The Fisher Family

My little monkey

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Family Dance Party and some yoga.....

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A-N-N-A-B-E-L-L-E-

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While Julia naps Annabelle and I have found some quiet time to sit down and practice writing her letters. Poor girl has one of the longest names.. but she finally got it a few months ago. Lately, when I tell her it's time to practice her name she insits on writing other people's names. (shorter names) She loves to write Julia, Cat (Catherine) Tori, Dad, Will and she loves my name...MOM. Today we wrote Allison's name which she told me is long too. Anyways, It's so fun watching her learn so much and love the cute things she says. She cracks me up....

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Christmas......

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Best Buddies

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Halloween At a Glance

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The BEE FAMILY. W as a lot of fun. Annabelle loved that we were matching. She always wanted me to wear my wings and fly around with her. She called Julia the "fat bumble bee" Of course brad was our "bee keeper"

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Annabelle making play dough kits for her Halloween Preschool party. she had a lot of fun turning the play dough black and orange. Except, we had black dyed hands for a few days...

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We put her thumb print making it into a spider.. and she practiced writing her name on all the cards. Poor girl has such a long name. By the end she said, Can I just write AB??" HAHAHA

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Our mummy dogs... I made these once for the girls and they loved them so much! So, this is what they ate many October nights :) Annabelle, calls them "mommy dogs"....

Dancing With The Stars

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Annabelle had her first session of creative dance come to end. It was a lot of fun to watch her progress. She had a really fun time and will continue the class come spring. Some things I will remember from this is...

* Annabelle crying the first class because i had to leave her.
*Me taking the class along with Annabelle and all her little friends.So she would feel more brave.
*Our dance sessions/pump up sessions before class started to get her all geared up for class :)
*Annabelle so excited to put her tutu's on twirling all the way out to the car
*Our ritual of getting to ride in the front seat with me on the way to and from ballet class (it's in our neighborhood) She would put the window down, and tell me to put the music loud.
*Leaving class early once because Annabelle came over to me, said she was tired and didn't want to "twirl anymore"
*Instead of giving up the first two hard classes I felt like we stuck with it and Annabelle learned "Fishers dont give up:) Unpredictable, Beautiful, Happy Ballerina.. Annabelle.

Daddy Daughter Date at Chick-Fil-A

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They had "conversation cards" at each table. Brad said they talked about so much :) Annabelle was so excited to get her yellow rose from daddy.. she picked out a pretty pair of pearls from mommy's jewerly. They had such a fun night together. Gotta love CFA...

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Fire night at guess where???

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YES, WE ARE A LITTLE OBSESSED :) but it's fun.

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My little Julia

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Julia got up one night after Annabelle went to bed. We were just goofing around and I caught the sillyness on camera. Julia is my little sweetheart. Ever since she was very little Ive always lived giving her tickles. She has the best little giggle. I love seeing her little body cruise all over the place. Her favorite place to hang is the green chair..she will pick up a book and just plop down on it. she is always humming and singing, twirling in the family room. Her smile is amazing. Fine print: her pretty singing can turn to loud shreeking, she's a trash digger, wild monster, toilet water monster!!! but we love her. She is the best.

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Conference Weeekend Winners

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Saw this idea on some lds site. Of course I did a watered down version but Annabelle LOVED it! We gave her different words to listen to each talk, and when she heard the words..ex: god, jesus..
She got to throw a penny in the jar. She then can take her pennies and buy herself a treat. (of course i'll have t throw some quarters in there) :) It helped her listen so much.

Here is where i got the idea.. amamab.blogspot.com/2011/03/conference-store-idea-linky-party.html

maybe next year we will graduate to the conference store.. Until then I will be happy if she is happy that she gets to buy her self a candy bar with her conference quarters :)

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A tradition of ours.. Homemade cinnamon rolls conference weekend. it was cold and rainy today. Cuddled on the love sac eating warm goodness. Yes.

