weekly update [3}

well well well...

another week has past! 

doing these weekly updates sure does make the week go by fast.

gpa honey made gpa honey popcorn

emi's favorite. she was in heaven!

up past her bed time, enjoying her favorite treat.

tanner is getting a pig soon, for his school class

gpa and daddy were out back clearing things out

emi wanted to go see what they were doing.

emi loves being outside, funny thing is...she doesn't like to get dirty

emi in her back up outfit , all princess shirts were in the wash...at least that is what she thought :)

eddie is the YM basketball coach

we went to cheer him and tanner on

tanner also pinned his first guy this day...good job tanner!

but only my mom was there cause we were all at the b-ball game

cause he snuck away from his tournament to play in the b-ball game

only rushing back to barely make his match.

oh emi...you are too little to give up your naps!

poor mommy needs a break from princesses, puzzles and candyland

this is the only nap emi took all week.

if i even mention taking a nap she snaps...no! i not sleepy.

i only sleep at night. when it's dark outside.

so when we move i will get some blackout shades for her room

and hopefully then she will be back on the nap bandwagon.

i love this picture for two reasons

it's not a princess book :)

and second, she has a ton of books. 

makes me happy we have so many kids books.

we probably have 3 big boxes full of other kids books.

i can't wait to see how big our collection is when we unpack them.

eddie can now say he has been to old town sac

he wasn't impressed. good thing they had rocky mt. for a caramel apple.

there is also some fry place i think we might need to go back for

they have them topped in different ways from different countries.

i also was told the train museum was free, nope $9

we opted for the free one outside.

eddie asking emi what she wants...

a milkshake. go figure.

she thought we were going to in n out

where she always gets a milkshake.

nope, we went to burt's on their 50% burger night. yum!

 ever met a little girl with 2 ipods?

one for movies and one for tv shows

sheesh...it's bad but we can at least have a conversation 

without worrying about her undoing all the sugar packets

or pushing every button on the jukebox at the table

or trying to open the creamer or ketchup...etc..

i actually purposely didn't bring my purse with the phones in it.

eddie caved and gave her his phone so she could watch lady and the tramp.

speaking of phones. the other day we were out running errands

my excuse usually is, they are charging, or i don't have my purse.

we were literally driving down the drive way and emi asks

mom: you have your purse? i was like uh....yeah, why?

she said i need my yellow phone.

she totally caught me off guard. smart girl!

emi is on hair protest.

she doesn't want her hair washes or styled in anyway.

i put this 'ponytail' in one morning while she was eating

because she kept eating her hair.

i think i found a solution to the styling portion of the problem.

i convinced emi i would do her hair like rapunzel. in braids.

she loved it, and basically will only wear her hair this way

and she refuses to wear bows, which is funny since she has a billion

emi is silly about bedtime.

brush teeth, potty, say goodnight to everyone

turn the princesses, read two stories cause she is 2

then our prayers and hugs and kisses goodnight

followed by turning on her music, nightlight and turning off the light

she then says leave the door open a little bit, which actually means

leave the door open all the way!

the silly thing is, is when we do hugs and kisses

we have to stretch our legs open wide like eddie is pictured below

at this point she is the boss, we just want her in bed :)

i'm a little nervous about disneyland in a month.

emi has always been really scared of the chick fil a cow

she even goes as far as asking if he is inside, 

if she doesn't see him waving at cars outside.

she did have one good run in, but i think it was cause eddie was there

sitting right next to her, she said he was nice

this day he wasn't there at all...so we thought.

we ate lunch then i let her play. there was a birthday party going on.

i think the kids were anywhere from 5-7 years old.

she was peacefully playing when one of the mom's pokes her head in 

to let the boys know that the cow is going to come say hi and for them to come out.

emi about lost it. she said, we need to go! right now.

i said you are ok, he won't come in here. then she saw him...

dun, dun, dun...walking our direction...she started hysterically crying.

