[Angie's "Sparkle Song" ]

I've been trying to get a video of Angie's "Sparkle Song" for a while now and finally got it! She's not as into it in this video as she usually is, (maybe the lollipop she had was distracting her!) but it's the best we've got right now! Angie asks us at least once a day to play this song, and then just like you see at the end of the video, she says "One more time Mommy!" after every time! We usually end up playing it a couple more times and then finally have to say "That's it until tomorrow!"
We first heard this song on: "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" which is a really cute family movie for those of you who haven't seen it. Angie liked it because of all the toys and animals of course and because of this final song. In the movie, Natalie Portman who is a pianist and manager of the store is conducting this song that she created and that's why Angie conducts it! :) It's so funny to watch her because she's always moves right to the beat of the song! Maybe she'll be a musician someday, who knows? Hopefully we'll get a better video of her doing more dancing to her precious "Sparkle Song" as she calls it. The song sounds so magical, especially the end sounds like glitter or sparkles... so hence the name we came up with and the reason she loves it so much! She's such a girl that way! So as usual, hope you Enjoy!

[ Angie the Artist ]

At least we think so! Here are a few pictures of Angie with her new art easel. Anything that has to do with creativity Angie loves! She thought it was so cool that she could erase on the wipe off board... hours of enjoyment! She drew some pretty cool pictures that were very different than her usual circles and lines, she now puts them together and drew things that actually looked like something! The second picture is her version of the sun... not too bad huh? And the last picture was our favorite because it was a person, her version of course, but pretty cool! You can see the eyes, nose, mouth, legs, curly hair and many arms! :) It looks more like a little monster, but still is very cool! Enjoy!

[ a few new pics ]

I realized that I hadn't posted any new pictures lately, so here's a few to show you what we've been up to. We see all sorts of animals in our backyard, but this was a first! Today we saw raccoons in our backyard! Usually we see squirrels, birds and cats, but not today! There were two, but by the time I got my camera the other one was gone! Crazy!


This is a picture of a squirrel if you can't tell. We've been hearing all sorts of weird noises in the ceiling of the kitchen and dining room and finally figured out that the squirrels are getting up inside the eaves of the roof and making all sorts of noises! Here he is caught in the act! Angie thought it was great of course! This is right outside the kitchen window!


Angie and I decided to make popcorn the other day, she was so fascinated by the whole process and couldn't wait to eat it! We like the real popcorn instead of the microwave kind... as you can tell Angie was super excited about it!



Play Doh creations... We made some of Angie's favorite things... or the only things I could actually make! :) That play doh is harder to work with than you think! There's a butterfly, snake, ice cream cone, 2 pumpkins, flag, flower, baby wrapped in a blanket, bottle and a house, in case you couldn't tell what they were! Oh and I almost forgot about Frosty the Snowman! My greatest creation! :) Don't laugh too hard, it was a fun rainy day activity!




Oh and these are my favorite pictures of them all! Saved the best for last! My family came over for Family Home Evening last week and my youngest brother, Lee had fun helping Angie get all dressed up and decided to join in too! :) If you know Lee, he's not usually the one to like the lime light... but he sure didn't have any problem letting me take pictures of him! :) He's 15, but it didn't seem to bother him one bit to dress up and have fun with his little niece! Lauren made Angie her "castle" and all three of them had fun playing together! Thanks Uncle Lee and Aunt Lauren for a fun night!

[ "ti-ee-pigs" ]

Angie always has some kind of stuffed animal in each one of her hands everywhere she goes! These are her new favorites... guinea pigs that her aunt and uncle let her have. Although Angie calls them "ti-ee-pigs" instead, which is really quite amusing to hear her say! The other night just after dinner she was playing with them at the table and were making them kiss! This is also something that she's discovered lately. I wonder where she got that from? :)

Here she is making her guinea pigs kiss and showing us how it's done, complete with a hug too... the picture of her closing her eyes with her lips puckered is her "kissing face". You can see just how animated she is in these pictures! We love our quirky little red-head!

[ ABCs ]

Horray! Angie has finally learned the whole alphabet song without skipping any letters! Although it might sound like she does because she still hasn't quite gotten the whole "L M N O P" part down, but you get the gist of it! A couple of weeks ago she was leaving out the letter "J" for some reason, but not anymore! What's also funny about her version of the song is that when she gets to the "now I know my ABCs next time won't you sing with me" part she starts over! You can hear in the video that she says "now I know my ABCs H I J K..." and continues on from there, so she just keeps on singing it over and over again! It's so funny to listen to her interpretation! I was so excited to post this because it's taken me several times to be able to get the whole thing on camera, she usually clams up when she sees me coming!

[ the little everyday things...]

I thought I would show some pictures of the types of things that keep Angie occupied and entertained throughout the day.

Angie is quite the organizer and perfectionist already. I'm don't where she gets that from? :) Nana let Angie play with her rubber stamps last week, so Angie sat there for almost a half an hour flipping them all over to the back side and making sure they went all the same direction! What a crazy girl! She was just happy as can be with those stamps! Who knew?

Then a few days later Angie was getting bored so I gave her my container full of loose ribbon pieces that I use for cards, hair bows and scrap booking, and she was so excited and thrilled to have something to organize! She just kept putting piece after piece of ribbon over her shoulders and had so much fun! I'm telling you, it's the little things in life! :)























Lastly, Angie has gotten into putting multiple articles of clothing on over top of whatever she's wearing. She kept pulling clothes out of her drawer and gave them to Nana saying, "More Please!" and "Help Please!" I think she ended up with about 7 layers and she thought it was the greatest thing ever! She's such a girly-girl! I think it's safe to say that we can save some money not having to buy toys because she's so enthralled by everything else!