Last email...

Hey family! This is probably my last email to you before I get home!
We leave here tonight, and we'll be flying all night and then we'll be
in Germany in the morning. We'll stay there for a couple of hours,
then we'll head west over the Atlantic. We get to the states around
noon, then we'll be at that airport for a couple of hours until we fly
to Philly. We should be in Philly in the afternoon. They will have a
bus waiting for us, and we should be at the base about an hour and a
half after we land.

I love you guys lots! I can't wait to see you! I hope that you have
a wonderful Thursday, and of course a super-duper Friday!!!

Hugs and kisses for everyone!

I love you!
Mommy

I lost two teeth today!

I'm looking forward to you coming home. If you get this email then see if you can respond anyway.

Today I lost two teeth. My right top tooth came out because of Balen. His head bumped my cheek and my right top tooth came straight out. I said, "My tooth came out!". At first I thought my top left tooth was going to come out first. I was looking at my left top tooth in the mirror in the downstairs bathroom because it was all twisted. When I untwisted it, I accidentally bumped it and it came out and fell in the sink, nearly going down the drain. I have no idea where Daddy put them. I'm going to get 2 dollars! Once Zahra said that she got 3 toys, 100 dollars from the tooth fairy when she only lost 3 teeth. I think she should have gotten 3 dollars. I don't think it's true that she got all that. Otherwise she would have lost 103 teeth.

Goodbye. I love you. I hope I see you soon!

Love,
Abigail

Re: Hi!

X days left! By tomorrow, it will be the next day. I do suck my snot sometimes, but barely. I do still whine, but I don't whine about blowing my nose anymore. That's what I meant.

It's awesome that maybe you're out of Iraq right now. Are you a madwoman?

Yes, the house is mostly clean. My room is clean except for my desk and some clothes, which I'm putting away right now in the hamper. Daddy clapped for me because instead of just noticing it and talking about it I went to go fix the problem. So Daddy clapped for me.

I'm a vampire. I have two teeth that are growing straight out!

I should get going because it's 9:06. So goodbye, I love you, I hope these few days will go by very quickly.

Love,
Abigail
p.s. I will show you my Jazz project once you get home.

Re: Hi!

Ah, yes, the difference between Baba and Papa is boy vs girl. Got it!

I'm glad that you don't whine and suck in your snot anymore. That's
so gross!

I can't wait to see you...just a few more days to go! I'm leaving
Iraq very soon and I'll be in another country for a few days. I don't
know if I'll be able to check my email as much from there as I can from
here, so you may not get much from for a few days, okay? But know that
I'll see you before this weekend!!! Isn't that exciting! I just can't
wait! I'm gonig a little crazy now, because I'm done working, and I'm
packed and ready to go, and I just want to get out of here. I'm so
ready to go home! I need to be patient so that I don't drive myself
crazy!

I love you very much! I hope that you guys get through these last few
days without me quickly and without too much work (I hope the house is
mostly clean!). Then I'll be home and we'll all be together again!

Love,
Mommy

Re: Hi!

Nope, that's not the answer.
A: They're boy and girl.

Okay, I'll bring some tissues with me. In fact I'll bring the little travel pack. Zahra gave me some of those in school because I kept on sucking my snot in. So she gave me some tissues and that's when I got in the hang of not whining just to blow your nose. Yes, we are going to go shopping before you get back.

I'm really excited that you're going to come home soon. I really love you. I want to go now. I'm looking forward to seeing you at the base. Goodbye.

Love,
Abigail

RE: Hi!

I am coming home soon, in X days!
The difference is...b-p ?

Over the next few days, I may or may not be able to email you, okay? But
that's ok, because you know that I'll be home very soon! I'm very excited
about coming home to see you! I can't wait to give you a big squeeze! I
hope I don't cry too much when I see you guys...have a few tissues with you,
just in case, okay?

Are you and Daddy going to do some food shopping before I get home?
Remember, I'd really like some fresh bread, and real butter, and we're going
to have steak for dinner when I get home.

