At the playground in the Park Blocks downtown...
In the empty field next to our building...
At the Delta Park playground...
We went to the park this afternoon, and there were acorns all over the ground. Emily knew just what they were - she said "Look Mama, acorns - they're for the birdies to eat."
Then she held an acorn up high and beckoned with her other hand, and said "Come here, birdies!"
This afternoon I was sitting at my desk, checking my classwork and skimming through my emails, when I heard an odd noise behind me. I turned around and Emily was standing in the corner of the living room, taking sips of her juice and then spitting the juice onto the carpet!
She was practicing diligently, and was very startled when I called her name and told her to stop it! I wanted both to bop her on the head and to just fall down laughing. However, I held it together and simply tried to explain to her that it's okay to spit when she brushes her teeth, but that she mustn't spit on the carpet.
My daddy had a birthday, and he said his favorite birthday present was from Nana Jo and Grampa. We went to the store and I got to sit in a bunch of different chairs. Daddy found a big comfy purple rocking chair. I didn't pay much attention to it at the store, because there were so many other things for me to look at. But then they brought the purple chair to my house, and now I love it! I have to keep telling Daddy to move out of my rocking chair, cause he likes to sit in it too.
Tonight, Daddy had to go to a meeting, so Mama and I had a girls' night in. After I took my bath, Mama let me stay up and watch a movie with her. She brought me my blankie and some juice, and I was all nice and comfy. During the movie, I took some time to work on my multi-tasking skills.
See how good I look in this chair? Don't you think this should be my chair, instead of Daddy's?
There is a great little market down the street from where I work, and I go there sometimes for lunch. On Friday I worked a short day, so Ken and Emily picked me up and we went down there together. They had some chicken curry sausages in their meat market that I was really wanting to try, so we got those and a couple of other things, and our lunch, then went outside for a little picnic.
Emily was a good helper when it came to pushing the shopping cart. She still needs to work on her steering, but she's getting better - and she always says "excuse me" when she gets a little too close to anyone. (actually, what she says is "excume si.")
We never have found the hardware to put Emily's old bed together. I know we have it, and it's in the storage unit somewhere, but we've searched for it several times with no luck. We finally gave up and found Emily a regular bed, but we haven't got a twin mattress to fit it yet, so she's still sleeping on her little mattress in the big bed. Emily doesn't mind - that just means there's room for all her toys!
Emily came out of our bedroom the other day wearing Ken's Jackaroo hat. She showed herself to us and then said "I'm gonna go ride my horsie" - which gave me just enough time to grab the camera!