Simple pleasures

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The ride from home from the mailbox. Each day the girls seems to be growing closer together and having fun. It is so awesome to watch. julia is just the cutest little thing.. always trying to keep up with big sister.

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Fair Fun

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We had a blast...

Fried Oreos.. Two batches
Pig and cow watching
Tickles with Grandma Fisher
Riding tractor with Aunt Tori
Annabelle begging to ride the ferris wheel.. Fun!
My ride on the roller coaster with Annabelle. She threw her hands up and was laughing the whole time. One of my favorite mom moments for sure.

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Adventures Of Annabelle

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Loves to snuggle
Loves to make Banana Bread with me
Is so excited to read us books
Always is so sweet to Julia.. I will hear her explaining to Julia how to do things or telling her, "no no Julia be careful"
During Sacrament "is Jesus Here?"
Is always singing around the house or pretending to be on some sort of adventure
Loves cleaning with windex. "mommy you and me are the best cleaners, and Julia is a monster!"
Cuddling on the couch "mommy your mine"and always "mommy come snuggle me.."so, how's your day doing?"
Famous Annabelle quote "It's just me and you, you and me" as she points to her and my chest.
She tries to make deals with me, or tells me things are good ideas.
After I told her she could only watch one "kid show" I told her she could paint, play outside or take a nap.. but she could watch only one show. She points to me with a total serious face, "Mommy, you go make dinner or take a nap and I will watch one more kid show" is she serious.. she is now giving me "options"?? I tried with all my heart not to bust out laughing! :)
She makes new friends wherever she goes. She will wave to complete strangers and freely gives hugs.
We love to have dance partys and she gets so wild and i LOVE IT!
When a fun song is on or lots of people are around she says, "oh yeah party time!"
I love listening to her sweet and random compliments to us or Julia during our family "happy thoughts about others" game.
I love that she is a such a girly girl but yet loves monsters, karate, and aliens. Not many girls can do a karate chop so cute in a tutu
I love our trips to chipotle with her and Julia
I love how she gives me random hugs all days and tells me how much she loves me
YEP.. I love my little buddy Annabelle. i couldn't ask for a sweeter daughter.

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Fear the TUTU no more

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Annabelle was SO EXCITED to take creative dance. She talked about it all week! BUT as soon as class started she became the saddest little ballerina. I don't know the exact reason.. maybe mommy withdraw? So, for her first class I actually joined her.. because that's the only way she would stay. It was actually a lot of fun haha. Anytime she was distracted and I tried to sneak out.. she caught me and would say "come back!" So, figuring it was never meant to be a mommy and me class and was going to just bag the whole idea.. but thought i would give it one more shot.

**UPDATE** :) Annabelle went to her third class. THIRD TIMES A CHARM I GUESS :) She walked right in no problem. I was sitting with all the other moms (finally) and when the teacher was taking roll and got to her she said, "I'm Annabelle.. There's an "A" in my name." It was so cute.
She did the whole class awesome! Of course waving to me a few times.. so proud and smiling over at me. I'm so happy to see her doing something so fun! and overcoming her fear :)

Daily Doughnuts

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Our new ritual.. going to Dunkin Doughnuts right across the street from preschool. She eats her doughnut and tells me all about her day :)

Show in Tell

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On show and tell day.. Reading her favorite monster book to her class. It was so awesome! she told her teacher, "no, i'm a good reader... I can read it" of course she has it memorized. It was such a fun mommy moment watching her read this book in front of everyone.

I love her school so much! Everyday is a different color. which they are supposed to wear and every week is a different letter. Everyday they get up and do a show in tell in front of the class. Her teacher is so sweet and fits Annabelle so well.

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And there she goes.... Can't wait for some more adventures of my sweet Annabelle!

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BRG--Date Night

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Brad discovered this FUN new Place. It's a really cool menu and has been featured on the Food Network Chanel.. Throw down the Bobby Flay. The resturanunt is 80's themed, sweet potato fries, and very cool decor. While I'm on this burger blog kick.. gotta give a shout out to the AMAZING Shake Shack in NYC... GREAT burgers!