When I get to Germany, I'll be able to tell you guys what time I'll be home
- if I'm able to use a phone or a computer. But I think that Daddy can get
all the info from my squadron...

Today is my last day of work here! That makes me really happy! The new
people will take over today, and I have to pack all my stuff. That will
take a little bit of time, but that's just fine - I've got all afternoon!

I love you very much Abigail. I can't wait to see you!
Mommy

Re: Hi!

Yep, I enjoy playing games with daddy. Guess what? Daddy and I finished the whole entire game! I mean like episodes 1-6. Now we are on free play. I just got off the phone with Baba and Papa. I have a joke for you:

What is the difference between the words Baba and Papa? You have to guess one answer, and if you don't get it right then I have to tell you. I gave it to Baba and Papa, too.

Daddy said I had to make a short one, so I have to go. Bye bye, I love you. I hope that you come home soon. In ___ days.

Love,
Abigail

RE: Hi!

Hi Abigail! It was nice to talk to you for a while...I hope that you
enjoyed it too. I will be home very soon now. I'm getting very excited
about going home. I can't wait to see you guys - I miss you so much!

Enjoy playing games with Daddy - I know that you two have lots of fun with
that. You and I will have lots of fun cooking together, and I'm sure we'll
do a craft or two together as well. Something cool...

Well, it's after ten thirty at night for me now...I should get going and get
to bed! I've just got a couple more things to square away here in the
office, then I'm good to go!

I love you very much!
Mommy

Re: Hi!

I have to do this really quick because it's almost one in the morning. Actually, I think I should just go right now. It's so late because we stayed at Mr Chad and Miss Dana's, and had dinner then. We had a second lunch because we had Burger King, and then a second lunch at the Smiths'. We stayed there really late playing games. We'll call Papa tomorrow. Goodnight, I love you. I hope that you get your checklist done in time.

Love,
Abigail

RE: Hi!

Please don't say how many days are left, okay? We need to keep that like it's a secret. Just say that it will be soon, okay? Once I'm out of this country AND out of the next country I'll be in, then we can talk about how many days - but by then it will be how many hours! :o)

I would love to see the wildflowers you colored. I bet they are beautiful.

Today will be another very busy day for me...but I get to give work to my replacement, so it'll be a good day. I hope to have almost everything turned over by the end of hte day today. Then I can concentrate on some personal things, like packing my bags, and getting my checklist done (we have a checklist that needs to be done before we can leave, and I haven't even started mine!).

Let me get to work, Sweetie. Btw, today for you - 13 July - is Papa's birthday. You should probably call to say happy birthday, if you like. He turns 50!!!

Love,
Mommy

Re: Hi!

Yep, only 6 days left. Can you believe it? (btw, this font is called WSTCzec) Yes, I am very excited!

Today I had a horseback riding lesson at 4:00. I had to be there at 3:30. We were late. I was going to ride Hoover, but he was too stubborn, so we chose Corona. She was actually the baby of Callie and Jet. I believe Jet is a boy, so Callie is a girl. Today I also colored my little wildflowers stained glass coloring book from Aunt Danusia. We might be able to take pictures of the pages that I colored. The pages are really thin, and you just might be able to get pictures of the pages that I colored with sunlight behind them. The second page is the most beautiful one. I can tell.

Okay, I understand that you may not be able to send emails every day.

The picture was really funny. I like Lt. Mages' pose best.

I want to go now because I want some play time. I also think I've made a long enough email. So...

I hope that you are able to send me emails even when you will be able to relax a little bit. So I might as well go right now.

Love,
Abigail

Hi!

Hey Baby Girl! I'm coming home soon!!! Just a handful of days left…are you getting excited yet?

I can't wait to see you, my Little Punk! I just can't wait! I only have 3 days of working here left, then I don't have to work anymore. You know why? Because my replacement is here! The guy who's going to take over my work for me is here, and I’m showing him everything I do, and on Monday he will take over all of it and I'll relax a little! Pretty cool, huh? I don't get to leave here on Monday, but it will be soon after that. There will probably be a few days when I may not be able to email you, okay? Because I won't have my own computer to use. But we will see.