oh and when the door opened for a boy to come in or go out

she screamed at the top of her lungs.

i felt so bad for her. all i could do was hold her.

then the cow had the nerve to open the door and wave at

 everyone inside the play structure area that wasn't part of the party.

my hopes aren't high for disneyland but i hope she isn't petrified the entire time.

we went home after chick fil a to do some art therapy :)

emi impressed me with her cutting skills.

i found these workbooks at costco and she loves the different activities.

since she refused her nap, we also went to the children's museum.

where she worked on her cutting skills some more.

this is how emi looks/acts when another kid is having a meltdown

like she doesn't get it. thank emi for (knock on wood) never being like that.

best $12 i ever spent at costco.

 i found these puzzles when the christmas toys first came out.

i have spent all week, doing all 8 of these puzzles in a row.

she uses her "map" (the wrapping label) to see where it goes.

she is actually pretty good at them.

i've also had to play candyland almost everyday.

we had to have a talk about she can't win every time.

when she gets a double color she gets all excited

and runs around until it's her turn again.

see! the crazy no style hair! it's driving me crazy.

emi loves to help me prepare any meal. 

i don't think she has ever tried (knock on wood) to ever climb the counter.

and on friday tanner had a birthday party... will post about that later

anyways, his cake was on the counter

i told her no i wouldn't lift her onto the counter to see it

so what does she do? stands on a chair, feet away from the counter

she didn't even think to move the chair.

i love that i have such a safe, non wild child.

maybe she just knows my rules and there is no point to trying?

emi is crazy.

every time she takes her clothes off lately

she has to shake them out, and then hang them over her basket.

inside out! drives me crazy when i do the laundry. 

i don't say anything, i just let her do her thing.

we played more puzzles.

with a big wad of gum in her cheek.

you can see the "map" behind her.

when she gets stuck, she references the "map"

if that doesn't help she asks me

i can't show her or actually touch it

i just have to say, that matches that color dress

or hey, that looks like so and so

if i then help, she say ok, ok! like i got it!

i never knew i would have to be so patient as a parent

i guess i am just getting warmed up for when she learns to read

and i have to listen and wait for her to sound each word/letter out :)

 the night of tanner's party we decided to go get some dinner

it was raining and windy and didn't want to go too far

so we went to the local bbq place. good but expensive.

emi announced when we got there she wanted ribs

good thing the have a kid rib plate.

she ate two before she said they were too spicy, their rub is spicy

we still haven't had anything even close to bootleg in KY :(

tonight we headed to ikea to look for some office decor

no luck there. so we ate dinner then headed to our favorite ice cream place.

they have the best lemon custard!

 eddie and i usually get a 50/50

its like a shaved ice substance, ice cream then topped with the shaved ice.

not sure why it's called a 50/50, but it's good.

anyways, we decided to just get emi one of these tiny cones for $1

our order was served and emi looked at the tiny cone, like you kidding me?

then she said she wanted the orange one, my ice cream. 

i got mango flavored shaved ice, luckily emi thought it was gross

and happily picked up the ice cream cone.

until she finished her ice cream and wanted some of my lemon custard

then she decided the mango shaved ice wasn't that bad.

until next week :)

tanner's birthday is tomorrow, so i'll post about that later

after his birthday tomorrow probably. for those interested.

weekly update {2}

 it's been brought to my attention (ashley)

that not only gma's and gpa's read this blog

and that i should blog more often. i'll try :)

emi is loving her new desk...and beanies.

she looks hilarious when she wears them

because she likes them above her ears.

  

 emi also loves drawing with chalk

she mainly "writes" letters and numbers

and she loves to trace my body.

 

 i convinced emi to put her chalk in the back of her tricycle

because usually when we are outside riding her bike

she wants to color with chalk.

