Gabba Friends!

Guess what showed up in the mail a few weeks ago?!

Gabba friends from Grandma!!

Remember this post when I talked about wanting some plush Gabba toys for Sara, but the only ones I could find were way too expensive? Well my mom took it upon herself to find some reasonably priced Gabba merchandise, and she came across these perfect little stuffed figures!

Here's a video of Sara's reaction upon opening them.

Remember the Lego Gabba friends we made? Here are side-by-side comparisons of Sara's new "official" Gabba friends next to her old Lego ones.

The new Gabba friends average about 5 inches tall each (the tallest is 6", the shortest is 4"). They actually have these little clips attached to their heads that are meant to hang from a backpack or something.

At first I thought I would remove the clips so Sara would just have the little figures, but then I realized it would make them easier to carry with the clips still attached. Just slip each clip onto your fingers, and off you go! You can carry all 5 in one hand much easier that way. 

We actually use a little carabiner clip type thing to hold them all together which makes them even easier to tote around, and then Sara can remove them from the clip when she wants to play with them individually. Works perfect for taking them with us in the car or to a friend's house, etc. because they all stay together that way.

Thanks Grandma Christine! Sara LOVES her new Gabba friends!!

playing with cousins

Sara and I went to California last month to welcome baby Zeke into the world. While we were there we also made a quick visit to see Sara's cousins and the rest of my family.

the best I could get of all three of them.

playing cars with Kaya

 

drums

We had to get drumsticks from Rockband too. Then we had to get unsharpened pencils because everybody wanted their own sticks. Then we had to get pencils for everyone so they wouldn't fight over who got which sticks!

with Grandpa

reading with Uncle Nathaniel

It's times like these (while thinking about trips to CA that were too short) that I wish we lived closer to my family. 

singer/songwriter

Sara loves singing and playing the piano. She gave a wonderful performance today that I would like to share with you.

Here she is singing a rather recognizable song:

But here is one that is not so recognizable. I have no idea what she is saying, but at least she's singing with some gusto!

And here is a song she made up all by herself:

"No Put Away the Keys"

Lyrics:

Put the keys away, put the keys awaaaay.

Put the keys, we put the keys, don't put the keys, no put the keeeeey.

{spoken: no put away the keys!}

No put away the keys, grandpa you can't put away your keys. Noooo no.

{spoken: no keys. Ya, a sad song.}

...put away, put away, put away, put away, won't you put away.

I have no idea where the inspiration for that song came from! Dad, Stuart, did either of you lose your keys recently? Don't you know you should put your keys away?! :)

Other topics she sang about during her performance include:

• a castle
• on the swing
• you so sad the baby
• monkey tail
• no tent
• Cat in the Hat
• Mommy and Dad

and a whole bunch of other unintelligible stuff. Now all we have to do is get the piano playing up to par with the singing and we'll be set!


p.s. sorry the video is such poor quality. Trying to figure out a better way to get it on here.

flow chart

{from here}