Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Catch of the Day

We have never denied loving lizards at our house. Lizards, skinks and geckos are all welcome here. Emerson has been trying to catch a lizard all afternoon and she finally did. She was so excited. This pink princess can hang in the backyard with the boys any day.
2 posts in one week...don't get used to it.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Crazy days of summer

Emerson and her buddy Van spent some time at Blue Bayou last week. They had a good time and looking at these pictures these two could be related. Emerson was so tired after a long weekend and then several hours playing with Van, that she put herself to bed at 5:30pm on Sunday and slept until 6:45am the next morning. We have very little bedtime structure this summer...it's summer time after all! We stay outside until the mosquito's start to bite and take our time getting to bed. We are pretty busy this summer, but none of us or as busy as Emerson.
She has already taken and completed a week long Cheer and Tumble Camp at La Athletics, 2 weeks of Swim lessons, week long Art Camp at Dunham and Kindergarten Camp at Dunham. This week she is taking a Watercolor class. AND THEN, when she is not in camp she is either with me at work or at home with the sitter Mandi. Mandi is wonderful and Emerson adores her. They play lots of fun stuff and spend alot of time at the swimming pool. I have one of those green haired children this summer, but I take it as a sure sign of summer. It will either fade in time or we will cut it off before school starts.
Hope to post again soon...not making any promises!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

5th Birthday

Well, this is what a 5 year old looks like. She is so excited to be 5. All day she kept saying, "Mom please just say it again, please just say Happy Birthday 5 year old". She gets to choose what she has for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She chose donuts and chocolate milk for breakfast (no big surprise there). She chose McDonald's for lunch (I tried every trick in the book to change her mind) and we had pizza and cookie cake at home.
This is Emerson's most priced possession right now. This is a LaLoopsie Doll. She has been talking about these for months. Supposedly they are the modern day rag doll. They have birth dates and personality profiles. She LOVES it and that is all that matters. Oh, and they each have a pet. Emerson's has a pet cow.
She wanted a cookie cake with pink ballet slippers. We learned a lesson for sure. The pink icing tasted like chemical. It was terrible! No more cookie cakes with colored icing.

We can't even believe Emerson is 5. She is so bright and tall. Today was her 5 year old check-up. She is 46 inches tall and weighs 47 pounds. She is in the 90 percentile for height and weight and is doing great. Her doctor said today that he has thought Emerson was wise beyond her age. He says he has thought it for awhile. I told him he could come over and help out with the wise young drama queen anytime.
5 years old and in Kindergarten. Denny and I have our seat belts on for sure!