the 'nesting' instinct has started (very timely with the arrival of spring) and I have been utilising it! I have tidied and organised nooks and crannies, cupboards and drawers that I have neglected for a long time - the kitchen cupboards and the chest freezer particularly, along with plenty of miscellaneous spots around the house. It has been very satisfying seeing things become tidy around our home and systems to keep it so coming into place.

Along with this new motivation to organise, has come the need to get into craft again (I made a solo trip to Spotlight on the weekend). Apart from my cross-stitch, I have been crocheting edging on face cloths (for gifts), sewing bibs (our current ones are rather grotty), making cards, and doing LOTS of cutting out of letters and animals etc for a matching book for the girls (Jon and I spent an evening laminating all the pieces). I've also been printing off various Bible and English lesson sheets for Abigail. Time has been full!

My garden has gotten more attention, too, as I persevere in trying to grow things. My cos lettuces are growing well (in quantity rather than size) and I enjoy picking leaves for our meals. I've planted cherry tomato and cucumber seeds, so hopefully they grow. I have been reminded of verses Paul wrote about people planting and watering (spiritual) seed but God being the one who makes it grow - I am pleading with God to please make my plants grow! I haven't been able to get much success on my own, but I trust that I can with Him!

Sarah and Abigail discovered a box of shoes I had put aside and have largely entertained themselves with wearing them around recently. Sarah is in a clothes faze - she likes to try and dress herself with various items she finds; it causes her much frustration at times when she can't get an item on, but other times it happily amuses her. Her vocabulary is suddenly taking off of late too. Abigail is still a chatterbox - she can't help but talk non-stop at times! The countdown is on to her birthday - she is much looking forward to it (we hear a lot about it)! Lots of rainbow things are on the horizon...