I hope that you be a good girl all week before I come home. I don't want you to be on restriction when I get home - I want to be able to do things with you right away, okay?

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Here's a picture of my flight being silly…I hope that you like it!

I love you, Sweetie. Until I see you again - which is just next week!!!
Mommy

Re: I'm very angry

I re-sent the email that I sent yesterday. I hope you get it this time. Maybe the connection is having problems. Who knows? I have no idea what to say. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. Um. I have no idea what to say, that's for sure. That's why I said all those um's. I said 29 um's. Do you like Robotech? Today we played some Lego Star Wars. I also had some milk duds. I also played some Marble Blast Ultra. Today was a fun day, except for shopping. We were out of thouse for three hours. Goodbye, I have to go to bed. It's stinkin' 9:00.

Goodbye, I love you. I hope I see you in the morning if I do when you come back.

Love,
Abigail

RE: I'm very angry

I'm sorry that you are angry. I noticed there wasn't an email from you
yesterday, but no big deal.

Rain sounds nice.

I'll be home in a little over a week! Isn't that exciting!! Soon, Sweetie,
soon.

My day is not nearly as exciting as yours. I worked at my desk most of the
day, and I did get some stuff done. We are all ready for our replacements
to come in and take over our jobs...they just need to get here! They were
on their way here yesterday, but the plane they were on had a problem and
they had to turn back. Maybe they will get here today. We'll just have to
wait and see.

In the meantime, there is still lots of work to do around here. Things
don't ever slow down, it seems.

I love you!
Mommy

I'm very angry

I'm very angry because you keep forgetting to send me emails and you've done it a lot.

Today I played some Frogger, Marble Blast Ultra, and Feeding Frenzy. I got tired of Feeding Frenzy so I played Frogger and Frogger was a real pain. You can't imagine how much of a pain in the butt Frogger was. I mean, every time I jumped, jump, jump, ooooh. I mean I could only get up to two frogs up into one of the holes. That's it. I could not get past two. So I went back to the arcade games and looked for a different game. Once I found Marble Blast Ultra I said, "Awesome!" That's one of my favorite games. I passed the beginner levels easily. I had to do a couple of the lessons over again, but they were easy. Once I went to the Intermediate levels I made it past the first level, but it took a lot of tries to get past the first level. Like 5 tries or so. Usually it only takes 1 or 2.

My day was perfecto. Like I told you, today I played arcade games. We went shopping right as it started to rain. We went to Lowe's then CVS. Then we came home. As we were walking into the car from CVS my hair was blown into my face from behind me. The storm had started. Immediately when we got in the car, it started raining. We finished shopping right on time. I'm glad that we finished shopping right on time, at least. I would be happier if we didn't finish earlier, but it was fine. It stopped raining soon. I was amazed at how fast it stopped raining. A few minutes after we got home it had stopped raining when I looked out the window. It was a pretty rainy day today. I think I should go because I think I made a big enough email already.

Goodbye, I love you, I hope I see you at midnight if you come home at night soon.

Love,
Abigail

Re: No email again, huh?

Yes, I was having a good time in Pennsylvania (I said I "was having a good time" because we're already back home).

Guess what! I got a new trash can! It's pink with little butterflies at the top. The butterflies wings are punched out of the plastic. The bodies and antennae are molded between the wings, only on the outside of the trash can.

Right now it's 9:03. Not as late as I've been staying up.That's good. I hope you get your work done very quickly. What do you do as your work? Do you have to sign things? I mean I don't understand.

I don't really have anything else to talk about, so I might as well say my goodbye stuff.

Goodbye, I love you. I hope you have a good flight back home when you come back home. I wish I could see you in the morning. Here's a big squeeze and a kiss: *kiss* *squeeze*

Love,
Abigail

RE: No email again, huh?

I'm sorry Sweetie. I was out of my office almost all day yesterday. It was
a crazy busy day for me, and I didn't get hardly anything done, so that
means I'll be busy today making up for it. See, I had to sit in on some
briefings and drive some people around yesterday. I'll have to do it a
little bit today, but it'll only be for a few hours today, so it won't
interfere with my work too much.