 

 enjoying a sucker gma gave her at tanner's wrestling match.

i still don't give her treats. the only time she has fruit snacks is at nursery

and the only time she gets apple juice is at mickey d's or oma and opa's house

so this was a rare treat for her...

i thought this was hilarious.

momo and poppy should have gotten this by now...

i ended up cutting off the thank u...cause she only colored

the minnie mouse...i love that she drew in the face

more coloring.

emi is really into drawing "things" (lines and circles) 

and then i ask her what they are and then i write it next to it

sometimes it's aladdin or a lion or a bird

other times, she says a line or a circle, ha! they all look the same though

she will not sleep on her pillow!

(thank you alicia for the crib sheet, love it!)

i wonder if she likes her feet to touch the bottom or something?

i just don't get it.

emi is loving her new magnetic cinderella momo and poppy got her.

she spends so much time trying to put the clothes on perfectly.

she is a little ocd and if it isn't straight she gets mad 

and says she can't do it!

 finished product

how perfect does that dress, purse and hat match?

such a girly girl!

emi loves to read to ozzy.

ozzy is such a good listener when he has someone rubbing him

otherwise he likes to sniff the book and change the page

 emi still loves to go to the disney store (disneyland)

she has started this: i need this!?

we then ask is she has money...in which she says no but you do!

last night that happened at a store, she had never done it to eddie

eddie gave her the, do you have money line and she said...DAD!!!!

like, don't question me...just buy it already!

doing her princess hands while waiting for breakfast to cook.

she loves cheesy eggs with ham chunks

one morning i made cheesy eggs but was out of ham

i walked away after i served her and she said:

hey!? where's my cheesy eggs? i said right in front of you.

she was frantically looking for the ham with her spoon

she said no, there is no cheesy eggs!

i said yes that is cheese and eggs. 

i've come to the conclusion she only likes the ham

the eggs and cheese are just an added bonus

emi loves to help me clean.

she is my assistant and hands me things and holds the vacuum cord

this day she watched from her chair

this is what she would do when i went by with the vacuum.

 eddie got tickets through work for the cirque du soleil: michael jackson

it was fun watching people from the luxury box rocking out

i have to admit, it was ok...

kind of a freak show, i was expecting more acrobatic stuff

but it was more robotic, and his monkey friend was a huge part

fun to see but kind of weird...i'm glad the tickets were free.

emi is loving being outside.

she doesn't really do much outside.

she will color for a little bit, ride her bike, play with ozzy

color some more, throw rocks, ride her bike some more

then she usually wants to go back inside.

i'd say we average about 15 minutes at a time outside.

emi my no bread, cookie or cake eater

ate the crust on pizza! i had to take a picture.

she must have been starving. she never eats the crust of pizza.

she usually just eats the toppings and cheese.

something also happened that i thought was funny.

some kid about her age or older came and sat next to us.

emi noticed he was wearing a diaper and asked me

why is that little boy wearing diaper?

i didn't know what to say as his mom turned a little red.

i just said cause he wasn't potty trained yet

and she said, oh he's still a baby!

emi insists on saying good night to ozzy every night

anytime we come into the house, she asks if he can come in

she also has a trick with him

she will ask him to sit and lay down and he does...for a bone of course.

she is sure going to miss him when we move.

emi loves frozen yogurt.

we also found out she loves gummy worms.

she usually has mini m&m's, sprinkles and one gummy worm

and then of course she likes to drink the "drips" at the end

we love to meet up with eddie for lunch every once in a while.

we usually always go to in and out

where emi and i usually share a strawberry milkshake.

today she informed me while i was putting her in her car seat

and that she didn't want to share with me, cause she needs her own

i was shocked she drank the whole thing!!

wrestling

tanner has started wrestling for the high school

it has been fun to go watch him wrestle.

these pictures are from two different wrestling matches.

