Playin' in the rain AGAIN!

Mickey Mouse was in full force this weekend. She wore the ears and danced around singing the theme song to Mickey Mouse Club House.

This raincoat thing has really gotten out of control. The whole ensemble has been upgraded to include her umbrella. So of course when the rain set in Saturday she had to be out in it. She was not real thrilled with me when it started to lightening and I made her come inside.

New Years Eve

Here are the New Year's Eve Princesses- Evie and Emerson. They played in their princess attire all evening long.

Emerson had a blast with the sparklers and firecrackers. If it would not have been so cold, I think she would have wanted to stay out longer to see all the fireworks.

We hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year's Eve. Looking forward to 2009.

Santa

Emerson in front of our tree Christmas Eve.

Santa left her lots of fun things. Her big gift was the Barbie Jeep, which she really could care less about.Waking up to see her gifts. We had to remind her Santa had come. She did not really get that part.

She really likes her princess dress, the stickers and the puzzles. She liked the Jeep for about 20 minutes then wanted to come inside. She did mention that she needed some shoes to go with her new princess dress. Apparently Santa was not aware she wanted shoes! Maybe the Easter bunny will be better informed!

Just a few of her favorite things

Have I mentioned Emerson LOVES puzzles? She does and is very good at them. Aunt Kim, Uncle Ne and Jack gave her this awesome Melissa & Doug floor puzzle. She puts it together over and over again. They also gave her an apron and oven mit for her kitchen. Thank goodness! Now she has her own oven mit and I don't have to share or go looking for mine.

Makin' cakes for Jesus

After the Baby Jesus Birthday party conversation, Emerson was very concerned about Baby Jesus, his party and most important- his birthday cake. She wanted to know why I wasn't making the cake. I told her we could make him a cake together. So, Christmas Eve we made cakes for Baby Jesus. I think this will be a new tradition for us. We had lots of fun and she got to ice the cakes and decorate them too. AND she got to eat a few.

Singing in the Rain

ReRe gave Emerson this adorable raincoat last night for Christmas. Em was a little unsure as to what it was and Re Re explained to her that now she could go out in the rain and not get wet.
Well, this morning when Em realized it was raining, she insisted on putting the raincoat on. After all, "I can go out in the rain with my coat on. Re Re said". And so we let her go out in the rain because "ReRe said.."

After she finished playing in the rain. She was cold and wet. We wrapped her up in her new ladybug towel she got from Santa.

Thanks ReRe she loves it.

The True Meaning of Christmas

Denny: "Emerson. Do you know what Christmas is?"

Emerson: Blank stare at Denny.

Denny: "Christmas is Baby Jesus' Birthday. So, when we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating when Jesus was born."

Emerson: "IT"S BABY JESUS' BIRTHDAY DADDY?"

Denny: "Yes, it is."

Emerson: "MOMMY, IT'S BABY JESUS BIRTHDAY AND HE IS HAVING A PARTY AT THE JUMP-JUMP PLACE!"