TIS THE SEASON

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And so it begins.... There is just something so fun and exciting about football season (yes, I this is something that happened to me since being married) Having friends over, pigging out on yummy food and hearing Annabelle do the cougar cheer is awesome. Julia was so cute last game walking in front of the T.V. (luckily she is still too short to block any ones view) with her hands all up in the the air, saying.. "YEAH, YEAH" She was working the crowd :)

This is the beginning of my favorite time of year..FALL, FRIENDS, FOOTBALL, ME AND BRADS BIRTHDAYS, FALL FESTIVALS, CHANGING OF THE LEAVES, FAMILY WALKS TO THE PARK, PERFECT FALL AIR, PUMPKINS, HAY RIDES, WARM APPLE CIDER, SKINNY JEANS, SWEATERS, HAUNTED FOREST, PUMPKIN ICE CREAM, BREAD, AND PANCAKES, FALL IS MY PERFECT SEASON. I feel so happy. It's HERE!!!!

Late Night Fun

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This is what happens when the kids go to bed....(and we are waiting for our show to download onto the computer) PARTY! :)
Nothing is better than putting the kids down, making a batch of cookies and hanging out with my best buddy. Even now on our LOVE SAC.

Captain AB

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Brad has some business in College Park a few Saturdays ago..So, I took the girls to the aviation museum there. We had such a fun time. They had this whole kid section were it was very hands on and they had some fun dress ups. it was hilarious.. Annabelle had the whole pilot get up on the whole time.. she was walking around the museum. Everyone thought she was so funny. see looked so serious walking around in her pilot glasses and flying jacket.

We killed a few hours at the museum and to IKEA to meet daddy for lunch. It was my first time there. That place is nuts! It's a huge "made in china" warehouse...to big for my liking. After lunch we went to the botanical gardens down in downtown Silver Spring (WHO KNEW) We rode the train that goes through the park and the carousal. It was a lot of fun!

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sisters gone=more videos

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I love I can post this right from my phone! so easy and fast. Technology is great.
Attempt to fly the kite. Julia taking steps.

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Pizza party at the park. Perfect way to end a day.

Baby Walks!

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She started taking a few steps 2 weeks ago.. she is now on the move! FINALLY, she is a walker. Although, she didn't walk as quickly as Annabelle.. at least she has her eyes open. (Annabelle walked with her eyes closed for her first walking days) Walking eyes open. sweet.

Julia is ONE!

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Julia's birthday was a lot of fun. We had some of our friends and family meet at the beautiful city park for a BBQ and some live music from the local band. We all sang happy birthday to julia before heading to the park. She just looked so cute i could eat her to pieces! It was such a great evening and really made me feel so blessed to have both of our families so close by... and enjoy having so many awesome aunts,uncles and adorable cousins for my girls :)

MISTER SISTER

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My sisters and I had a girl day before they both head back to school this fall. I don't think the realize how much I will miss them. (that sappy blog post soon to come) We started off the day with a bike ride on the beautiful Capital Crescent Trail. It's for sure my favorite place to ride. We started off in Bethesda and rode down to Georgetown. Of course we picked like the hottest day of the year to do this but luckily most of the trail is covered. In Georgetown we treated ourselves to yummy frozen yogurt and then headed back home. That night we got all dolled up and went to our favorite NYC restaurant, Serendipity!! :) I absolutely love being down in Georgetown and it was such a blast with my sisters.

The next morning Allison and I went down to Chevy Chase to do some jewelry shopping at Tiffanys :) It was so fun looking at all the stuff we couldn't afford haha then We treated ourselves to jamba juice for breakfast. I'm so lucky to have such cool sisters! Truly fun times. (We missed adrienne hope she is there next time!)

JULIA JUNE Turns 1!

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The Pre Party....