Are you having a good time in PA? Sounds like Daddy is enjoying having a
mini-vacation with you guys. Please be a good girl for Daddy, and be a
helper, okay?

I won't be back in one week, but it will be less than two weeks before I'm
back, ok?

Love,
Mommy

No email again, huh?

I was just checking to see if you sent me an email, and you didn't. So goodbye. I wish I could see you in the morning. I really love you. I hope you come back in one week. It's already 9:02.

Love,
Abigail

Re: REPLY: I want to cry.

Answers:
Yup, we already looked at the house. I feel good about looking at the houses. Guess what? When I was going to bring my checklist I forgot to bring it. Right when I was going to grab it, I didn't, because I saw something else that I needed to get.

There was a woman who was taking care of some other family's children. Daddy took pictures of the house and he's going to send them to you. Right now we're in a hotel. I like the hotel room. It has a nice TV, 3 drawers below it. It has a little stand. Back to the house... It had nice wood flooring in a room upstairs and a room downstairs. It was mostly rug. I like the house. I seriously do. The kitchen was a nice turquoise. In one of the bathtubs in the downstairs bathroom there were some non-slip pads that were shaped in shells on the bottom of the bathtub. The downstairs bathroom was ... ... pink! Can you believe it was pink?! The upstairs bathroom was ... ... tan and brown mixed together!

This morning when I was making music, right when I stopped humming, Balen farted, right at the perfect time.

I really should go now, because it's 11:00, and it's almost as late as I stayed up a few nights ago and last night.

I hope that you're getting a lot of work done and I love you very much. Goodbye.
Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: I want to cry.

You stayed up almost until midnight! Yikes!!! That's a late night,
girlfriend!

I guess you guys are going to look at some houses today? How do you feel
about that?

I laid out in the sun for a little while today. I need my skin to get used
to seeing the sunlight again. I was outside for 2 hours. It was about 120
degrees outside!

I'm talking to you right, while I'm typing this. Of course, when you read
this, we'll have already been done with our conversation.

I am getting closer to coming home! Less than two weeks to go! I can't
wait!

Love you,
Mommy

REPLY: I want to cry.

I'm going straight to bed because it's already 11:47. Sorry I couldn't make a bigger email. We were playing Lego Star Wars II (the one you bought us for Christmas).

Goodbye. I sure am glad that you're going to come home soon.

I love you, girlfriend!
Abigail

RE: REPLY: I want to cry.

Sweetie, you can cry if you want to, it's ok. Sometimes sad stories make
you want to cry, don't they? Me too sometimes.

I'm glad that Balen liked the fireworks. It wouldn't be a nice time for you
guys if he was scared the whole time, huh?

Have you been helping Daddy at all with finding a place for us to live?
There's a house that you guys might be checking out, and there's some
townhouses that we can live in, but we'd have to figure out what to do with
Jazz, because the townhouse doesn't allow dogs. We'll see, I guess. Daddy
and I talked on the phone while you were sleeping last night. We talked
about where we're going to live. There's a house that looks like it will be
just right. I think Daddy is going to take you and Balen and go look at it,
along with a few other places. Will you look very carefully for me? Check
out the yard - does it look like a nice place to play? Is the neighborhood
nice? Is it on a busy street or a quiet street? And in the house - check
out the rooms and see if you like them. Do the bathrooms have windows?
Maybe you could sit down and think about it, and make your own checklist of
things to look at, and each place you go see, you can go through your
checklist. The one that has the most things you want would be your #1
choice. What do you think? But you don't have to do any of that...don't
worry about it at all if it seems like it's just a lot of work.

I really really love you too!
I'm getting closer to you...just a couple of weeks to go!

I love you,
Mommy

REPLY: I want to cry.

Answers:
Yes, I enjoyed the fireworks. Yes, Balen liked it. He actually wasn't afraid of the loud noises.

