I wish I had the time and the energy to jot down into my personal journal the daily happenings, no mater how ordinary or mundane, of my three-year-old's everyday life. Because Abbie is my first (and only) child, seeing the world through her eyes is so exciting to me, and not to mention refreshing. All the things that we adults take for granted, a little child appreciates.
The very first time Abbie saw a snail, she thought he was was beautiful. She even went ahead and named him Pingu, then proceeded to bring him water and a slice of ham. The very first time Abbie saw my neighbor's rather large, black cat roaming around in our backyard, she said he was a giant black panther roaming around the rainforest of Ungeejee (yeah, she made up the country). And just yesterday, when she saw for the very first time two rabbits...., ummm, how should I say this, "doing the deed" in their cage (and I told her I had no idea what they were doing after she asked me for the 100th time), she quite knowingly explained to me that they were doing yoga, because they felt they were getting a little too heavy around their mid-section.
Last week - thanks to Clara, Hyun and Nathan - Abbie got to experience the sport of bowling for the very first time.
Below: "Ok Abbie, you see those pins allllll the way down there? Yeah, well you take this ball and you try and knock every single one down, got it?
"Mommy, what ball? How come I don't have a ball? What ball? Where is the ball? Did God make the ball? How come I don't have a ball at home? Do you have a ball? Where is daddy's ball?
Below: "Look, see where the boys are? That's where the ball comes out, go grab your own ball.
So yeah, Abbie did manage to stop asking questions just long enough to "throw" the ball down the lane, but you see, she only weighs like 30 lbs, and the ball weighed a good 7 lbs, so the amount of energy she exerted from her tiny little arms to throw this rather large ball was not much, not much at all. And to no surprise, it took quite awhile for this rather large, green, seven pound ball to make its way down this rather long lane....
40 seconds went by...
one minute....
two minutes...
and after what felt like 30 long minutes for this green ball to slowly lull itself down the lane, the attention span of my three-year-old had already expired, and Abbie was long gone.
(Just for the record, Abbie's very first attempt at bowling resulted in knocking down three pins, yay!)
But the story does not end here. As always, this is the story of my life, I try to teach Abbie one simple sport of bowling, and it turns out to be a disaster. But leave it to Brian to come along, spin the situation around, and TADAH! after only a minute with him, Abbie is now in love with the sport.
Below: "Here Abbie, I'll (Brian speaking) show you a better way to bowl. You see this thing here? Well, it's a big slide for all bowling balls. And just like you, all the balls love going down slides. Now place your ball here and let it roll!
And just like that, she scored a spare! "DADDY!!!! LOOOOOK!!! DADDYYYYY!!!! I DID IT, I DID IT!!!!!! WOW! DADDYYY!!!"
Leave it to daddy to save the day.
Below: "Daddy, can you buy me a bowling alley tomorrow? I promise I'll brush my teeth everyday!"
"No Abbie, I can't buy you the Cerritos Bowling Alley because it is too expensive. But you still have to brush your teeth everyday."
"Ok fine, then you can just buy me this air table. But I'm only going to brush at night"
Below: Happy fifth birthday, Nathan! We had so much fun celebrating this big day with you!
~ Tracy
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