Disney on Ice

Of course, I have no pictures but we went to see Disney on Ice tonight with the Jacksons. Emmy and I with Neall, Becca, Solomon, Baby Rose and Maggie Grace. When we were walking to the Forum from the parking lot, Emmy announced, "We are a family!" It is just the little things she says sometimes that just take my breath away. Of course we are a family but having her little precious voice around to say it is pretty sweet.

The kids all loved it. I wondered at first if Sol and Emmy would ever speak again because during the first act, they sat like stone with their mouths open, staring. Emmy of course loved the princesses and Maggie Grace clapped with delight. Solomon's favorite part was when Toy Story came out at the end. Rose liked the food. She (of course) was sitting in Becca's lap and eating nachos. I thought it was so sweet that she kept putting a chip on my leg until I realized she was licking the cheese off of it and then giving it to me. Then she had popcorn. And a soda. And french fries with ranch dipping sauce.

Cooper Young Fest

The Shepherds came over to go to the Cooper Young Festival with us again this year and we were so happy to see them. It was so very, very hot so we didn’t stay out in it as much as we might have otherwise. Joy took these adorable pictures of the girls and put them on her blog, so I borrowed them. I just love to see these girls playing together. I would have given anything to have heard the conversations they had in the stroller together. They chit-chatted the whole time!

Of course, Emmy had to wear her fairy wings and skirt.

I really don’t know what to think of Emmy with that crazy rolling her eyes look!

Sweet, sweet smiles.
Then she saw her... WonderWoman. We tried to go see her and Emmy just didn't have the nerve but when her daddy was with her she finally was able to do it.

Her Own Style

Emmy has been very outspoken about picking out her own clothes on
occasion lately. We had a rough time last Sunday getting ready for
church because she was very opposed to every dress I picked out for her.
She finally (after many tears) decided on this dress.... it's a size 5
and shouldn't be this long. But, we made due and went on to church. I
told her when we got out, we would go to Macy's so that she could pick
out a dress that she would want to wear next week to church. We went in
the Macy's entrance near the cosmetics and fragrances that leads
directly to jewelry and I don't guess we have ever used that entrance
before. She was AMAZED.

She stopped at a jewelry counter, placed her hands on the glass and
said, "OH MY GOSH. You aren't going to believe this stuff". I am afraid
that we are in for big trouble with this girl and her shopping. She did
pick out a pink and black polka dot dress to wear to church this week.
Fingers crossed all goes well with getting ready!

In other silly funny things she has done lately:

--She grabs my face (or John's) and says, "oh suga, suga, suga! Aren't
you so cute?"

--Tells me (or John) that "you're just the best mama (daddy) ever; I
think I am gonna keep you!"

--She loves to play teacher. This is one of those things that Momma
would have just LOVED. I used to play school all the time and I remember
hearing about me putting Grandma Ruth in the corner when I was about
Emmy's age. The other day, we were playing with Lucas and AunTee and she
would "read" the book and then ask "Children, who can tell me what was
in the story I just read?" If we answered correctly, she would have
everyone clap. Unfortunately, the teacher does pick on me a little, she
gave all the other students a sticker, except me! I hope to win her over
soon.

Noses

Me:        You’ve got such a cute nose.

Emmy:  Thank you.

Me:        You know you have your daddy’s nose.

Emmy:  No I don’t.  {laughing at that silly mama} He has his own nose!

 

Good times with a silly goose.

 

Did she really say that?

I know I am going to forget all these funny little things she says....

John was giving Emmy way too many hugs and kisses and she said, "alright, alright, I get it, you love me!"

I am really pushing her to learn her letters and she just told me, "we're not doing letters tonight, hon".

Emmy has had these little tiny bumps on her arms since she was born. The other day, we were at Pancho's with John's sister and I asked her to look at them and see what she thought I should do. Emmy said, "Actually, I don't need you sea witches' help!"

