ABCs, Muscles, Crawling, & Teeth

Christian is getting really good at singing his ABCs (much better than the last ABC singing video posted in August), and at the end he shows his amazingly huge muscles!


Here's some more of those amazing muscles. :)


Abbie has been crawling like crazy for a couple of weeks now. To say that Christian is excited his little sister can crawl doesn't quite cover it. Abbie follows Christian around everywhere (she even goes into the bathroom when he has to go potty) - it's super cute - they're best buds! You can see a video of Abbie Crawling on Facebook (I couldn't get it to load onto blogger) - I love the end - Abbie is such a Daddy's girl! :)

A few weeks ago Abbie started teething, and she now has two cute little lower teeth (and look at those beautiful bright blue eyes :).

Zoomed In Teeth

Halloween

Abbie was a little angel -

she's so cute I don't even know what to say! :)

Christian was an adorable little monkey! :)

Christian went trick-or-treating for the first time ever with two family friends, Hannah (witch) and Faith (kittie). Hannah and Faith were so sweet to Christian - patiently helping him learn what to do.

Vruggink Family Pumpkins

Bathing Buddies

They're sooo cute...I just had to post my little fishies. :)

Apple Picking

We spent the past week in Michigan with Greg's family, and one day we went to Robinette's Apple Orchard. The kids got to see cider being made, munched on fresh cookies and donuts, ran through a corn maze, and of course picked apples! :)

Cousins with the Big Apple

Greg's dad put some cinnamon sugar from a cider donut on
Abbie's lips, and she loved it and kept licking her little lips!

There are lots more pictures of our trip to Robinette's Apple Orchard on our Apple Picking Facebook Photo Album.

Also, while in Michigan our little ones visited with Great-Grandma Vruggink, and she sang an adorable Dutch nursery rhyme to Abbie. I love the "dutchness" of the song and Grandma Vruggink - she's so great! :)

Picking Out Pumpkins

Saturday our family went to Young's Dairy to pick out pumpkins - it was so much fun (which was a huge for us considering last year's debacle)! :)

Christian Looking Over the Pumpkins

Daddy & Christian

Christian's Pumpkin

Abbie Sitting with Pumpkins

Christian and Abbie with Their Pumpkins

Family
Christian & Abbie Riding the Cow
Christian Driving a Tractor
Petting Goats
Abbie Looking at Goat

You can see lots more pictures on our facebook album. :)

Great Wall of China

Yesterday the People's Republic of China celebrated its 60th anniversary, and this morning Christian decided to honor China by building The Great Wall of China on our window sill. This was all Christian's doing - I guess he picks up more watching Mulan than I realized. :)

Growing Girl

Abbie has definitely learned how to get around! She can't crawl yet, but she scoots and rolls to get where she wants to go and she's getting fast. Here are some clips from yesterday:


Abbie can almost pull herself up to standing. Tonight Daddy captured Abbie figuring out how to get a book off the couch. She's growing up!