it's been too long....

so it's been years since i wrote anything here...but after reading some of the posts about abby and renee as little wee ones i remembered how fast time goes...some of the things i wrote i can't recall those little memories fade at my advanced age of 42..

so, i'm back - don't know if anyone will read because i'm sure like me they have stopped really reading blogs...they seemed such a part of my morning for those couple of years and now i forget all about them really...

so now abby is 7 1/2 yrs. going on 16 yrs. and renee is 5 1/2 yrs. going on 5 1/2... as i write they are running around outside in the backyard playing with friends. there are so many little friends for them in this neighbourhood - probably at least 8 little girls between 4 - 9 yrs.

summer is winding down - it's gone very fast this year - hard for me to believe that abby is going into grade 3 and renee into SK. i remember counting out the years when renee was 2 yrs. old - thinking "ok, so when abby is in grade 3 , renee will be in SK ....then i'll have at least two hours alone...." now it seems such a minor thing those two hours - but then it felt like a far away mecca....

deciding this week what to sign the girls up for - piano for sure for both of them, renee wants ballet - abby wants hip-hop but trying to steer her toward jazz - i tell her " it's the same as hip-hop but better..." she's smarter than that..she says " jazz isn't yo-yo, it's boring!"

abby's new word this month is "sick". which means awesome or good. she says it not with the teenage slacker bored voice - she says " SICK!!!!!!" like she's won a prize. so, swimming is sick, candy is sick, getting to go to a 3d movie is sick....between the "sick" and the skinny jeans she is growing up too fast. she's got a mind for fashion - she loves her skinny jeans, her high-tops and a nice peasant blouse. thank god she is modest by nature.
more later as i just heard a "ZIP IT" from downstairs - the banned term in our house in use by abby whenever she doesn't like what she hears....like i said 7 1/2 going on 16....