Fun with Anne & Charlie

Emma and I had a play date with our friends Anne and Charlie yesterday morning. They took us to their favorite park, which has a great jungle gym that is suited just perfectly to little legs. They also have a nice little walking path, which we strolled around after we had done quite a bit of swinging and sliding. Afterwards we headed back to their house where Anne kindly made us some lunch before we headed home for a nice, long nap. Thanks for all the fun yesterday!

Definitely Emma's favorite park activity

How cute is this?

Just Because

Emma had an Easter egg hunt yesterday at daycare and came home with two eggs due primarily to the fact that she was much more interested in the rocks. Miss Andi is probably Emma's favorite teacher at daycare. Emma has learned to say her name although she kind of drops the "A" and it is just the ndi part but I heard it with my own two ears yesterday morning. Apparentley when they are loading the big kids up in the big red buggy for a ride, Emma stands at the gate of the nursery yelling "Ndi, Ndi, Ndi". She does not want to be left out. As you could tell from the photos yesterday, Emma has really progressed with the use of her utensils and it has really been over the last week. In fact, while the fingers are still used a little bit, the focus is on the fork or spoon. This morning, she would only eat some banana if she could pick it up with the spoon. Here are a few new photos but remember, the family photographer is out of town so they aren't great.

We Are the Champions!

Woo hoo! While it wasn't much of a game to watch, the Heels are the National Champions and I don't have to hear any "Rock Chalk Jayhawks" until next year! Emma is really getting the hang of the fork and spoon these days especially the scooping motion. Initially, she was solely a stabber but has learned that it is easier to get some things if you scoop. I got some photos this morning of her eating her yogurt all by herself that I will post tomorrow. In the meantime, here are a few more photos from this weekend. I was told by Brad that I needed to keep the blog updated this week so he could see Emma while he was gone. She was too cute on the phone with him last night; grinning and nodding her head. She did have a little bit to tell him about her day yesterday and said "Hi Da" and "Bye, bye". I was told that aesthetically, the shadow in the photos below is distracting but that is what happens when I am taking the photos and not Brad.

All By Ourselves

After a full house this weekend with Grandma visiting from Arizona, as of yesterday evening, it is now down to Emma and myself. Brad headed off to Virginia for the week for a class so the girls are winging it this week. Emma had a great time with her Grandma this past weekend. They had a day to themselves on Friday and played hard enough that Emma even took two 1 1/2 hr naps that day. After all the play, Emma was famished so we went out to dinner where she could enjoy her favorite delicacy, frog legs.

Emma got her first set of golf clubs on Saturday and went out for a little practice time in the freshly mowed backyard (Thanks Daddy!) until she was distracted by the dogs next door.

Butch was next door visiting his friend Pocket. Butch was big enough that Emma could certainly have ridden him but she was not intimidated in the least. Of course, there was a fence between her and the dogs.


Emma was glad to spend some time with Grandma and show off all of her tricks to somebody else. Thanks for everything and see you again soon.

Jumping Ahead

Forget the nursery, forget the freshman class, Emma is jumping right on up there with the senior class (4 yr olds) at the nursery. She was being stubborn yesterday when it came to napping and in spite of Miss Ruth's best efforts to rock her into the land of nod, Emma wasn't having it. Finally Miss LeeAnn said that she would take her Emma dropped off at 1:30 and slept on a cot with the 4 yr olds. I am not really too concerned about where she naps as long as she gets that nap in. Emma and Daddy spent some time playing in her room on Sunday night. She still loves her tunnel although it has new purposes these days. Pay no attention to the absolutely filthy socks.

Looking out the window...a favorite pasttime.

Does this remind anyone of a scene from a famous movie?

Wordless Wednesday - Daddy's Girl