Fun with my girls!

I was not on call this weekend so asked if the girls could spend the night with me. They came over at 6pm on Friday and I took they home about 24 hours later. We had such fun! Emery is posing by the tree in my yard that we spotted after our walk. We decided it looks perfect for decorating at Christmastime. We also went to SweetBerry for frozen yogurt after dinner. On Sat morning Em helped me make banana bread. Emery's job was to peel and mash the bananas. I happened to catch the shocked look on her face when she accidentally dropped both the peel AND the banana in the trash! We unpacked the box of toys that I moved out here. She had such fun recounting memories as she pulled things out of the box! Glad I let her do the unpacking. Being around my little girls is sure fun!

My little Em

Emery stayed with me all weekend since Kevin & Jenn had so many commitments. She would have lived in the nursery if not with me. What fun we had! She talks CONSTANTLY! I get a running commentary on everything we do. She does some of the cutest things now. She wants to pray before meals. Her prayer is very quiet and goes something like this: "Jesus, food. Mommy. Daddy. Kara. Nyaya. Tiffy. JoJo. Papa Dennis. Gamma. Amen." Then she wants me to pray too!

When she hears something worth really listening to she makes a little gasp, her eyes pop wide open in surprise and she holds her had up to her ear and says, "Wisten!" We heard the ice cream man briefly so we went chasing after him in the stroller. She cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, "Ice ceam. Are you?" No luck finding him. But we found a pine cone (which she calls a pineapple or applepineone) and a cute pet rabbit. So our search was not entirely in vain, and very low cal!

At church on Sunday we sang happy birthday to Teresa - Pastor Eric's wife. When I went to get Em she said, "cake?!". Lynette told me she'd been asking for cake ever since she heard us sing happy birthday!

Em at Gramma's

I got to take care of Em today. She was so tickled to see Gramma when I picked her up. That makes it extra fun. After her nap we were going to take a walk. So I bundled her up as you can see. And took a flashlight since it was pitch dark at 5:30pm. But it was way too windy ('winny' as she says) and cold. So all we did was walk to the mailbox and back. But Buddy and Brutus were glad they at least got out for a few minutes! The rest of the evening after dinner we played - a craft, then play-doh, magnifying glasses to look through, a DVD of Curious George with Brutus at her side and 'Buddy repelant' in her lap! Never a dull moment. She puts 2 and 3 words together now. When we were playing on the stairs she wanted me out of the way for coming down so she said 'Go Mama'. She tickles me!

Geocache

Emery was over here all last weekend and again on Thursday. I knew some of my little things were disappearing. I discovered where they have been going (see photo in prevoius blog). Bookmarks, business cards and drapery weights fit through the vent slots very nicely! So I wonder if Kevin and Jenn have been teaching her about geocaching. Perhaps people will begin showing up at my door with their GPS in hand wanting to know what treasure is buried in my living room vent. We'll see if she figures out how to post directions on the web. She can already turn my CD player with the dance music on and off whenever she wants. So I'm sure web posting is not too far behind.

A Terrific Toddler Day!

Em is with me for 3 nights and 3 days while her mom and dad are with their youth leaders in Arizona. She has been a delight the whole time. Saturday was great. After breakfast we read books. Her favorite was Finding Tigger. We watched the Curious George DVD. We went to the Post Office where she got a Junior Postal Worker sticker for her shirt. We had lunch with Aunt Tiff at Sadies.

Then we headed to Borders for the afternoon of fun for kids. I told her it was a party so she was in her car seat saying "party, party, party!" while she made her hands go up and down. We heard stories and got to color. Then of course she wanted to play in the fountain. She's so cute trying to outsmart the fountain. She cried when I told her we had to leave, it was nap time. She asked for a cookie ("Tookie?"). I told her no and then she really cried. She obviously knows that the Tollhouse store and the water fountain go together!

She took a good long nap. Then we went for a 45 minute walk. I'm sure the neighbors think I am crazy (maybe I am!). While she is here walks mean I have her in the stroller and 2 excited dogs on leashes. I am sure we make a sight.

After dinner we colored and did a puzzle and then a bath. What a day! Fun to see it all through a toddler's eyes.