Well, I want to go because it's 10:00 and I should get to bed. Btw, I want to cry because of the movie Cast Away. It's about this man who was in an airplane crash and he ended up on this island for four years. He lost his fiance, he lost his clothes, and he lost everything. He built a raft a few months after 4 years. He was found by a ship. He was brought back home but then he met this man, he noticed it was Kelly's husband (Kelly was his fiance). That's why I wanted to cry.

I hope you had a good day today. I really really love you. Goodbye.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: We all got new toys today!

New toys! That's pretty cool! A unicorn with a long dress that lights up,
huh? That sounds right up your alley!

No you didn't tell me about the fireworks. Did you enjoy watching the
fireworks? Did Balen like it, or was he frightened of the loud noises?
Funnel cakes - yum! And yes I know what you mean by 'glowing ropes.'

I've got to get to dinner, okay? I was working outside most of the day. I
was with the Dirt Boyz today. I drove dump truck, and helped with the water
truck, spraying water on a track we're building, and then I operated the
roller. It was lots of fun for me. I had a great time, and the guys said I
did a good job. So I didn't have to sit in my office all day, and today
wasn't that bad outside either...it was only about 110. Can you believe I
just said that? I said " It's ONLY 110." Crazy!

I love you! I can't wait until I see you next. It will be soon now...just
a couple more weeks to go.

Love,
Mommy

REPLY: We all got new toys today!

You should see our new toys! Even daddy got toys! They were "TRANSFORMERS". You Shold see the movie "TRANSFORMERS". I actually like the movie "TRANSFORMERS". Balen got a small blue ball and a small green ball. Yesterday we got a big red ball and some cars.

I got a Crystal Princess My Little Pony. Her name is Lily Lightly. She has a long dress and she's actually a unicorn. She has a little pearl necklace, and it has a little star button on it. If you press it then her dress lights up in places with three lights: two red lights, and one blue. Her horn glows blue. There's a company, I think it's called Shining Stars. I got a Shining Star horse. There's a horse, and there's a unicorn. Once I saw the unicorn on the little tag that's attached to her ear, I said, "Ooooo giiiive meee the unicoooooorrrrn." into my mind. She's on my bed right now. She's staring at me. I also got a Barbie horse. It came with a Barbie, and the horse was named Tipper or something like that. I think it was Tipper, or if not it was something close to that. It came with all these accessories, like ribbons, hoof protectors and more. It also came with a trophy and a little jumpstand.

Balen also got a little Cars phone, you know, like Lightning McQueen, that movie? It was yellow and red and it made noises almost exactly like his pooh bear cell phone. He has these little shake and go cars. We bought an orange one today. You shake them and the more you shake them the faster and farther they go. He has an orange one that we bought today and a yellow one that we bought on Tuesday. Daddy got a remote control car that he and Balen will play with together.

Yes, I had an apparently good 4th of July.

Btw, did I tell you that I went to fireworks on Tuesday night? We got a funnel cake, and we also got little glowing ropes. Do you know what I mean? I didn't really answer this in older emails, but I think it's really cool to get back into horseback riding lessons, FI-NAL-LY. Yes, I want to plan breakfast for you when you get home. No, we haven't made a chain to count down the days.

You should have seen a paper clip that was on top of my computer got stuck to one of the hairs on the bottom of my new little stuffed horse's foot. There's this little fake plastic star on the bottom of my horsey's left rear foot. It got stuck to that foot. Once I picked up my horse and said, "Wow, there's a little magnet!" Daddy said, "Huh". I said, "Wait a minute" into my mind. I tried to take the paper clip off her foot and it popped right off. I said, "Nevermind". Then Daddy chuckled.

Go to bed I must, because it's 11:21. Almost as late as I stayed up last night.

Love,
Abigail
p.s. my new hard horse has curly hair, and I think you'll notice if I get to send some pictures of my new toys, that there's little gold lining on the bottom of her hooves.

RE: REPLY: We are going to kind of like skip my email

Wow! You certainly stayed up late!

Those are some interesting stories, the Harry Potter movies, aren't they? I
enjoyed them.

So it sounds like you had a good fourth of July, huh?

Hey - don't forget to call Aunt Kim and tell her happy birthday. She is 18
today (the 5th is her birthday).