{warming up before his match}

{practicing his moves}

{ready to rumble...or do they only say that for wwe/wwf??}

 {poor tanner that kid was all muscle}

{this was a home match}

emi now knew it was ok to scream when everyone else did

except she screams a high pitch you go deaf scream

 {before each wrestler goes out they do this huddle}

tanner wanted a picture of him in the huddle

as you can see, you can't even see the person in the center of  the huddle

so i settled for one where we could see tanner

 {working on his moves}

{i was filming the match and i had a crawling monkey on me}

so all my pictures during his match looked like this

tanner says he was chocked out, explains why he turned bright red

{emi embarrassed tanner by running across the mat during a match}

she wanted to come say hi...i think he is the only uncle on his team :)

 is this thing over yet?

 please can we leave?

 the second match she had gma to entertain her

singing row, row, row your boat

not exactly sure what she was doing, but sure was cute

 silly girl...will ONLY wear princess shirts and p.j's

she held still for 2.5 seconds...

i asked her to pose like a princess....these next pictures show her princess pose

 

pretty sure i don't know of any princesses that turn and show their booty

i'm sure there will be many more pictures of wrestling 

since the season just started...i think

weekly update {1}

 i decided as one of my new years resolutions

i'm gonna blog once a week.

i use to blog a lot because we lived far from both grandparents

and i wanted them to feel "involved" while being so far away

 being so close to my parents i feel like they see what is happening

and aren't missing out on the everyday things...

so momo and poppy....these are for you :)

miss emi looking very cute, and very sleepy

(kim, i don't even know if you look at our blog, 

but don't you think she looks a little like bret in this picture?)

 

 two things about this picture.

one: this is emi's default outfit. if all her princess shirts are dirty

she always wants to wear this stripe outfit. my opinion rarely counts.

two: i donated a bunch of scraps to the children's museums art room

before we even made it to the art room they had my donation in the cubies

that fabric is the paisley fabric i use for the car seat canopies.

and it was awesome to sit there while emi was creating

and watching all the other kids use my scraps of felt and fabric and paper.

 emi won't hold still for a picture.

i asked her to pose like a princess and this is what she did.

but if you look close, she is posing just like rapunzel!

well at least trying to i think.

 this is emi's nursery class, minus two twin girls.

technically it is also my class, since i'm nursery leader.

this was so easy compared to the 15-18 we usually had last year.

we also switched rooms, so there was no table for snacks or coloring

(morgan, ethan, emi, gus, jillian, and lyndi.....sophia and olivia)

 i love this picture of emi. my happy girl.

 emi seriously loves the mall.

emi refuses to wear any shoe but her purple crocs.

now i know why...she wears a 7 1/2! not a size 6 like all her shoes.

no wonder she refuses to wear them. 

the one size 7's she has, she says they hurt her feet

which they do, they always skin her ankle.

i just thought they were too big and rubbed her ankle.

so she joined the world and got some TOMS

and of course we had to hit up "disneyland" (the disney store)

for some new princess shirts for disneyland

i can't wait to see her reaction next month when we go.

 my new all time favorite picture of emi.

we snagged this at the disney store for cheap.

we went straight home and it was nap time.

she insisted on changing into her princess nightgown.

whatever makes you take a nap sista!

i asked her if i could take a picture to send to daddy. such a sweetheart!

 emi is learning to ride her new trike!

sporting her new shoes, and her favorite beanie!

 now this is just crazy!

when emi goes to bed at night or lays down for a nap

she h.a.s. to turn her princess dolls around

i guess she is putting them to sleep

 and when she wakes up, 

she turns them around...without fail, every time.

it's kind of annoying yet cute.

 emi is finally starting to play with her letters and numbers

she seriously has no interest in learning them.

i have tried, but she doesn't care.

a few other things i wanted to remember.

if you talk about cake, emi brings up her birthday

she always says three march

meaning she will be three in march.

sometimes she goes into detail about her birthday party

she says, oh my ghez!

i think for oh my gosh...

eddie was working early and staying late pretty much all of december

one morning emi came into our room and asked where eddie was

i said, he had to go to work. she said: again! i said: yep

then she said with a big huff, oh my ghez!

she calls hiccups: hip ex's