Well, these pictures actually have a funny story. I'll try to sum it up quick.. Annabelle was deadly sick Sunday, the morning of Julia's Party. i really had wanted to buy balloons for the party Saturday night but things just got to hectic with Annabelle being sick.

Well, I took Julia to church for the first hour while Brad stayed home with Annabelle, then we planned to do a switch off so Brad could be there for Sunday school to teach. Well, on the way to church I drove by this huge car dealership.. in the corner of my eye I see about 100 balloons in a huge bouquet flying above the dumpster! (attached to a crate near the dumpster) After sacrament meeting I was heading back home, and the thought crossed my mind.. go get those balloons! So, I drove to the back of the dealership..I grabbed as many balloons as would fit in the back of my car. I kept opening the door and filling the car up with these colorful balloons. Julia's face was priceless.. she was laughing and couldn't believe mommy had so many colorful balls in the back seat! :) Well, as soon as i could no longer see Julia I thought we had enough in the car. The whole way home Julia had a blast and when we got home I let her crawl around with the balloons.. she was loving life. I bet the car dealership got a good laugh seeing this crazy mom in her escalade, high heels, trying to untangle and manage this 100 balloon bouquet... then, taking half deflated balloons and stuffing them into her car.. Sunday Fun day.. :)

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My Flowers these days...

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Walking outside every morning and checking in on my flowers makes me happy.
Looking outside my windows while carrying up baskets of laundry to fold and seeing my beautiful flowers makes me happy
planting new flowers with Annabelle and teaching her about flowers makes me happy
when i see tons of rose buds about to "pop" as Annabelle says..makes us happy
seeing some flowers come back from last year is awesome
Flowers make me happy!

Day at the FARM

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My Little Artist

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So, Annabelle loves drawing, painting, and works some masterpieces with her side walk chalk. Julia is her little sidekick erasing her pretty pictures, taking the caps off her markers, and crawling all over her sidewalk masterpieces. These two girls crack me up.

I love that Annabelle is so creative! I walked up to my bedroom the other morning and she had very carefully draped tissue paper around each one of my dresser handles. She asked, "Do you like it? I decorated" She is my little artista.. I love it!

My Chore Chica

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So, Annabelle gets excited anytime I start to clean. She always wants to sweep or gets happy when I give her a wet rag to clean with me. She is my cleaning buddy around the house. So, I decided to make her a "Chore Jar" She has lots of chore cards and shakes the jar then picks cards out to accomplish. She thinks it's a game and gets really excited about it. The other chart I thought would be fun to give her stars for finishing her things for the day. Simple things like brush teeth, comb hair, show love, ect... Well, it worked for two days then I came down to the kitchen to see the chair pulled up to the fridge. Annabelle had climbed up to her chore chart and crossed off all the chores for the the entire week. HAHAHA (NOW THAT'S ONE WAY)

"Book of Mormon Stories"

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Julia 10 months

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My sweet Julia is exactly that.. SO SWEET. Yes we still call her Baby June, Junie, and Baby Julia. She is seriously such a sweet little girl. Junie in a nutshell...

*smiles all the time.. and has the cutest little smile while she squints her eyes shut!

*Crawled one month later than Annabelle but is now on the MOVE! (both of my girls crawled during March Madness :)

*She can eat her sister under the table! she loves drinking out of a sippy cup all by herself.

*She waves hi and bye bye.. :)

*She grunts and does a little scrunched pig face.. it so "her face"

*she chases Annabelle all over the house.. when she catches up to her she will give her open mouth kisses!

*she always snuggles into my chest and is such a snuggle bug (so unlike annabelle)

*she goes upstairs now and cruises and pulls herself up on anything and everything she can find.. like I said she is on the MOVE!

SHE REALLY IS MY SWEET bABY jUNIE

The peep show

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Faces Of Annabelle

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Annabelle loves being in her "big girl room" She twirls and dances all day long singing her favorite songs

She has pretend friends.. Ariel, Belle, Kayla, and Jasmine. She makes me put them on the potty too and we clap for them when they go pee (technically I'm potty training 3 people.. Annabelle and her two friends) hahaha

Brad came and sat on Annabelle's bed.. Annabelle loudly said, "Daddy! your sitting on my fins!" Is she a mermaid now? I've been known to sit on Belle and Jasmine too..