Also, I sent Daddy some pictures of me working last night. I was working on
some big generators. It was fun for me. I like that kind of stuff - I
think it's really fun! It's way better than sitting at a desk all day doing
paperwork!

We are getting closer and closer...just over 2 weeks now until I am home! I
can't wait!

Love you,
Mommy

Re: REPLY: We are going to kind of like skip my email

Yes, I am okay. I am feeling pretty tired right now, too. It's already 11:29 so I want to do a quick one now, too. It's raining right now, although that doesn't have to do with anything, but I was just telling you. We watched Harry Potter. First we watched Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. Next we started watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We haven't watched Harry Potter in a long time. First I said, "Nah, I don't wanna watch Harry Potter". Then we started watching it and I said, "Wow, I like this!" So we kept on watching it. Then once we finished the Sorceror's Stone, we started watching the Chamber of Secrets. So.. goodbye. I will go now because it's already 11:33 this time.

Goodbye, I love you, I wish I could see you in the morning. Until you come back...

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: We are going to kind of like skip my email

Wow...you WANT to go to bed? Are you okay Sweetie? It's okay to skip the
email sometimes. I understand.

You must have had a very active day, I bet! And you'll be starting
horseback riding lessons. Are you excited to get back into it?

I ran a 10K this morning. That's 6.2 miles. I ran it in 47 minutes and 48
seconds. That means that I ran each mile in less than 8 minutes. That's a
pretty good time for a mama! I didn't win though - the top 3 men and the
top 3 women got prizes, and I think I was the 4th woman to cross the finish
line. Oh well. Everyone who ran got a t-shirt. But after that run, I'd
like to lay down for a bit and rest my arms and my legs and the rest of my
body too!

Tonight I'll be working with one of the shops. We'll be doing some
maintenance on some big generators. For me, it's going to be fun. I am
happy that I get to work with the guys tonight. And on Friday night, I'm
going to be calling out the numbers for bingo. We play bingo every Friday
night, and I am going to make up some extra rules to make it more exciting.
What's really funny about bingo is that if there is a tie, we have a
dance-off. That means that the two people who won have to dance, and the
crowd cheers for whichever one they like the best. It gets pretty funny.
Also on Friday I'll be working with another one of the shops, working
outside - probably doing some concrete work, but I'm not sure yet.

I'm sending Daddy some pictures of me playing basketball the other day. Ask
him to show them to you.

I just can't wait to get home. Every day I get more and more excited about
going home, because we are that much closer! I miss you guys a lot, and I
just want to get back to you. I can't wait to step off the bus and have you
come running up to me! I'm gonna pick you up and give you the biggest
squeeze ever, so be ready for it!!

Well, I'm gonna try to get some work done. Things have slowed down just a
little bit now that I've gotten a few projects ready for contracts. There's
still more to get done, but it's nice to have some of them out of the way.

I love you!
Mommy

REPLY: We are going to kind of like skip my email

We're going to just send a quick little note because I'm feeling really tired and I want to get to bed. So I can finally relax my legs, my arms, and the rest of my body. So goodbye.

Love,
Abigail

RE: REPLY: Yes! Yes! I want swimming lessons!

Good! Maybe we'll live somewhere that has a pool that we can go to. Then
we can teach you to swim ourselves. If not, we'll find a YMCA or something
like that and get you in a class. If they have any available. Usually they
are filled up by this time, so you might have to wait until next summer to
take a class - but like I said, Mommy and Daddy can always teach you!

Abigail, please don't lie. I know that it is easier to say whatever you
think won't get you in trouble, but really that just gets you in more
trouble, doesn't it?

Well, if there's bird poop on your swingset, why don't you go in the house,
get a Clorox wipe, and just clean it up? I know that since you are a kid,
cleaning it up doesn't occur to you. But think about it for a moment: will
it take a long time to run in the house and get a wipe out from under the
kitchen sink? Is it hard to do, to wipe the swing and the slide? Then
you'd just have to throw it away in the trash, wash your hands, and you're
done! Easy, huh? I think you should try that next time you see bird poop
on your swingset. Then you can play on all of it!

