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."

And the Verdict is...

It looks like we'll be needing a whole new wardrobe because pink just won't do for our new little

BOY!!!!

He was very active and cooperative during the ultrasound. There is no question that we'll be welcoming a little boy into our family in September. Emma was with us when we found out and she could hardly contain her excitement all morning. She was thrilled to find out that she is having a little brother and I know she will be an amazing big sister!

Little Fish

I took Emma to the pool and she was a little fish in the water. She was a little timid at first but after about ten minutes, she swimming around by herself.

Swimming tired her out and she needed a snack break.She slept very well that night and so did I!

Easter Program

Emma's class had an Easter Program this week. They sang, danced and then afterward we had cookies. Always a great way to spend your afternoon!

Emma is in the back and looking for me and Josh in this picture.

And in this picture, she has spotted us.

Singing and jingling their bells.

Afterward eating cookies and jelly beans with Andrew and Micah.

All the kids did so well and they were all so proud of themselves. So cute!

All in a Name

She wrote her name all by herself. Apparently she has been able to do this for a while, but we didn't even know! It makes me wonder what else she has in that brain of hers that we just haven't asked her yet.