WonderWoman 1980 and 2010

Emmy Ruth wore my WonderWoman dance costume to Sol's birthday party. There are some times that I am so thankful Momma kept so many things!

WE LOVE SOLOMON!!!

I can't believe our little Superhero is already three!!! Sol had a great superhero party and we are so glad he invited us. We are so thankful for our sweet family! I wasn't quick enough to get a picture of him in his Spiderman outfit--he changed quickly into Buzz!He loved the Wall-E that we got him. It was fabulous to see him so excited because of something we got him.
Supergirl.

Supergirl getting pizza from Captain America.

Pinata!!

Super Julia

Here, WonderWoman is counting out all her loot from the pinata with Uncle ET.Super Sol!!!!!!
Nothing like birthday hugs between Buzz Lightyear and WonderWoman.

I thought (and I think Sol does too) this was a climbing wall. I was corrected that it is a castle. Super Julia, Supergirl and WonderWoman love the castle.

I love this of SuperJulia and WonderWoman counting all the things they got from the pinata.

Captain America and three Buzz Lightyears!

Pucker up!

Family!

Daddy's sister, who we always knew as Aunt Mutt, had three kids, the youngest is Andy, who is a year older than me. We have been keeping in touch some on Facebook and a few months ago, he called to tell me about his daughter, Riley. He asked that I "friend" her on Facebook, which I did. When he called a few weeks ago and said that Riley was asking questions about his family, we decided to take a quick trip to Little Rock to meet her. I am so glad we did! Riley is a sweet, beautiful girl.

On the way there, Emmy was the school teacher to John and I... the entire way. She kept calling us "hon" and "sweetheart" and telling us to be quiet and still. She would say a word and then say "now, say it with me" and repeat it slowly and enunciated. Once she said "In English, we say 'rollercoaster', in Spanish, we say 'aqua'". The whole way there, I kept telling Emmy that if she was good, we would go swimming! We arrived at the hotel, checked in, carried our things up and jumped in our swimsuits and rushed downstairs only for the pool to be closed! It was just like Clark W. Griswold. Of course, I went to the front desk, we got our money back and headed to another hotel. We ended up at the DoubleTree which was better for our evening, location wise. We were able to walk to the Rivermarket to meet Riley and Andy and then walk back to the hotel to look at old pictures I brought and then walk back to meet Riley's mom and eat dinner. After we checked in at the new, more expensive hotel, we got in the pool and twenty minutes later, Emmy said she was ready to go inside.


After meeting Riley and Andy (Emmy has only meet him once and that was at Grandma Jackson's funeral when she was very little), Emmy kept calling them "our new friends" and she insisted on holding Riley's hand when we were walking. Very, Very Sweet.

Gotta Have It!

We have had our first "gotta have" incident around here. Skechers has a new shoe out called Twinkle Toes that has sparkles on the toes. Emmy had to have some. I have held out and thought about getting the generic ones, but this is really one of the first things she has specifically asked for by name. I had to get my license renewed yesterday and told her that if she was really good, we would get her Twinkle Toes afterwards.

Little did I know that I was able to use a kiosk there and we were out in ten minutes. She didn't have to work too hard for the Twinkle Toes.

We headed to Sears and got some Twinkle Toes on sale for $29. EGADS! But she loves, loves, loves them. They are pink and shiny and everything she loves.

Lucas loves his Skechers and thinks that they help him run faster. I told Emmy that Lucas would be so happy to know she had some Skechers and she said that she didn't have Skechers... she had Twinkle Toes. "Where is the box? It says Twinkle Toes, see?"

Happy Birthday to Me!

This morning, Emmy Ruth had me put her socks on her. I know she can do it herself but I was feeling somewhat lovey.... I asked her to promise me she would always need me. She said of course she would... "You're a great sock putter oner. And you're a great washer!" I couldn't ask for a better birthday thought!

And for a best birthday card ever... Yesterday, I got my passing score for the Regulation part of my exam!!! Only three more to go!