3 Years to Complete Independence, I Never Saw It Coming

Ok, I over react. Instead of a bath, insistent Emily, took a shower tonight by herself. Folks, she's only 2.5. Aside from helping with shampoo, she was on her own. What's next, the car keys?

Madison is also on the move. She has out grown the infant bathing techniques and will hit the small tub (complete with recliner) tomorrow.

Retirement must be any day now.

Techno Fever

Emily,
Here's the music you currently like to dance to (how quickly you have outgrown the Wiggles).

Daft Punk - "Da Funk", "Around the World", and "One More Time"

Darude - "Sandstorm"

Eiffel - "I'm Blue"

You like me to dance with you which means I basically stand in one place and jump up and down. :)

Big Girl Room

After:
Months of cleaning the "catch all room"
Weeks of shopping for furniture and bedding
Days of painting
Hours of decorating
and
minutes of bedtime stories

You are spending your first night in your "Big Girl Room."

Would you please stop growing up so fast?

An Early Valentine

Emily,
Tonight I took you with me to the store so I could buy candy for my classes, at least that's the story we told mommy. :)

Our secret mission was to buy her a Valentines Day gift. I took you to where all of the flowers were and asked you if there was something that you wanted to get mommy. You immediately grabbed a ballon and declared that this was for mommy! The ballon was perfect as it simply said "I Love You."

Next I walked you to the cards. Again I simply asked you to find one that you wanted to give mommy. You selected a card that read "To Mommy from your Son" (yes, son). You were very insistent that this was the right card and so we got it.

While checking out, I wrote the check for 50 cents over so that we could ride the carrosel. Sadly, it was out of order.

Once home we had mommy hide so you could sign the card. Then we ran to the bedroom where she was hiding and you grinned and exclaimed "Happy Valentines Day Mommy." She loved the card and ballon. It almost made her cry.



side note: In the store you were very cute as you insisted on carrying the basket. You actually did for a short distance, then we carried it together for the rest of the trip. I felt very proud of you as you lugged your end around the store. :)

Quote of the Day 1

"Madison tried to eat me!"

-Emily when trying to give Madison a kiss

Peaches Shoot....They Score!

Here is an excerpt from an email I received from Sondra today. Note the part about the peaches.

Unfortunately, while I was feeding Madison, Emily was eating (or playing) with her lunch and knocked over her peaches (juice and all). Since I was in the middle of feeding Madison and afraid she would not finish her meal if I stopped her, I made Emily sit there until I finished Madison. Emily of course made a bigger mess, (you'll love this) having the peaches skate around in the "water" and play hockey.

I am so proud.

Watching Too Much Thomas?

Today Emily and I stood at oposite ends of the backyard. We each walked along the cement border until we met toe to toe in the middle. She looked up at me and said, "Papa, we're at a junction!"

Candy Land

Emily,
Yesterday I picked you up when I got home. You pushed back from me, looked me in the eyes and with the most serious face and low rumbling voice said “WE MUST PLAY GAMES!!!”

Are you my daughter or what? The queen of Candy Land.

Most nights we play at the kitchen table because that's where you see adults play board games. You have assigned each family member a game piece color. You are blue, mommy is green (her favorite color), Madison is yellow, and I, despite my many protests, am red. For the record, I tried to reason with you as to why I should be yellow but you are 2.5 and will have none of that.

What is truly amazing is that you seemed to understand the game. In fact, some games we actually play by the rules. Funny thing is, most games played by the rules, you win. Your grandmother tells me that when I was 4, I won my fair share of rummy games so it's no surprise that you dominate Candy Land.