It's going to be so awesome to come home! I just can't wait to get home and
see you. Here's an idea for you: do you want to plan breakfast for the next
morning when I come home? I would like to have breakfast at home - I don't
want to eat out for breakfast my first morning home. I want to be home with
you guys. But what will we eat. You know that I want some fresh eggs.
Everything else is up to you, okay? You can look through your cookbooks if
you want to pick something out from there, or you can just think of what we
should have yourself. As long as I get some good coffee in the morning, and
some fresh eggs to eat, you can add anything else that you want to. How
does that sound? If it is too much stress for you to plan breakfast for the
family, then no problem, you don't have to. Only do this if you want to.
Okay?

I love you! Have you made a chain to count down the days?

Love,
Mommy

REPLY: Yes! Yes! I want swimming lessons!

Answers:
Of course I want swimming lessons! I've always wanted swimming lessons! Woohoo! - Some time with my Mother for once!

Today I played with Nathan. I had a good time with Nathan. Oh yes, I lied again. Nathan wanted to play my DS, and so I went to the stairs to ask Daddy if Nathan could play my DS. He said, "Ok, give it to Nathan. Where is it?" I said, "It's charging on my desk." He said, "Ok". So I went upstairs, got the DS, and instead I started playing it. 15 minutes later Daddy comes upstairs and sees me playing it. Nathan didn't even get a chance to play it yet and it had been 15 minutes. That was my lie. Then we started to color and Nathan started getting bored with it. I started getting bored with it, too. We really had fun coloring. When we went outside we had a lot of fun playing on the swing set. I kept on going on one of the swings and it was the higher one. The lower one had bird poop on it. The slide had bird poop on it, too! Ewww! The white stuff is pee and the brown stuff is poo. Well, I might as well go, because it's 9:07. So...

Goodbye, I love you, I wish I could see you in the morning. Until you come back...

Love,
Abigail

RE: No email from my queen?

Whoopsie!
I am glad that we got to talk yesterday, because I did forget to send you
and email! How absolutely irresponsible of me! I'm sorry, Sweetie.

So, my daughter, I see that you were playing in sprinklers...that's fun!
And I'm glad you were able to hang out with Nathan and play in their hot
tub. I bet that was lots of fun too. So what's the deal with the story of
you falling out of the tube and going under water and getting scared? I
think we need to teach you how to swim so that you aren't scared in water
anymore. What do you think of that? Are you willing to learn how to swim?
If you are scared of being alone in deep water, then learning how to swim
might have a few scary moments for you, but how else are you going to learn?

I'm getting more and more excited as each day passes by. I'm getting so
close to coming home. I just can't wait! I'm so excited to see you again.
We will take a few days to just relax and be together - how does that sound
to you?

Well, I need to work! Oh - it's almost lunch time already! Cool! :o)

Love you,
Mommy

No email from my queen?

I'm sorry, but my dear queen, you forgot to send me an email. Why is that? Is it because you're late for dinner? Did you need to run an errand or something and you forgot to send an email before you got back and snoozed on your bed? Is that what happened? I mean, if not that, I don't understand what else it could be, unless you forgot to send me an email and didn't need to do anything.

A poem:
You know I am your daughter, so, of course, you need to send.
You may not like it but I have a little blend (a phonics kind of blend).
It's called br, I think you might have heard of it.
I hope you didn't notice, but it got hit (I mean it got shot, I mean the blend br got hit).

Today I went to the Venverlohs so I could get in the hot tub with Nathan and Sarah. Sarah was extra bad. She was yelling at me to stop doing nothing. I wasn't doing anything to her. I just had a little water toy and she was splashing in my face just because she wanted it. Mr. Mark got mad at her. First Miss Michelle got mad at her, then Mr. Mark came in the back yard from mowing in the front yard. Well I might as well go. It's 9:26 and Daddy said I had to finish my email by 9:25, and it's 1 minute over that. So...

Goodbye, I love you, I'll see you in the morning. Until you come back...

Love,
Abigail