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Randomly during the day Annabelle will say, " Mommy I have a secret for you.. come here" She then whispers in my ear "I love you" Now that's cool :)

Annabelle bringing me something to fix.. I was in a hurry so as always, I say.. Annabelle Daddy will just fix it when he gets home. Annabelle, then says "Come on mommy you can do it. You have big muscles like this!" (as she flexes her muscles. I of course had to stop everything I was doing and HAD TO FIX HER TOY. Daddy is still known as the one in family with the BIG muscles.

"Daddy is my best buddy" "best buddy means love"---Annabelle

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Annabelle loves to clean. She loves sweeping and cleaning with a wet rag. When she sees me get out the broom she gets so excited! She runs around saying "I'm the best cleaner, me and mommy... oh and daddy" I say, "what about Junie? "No, she is not a good cleaner she just makes messes"

Almost every day when Annabelle wakes up she will ask "Where is baby June? She holds her hand in the car, as they are sitting in their car seats. She will break up her nuggets into little pieces to give to her.

"BABY june likes mommy milk" "I big girl I drink chocolate milk" Annabelle blurts out and Grandmas house "when I was little I eat mommy's boobies" haha funny.

"I want my hair to touch the floor like tangled".. blurting out in the shower "Look! I'm eating my vegetables so my hair is getting long like Tangled!"

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Annabelle will give me five every time she seems me sitting on the potty. She will even clap for me :)

She holds her pig tails every time we are outside. I asked her why.. "so, they don't blow away."

"I'm a balla weiner" ballerina
"President Monster" President Monson

"No one like a frowny face change it to a happy face" Turn it upside down and make it a happy face..and make the world a better place."

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Saturday Family Fun

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This week Brad was EXTRA busy at work.. so a family fun Saturday was so much needed:) After a zumba class at the gym and my first cycling class (yes, I'm still alive somehow) We decided what better way to get those calories back then head to CHIPOTLE! :) Annabelle is always so amusing to eat with.. she was having fun with her tortilla and "white dippies" sour cream.

We then headed to the pet store and got some new fish! We were looking everywhere for the perfect fish.. who was name "JIMMER" ANNABELLE KEPT ON SAYING, "WHERE IS THE JIMMER FISH?" We finally found a fish we liked and now we have a fish name Jimmer. :)

We came home and watched some of conference. Two talks that stood out to me were talking how we can learn from little children and we should learn to become more like them. I really learn from Annabelle everyday... her eagerness to learn new things, how quick she is to forgive and forget, her unconditional love, and her BIG KIND heart :) I love how at any moment I can walk around the corner and hear her singing Book of Mormon Stories or I love to See the Temple. She really brings such a sweet spirit into our home. The same with Julia, her beautiful smile and cuddley kisses are the best. The day ended with the girls palying hide and seek in Julia's room.. Julia was crawling around trying to fin Annabelle and both girls were giggling SO HARD! It was awesome.

Brad and I said during the first session of conference.."Yes! kids are in this year.. Oh yeah we have cool kids, we are so lucky!"

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Annabelle and I had a fun afternoon decorating the "Easter Tree" Julia was trying to help also. She was crawling around and having a fun time with all the eggs on the floor. Daddy wasn't home tonight so this was our girl party! We were listening to some fun music, watching the thunderstorm outside and decorating our tree! We ended the night with some THAI PEANUT CHICKEN or "peanut butter" chicken.... Annabelle liked to call it :) It's so fun having these two girls. I'm so lucky!

Watch out BEYONCE....

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One of my favorite things to do with Annabelle is turn the music on loud and DANCE! This girls has some moves:) I love when a song comes on and she yells... "YES! This is my favorite song!"

So, introducing my ZUMBA partner....