A Girl and Her Nala

I walked into the room to find Emma and Nala all snuggled in together. Nala was more than okay with Emma's leg being draped across her belly. And Emma was very comfortable with Nala's head resting on her foot. I wouldn't have thought that either of them would be up for this much togetherness, but it just goes to show how much they love each other. Both happy as can be...

Home Again, Home Again

Home Again, Home Again Jiggity Jig! We went to my parents for a very quick visit last weekend. Here is a peak as to what we can fit in to two days...

We stopped by to see my friend, Summer. Her little girl was napping but Emma didn't let that stop her from playing with all of her toys. It was hard to get her to leave!

Emma and my nephew, Jay. I love how well they play together {most of the time of course}.

Coloring after dinner

Literally skipping down the sidewalk on our way to lunch downtown. These two have fun no matter what they are doing.

We walked past a fountain on the way to lunch and it caught the eye of both Emma and Jay. So we decided to stop for a minute and make it a photo op.

We took a horse and carriage ride with Mimi, Blythe and Jay. I had never taken one so I was just as excited as Emma was! It was fun and I'm so glad we did it. Emma has been talking about it all week.

Before the carriage ride, we had to pet the donkey.

And we're off...

Love these faces!

Jay got sleepy and fell fast asleep in Blythe's lap. He looks so peaceful.

Me and my girl

Time to get off our carriage. She LOVED the ride. Thanks Mimi, for taking us!
Two of a kind
She was obsessed with Papa's binoculars.

Leading me to the water

In this picture, she was telling me that there were dolphins and crabs in the water but we can't see them because they live underwater. She assured me that it was alright though because they can breathe under there. Then she went into how fish don't have eyelids and sleep with their eyes open. A very informative conversation if you ask me.

My Priss??

Since when does my prissy little girl hold a live lizard?? Apparently since Good Friday when we were dying Easter eggs. We were all outside innocently waiting for our eggs to turn colors. Our cat dives into the bushes and emerges with a lizard. Josh makes her let it go so that it might have a chance to live. He picks it up and brings it over to me and Emma and asks her if she wants to touch it.

She actually shook her head YES! And after doing that, she agreed to hold it. I can't express my shock and amazement over this...

Maybe she is trying to get me prepared for the little boy that will be running around here soon.

Easter 2012

What is to follow is a ridiculous amount of pictures...I didn't know how many I had until I was well into the post. Apparently we had a very full Easter weekend! Enjoy...

On Good Friday, we relaxed, had fun and dyed Easter eggs.

Gently dropping the eggs in.

She was very proud that she got all the eggs into the dye without breaking any.

Saying hi to Nala while we wait on the eggs to do their thing in the dye.

She got hungry during all the hard work...Josh offered her a boiled egg and surprisingly she ate the whole thing. Good thing we had a couple of extra eggs.

Her favorite one was the multicolored egg.

We put the animal stickers on after the eggs dried.

Finished product.

On Saturday, we went to the park for a Helicopter Egg Drop. Sounds fun right? It was...BUT the amount of children versus the egg ratio was terrible. The word mayhem jumps to my mind. I'm glad we went, but we wont' be attending next year.

Before the drop, we played on the playground and did some of the games they had there. She could've stayed in this swing all afternoon.

The ball blends with the background, but it is about to go in the hole.

Finally time for the first helicopter egg drop. Picture about 400 three to six year olds...now picture only 100 eggs. The result was a lot of upset 3 year olds with no eggs. Emma was one of those 3 year olds with no eggs. She was so upset.

The droves of people on the hunt.
On the second drop (10 minutes later), Josh and Emma took off and they got TWO eggs! Trust me, this was awesome and Emma was thrilled. She especially enjoyed the chocolate inside.

And then on our way out, they did another drop and she happen to grab two more. Score!

After all the hard work, we decided to reward ourselves with some ice cream. It was delicious.

We even ran into her friend, Ellie.
Headed to lunch. I think we were all thankful to be done with the chaos.

On Sunday, we were all excited to celebrate Easter. It was great this year because Emma understood the true meaning of Easter more than she has in the past. After church she kept saying, "Jesus is alive! Jesus is alive!" It was so sweet to hear her discuss how Jesus died on the cross and now he lives again.

Of course, she was also excited about the Easter Bunny's visit. He was good to her this year...and Mimi & Papa sent the chicken and the car and JD & Honey sent the bubbles and the ladybug candy.

Excited about her Easter treats in her basket.

She loved these rings...she doesn't know yet that they have bubbles in them. I decided to wait to reveal this to her since we had to get to church and I knew it would turn into a big thing. So adorable in her Easter dress that Mimi made her. I love it!

Daddy and his girl.

Me and Emma with baby boy baking in the belly.

After church we hid Easter eggs outside since she didn't get the full hunt experience the day before.

It was all fun and games until she got something in her shoes and the bugs started to aggravate her.

So, we skipped to Plan B...hiding Easter eggs inside! After we hid some she said, "Mommy, this is so much better."