Busy, Busy!!!

This weekend has been super busy! Friday wasn't so bad, we did some shopping and some cleaning up around the house. And fireworks that night. Nothing too exciting.

Saturday was packed full of activities! We started our day by going to Iowa City to see Emma's friend Ellie. Emma was very excited to see Ellie and give her the Hello Kitty blanket.

I think Ellie was happy to see Emma too :) They had fun playing with Ellies crayola model magic, which is pretty neat stuff. I had never seen it before, so that was fun. We let the girls play for a while, and then Emma started to get kind of tired so we said goodbye so we could go get some lunch.

We ended up stopping at Bennigan's, my favorite restaurant. We discovered that Emma really likes hot wings! Go figure...she's just like her dad :) After we ate, Emma wanted to go on the carousel, so her Aunt Linda rode with her.

Then Emma decided that she needed some play time at the indoor playground in the mall, so we let her play while James and I took turns looking in Barnes and Noble. Worked out great for everyone :)

We walked around the mall for about an hour and then headed home for Emma's friend Katie's birthday party. Emma got a bit of a nap on the way home, which helped her be in a better mood. We hung out with everyone and ate some barbeque and cute ladybug cake :) Then it was time to go over to Uncle Dick and Aunt Harriet's house for a visit. Emma's Uncle Darrel was there and of course they got all wound up and acted crazy. Emma was super tired that night!

Sunday we slept late and missed church, which was not planned. I missed going and having that to start my week. We got ready to go, and then went up to my grandma's house to visit with everyone. Emma had fun passing out her graduation photos and showing everyone her special memory book from Sonrise. Then we stopped to get some lotion to put on her huge bug bite, cuz it was bothering her a lot...and she got some Hello Kitty bandaids too.

Sunday afternoon Emma got to spend some time with her Grandma Marsha. We went to the Dragon Boat races at George Wyth State Park.

I think Emma had fun. She looked so cute in her shades :) And it was the perfect day for it!

Then it was off to Kid City Park in Elk Run for a little bit of fun. Emma had fun playing on the tire swing, and having me chase her around. Which she thought was funny.

Emma ended up falling asleep on the way home from my mom's house around 7:45 pm. So she must have been tired. Hopefully she sleeps good tonight!

My Waterloo Days

We went downtown to see the fireworks tonight. It's always quite the adventure. Normally we sit at the shop where James works, but they had the fireworks going off in a different spot this year. It was still ok though. My dad works at the Water Works and we just sat outside and watched people try to park where they weren't supposed to :)

James and Emma went and stood near the wall by the river and had a great view. Emma got really excited after the first few went off. (She was a little scared when they were testing them before it started. She was ok after I explained why it was so loud, and how to look for the flash of light before it made the loud noise.) It was sad to see how people left their garbage all over the bridge, and we tried to explain to Emma the reason why we don't leave our garbage around like that. She needed to know that someone would have to clean that up, and it probably wouldn't be the people that made the mess. It made me feel bad for the people that will be cleaning up tonight.

I don't think I realized how many teachable moments there are in a day, before I had Emma. I notice so much more now. Maybe part of it is how curious she is about everything.....she makes me think! And I think she makes me a better person because of it......and most of the time I think that I learn more than she does!

Tomorrow should be a busy day. We are going to try to see Emma's friend Ellie in Iowa City for a while, and possibly James's sister. Then we get to come home for a barbeque/birthday party for Emma's friend Katie. Emma has been missing Ellie a lot, so I'm hoping that tomorrow will help her understand what's been going on a little better. She keeps asking to look at Ellie's pictures on the computer, so we've just left that page up so she can look when she wants to :)

Good Night All....we'll see ya in the morning :)

Getting Creative :)

Ok, so I might have gone a little crazy in Photoshop.....but really, who can resist that cute face?!!
Anyway, I think they let the kids play outside today at daycare, because Emma was Miss Crabby Pants tonight. Poor tired Emma....she took her shower and I put her to bed at 7:45
She asked for her lullaby music, so I turned it on, and at 8:00 she was out like a light! Hopefully a good night's sleep will get the crabbiness out of her :)

May 27, 2009

Ok, so I thought we'd try this blogging thing out. I don't have a lot to say tonight. Still trying to get this set up the way I'd like it to be. Emma was silly tonight. We went camping over the weekend and ever since then she's been telling me she wants to take showers instead of baths.
So tonight she took her first real shower and laughed practically the whole time! She's so silly. Nights like tonight make me miss her even more when I'm at work :(
That's about it for now.....time for bed. Night all.