Saturday night, we were lucky enough to have Baby Rose and Solly Bear spend the night with us. There is absolutely nothing in the world that makes me think of Momma more than being with these three together. I can’t even imagine how much she would love these kids. I remember her saying once that she didn’t like to “play” and be on the floor doing kiddy stuff… I have a suspicion that would be completely different now and we wouldn’t be able to keep her from being on the floor playing with these kids.
Rose is just as cute as she can be and Emmy Ruth is just in love with her. She was a little sad when Becca and Neall left her, so Emmy tried to cheer her up. I love this picture of her putting her little hand on rose’s shoulder, she was trying to be so delicate and gentle with her. She is showing Rose her Cinderella doll and some of Barbie’s things. Sol and Emmy and I had a talk about keeping the little things away from Rose so that she didn’t swallow them and they did a great job of taking care of her. I got a little scared when she pulled out her baby doll’s stroller… I thought she might try to put Rose in it!!!
Saturday night we made pizza. This was so sweet since I can’t tell you how many pizzas Neall and I made with Daddy when we were kids. I can remember him being silly and throwing the pizza dough in the air. Always one to follow the instructions, he would put the dough in a Tupperware bowl, cover it with a dishtowel and then put it in the cabinet above the microwave for the allotted amount of time. I tried to get pictures of Emmy and Sol putting the ingredients on the pizza but my pictures are blurry.
When Emmy would ask Sol something and he didn’t answer immediately, she would say “Sol, I am talking to you!”. Oops, there is something else I must say way too much.
Sunday morning, Rose was ready for her momma and I was afraid she might starve since she wouldn’t eat anything I had for her, so Becca came to pick her up while the rest of the crew was still asleep. When they woke up and Emmy realized Rose was gone, I told her that she went home. She thought for a second and then said, “did she crawl home?”. After a big breakfast, we got in Emmy’s above ground pool in the backyard. I asked them to stand against the wall so I could get a photo of them side by side and this was the best I was able to get from the wiggleworms. Some of the funnier things in the pool were:
-When John was lying under water with his head out, Emmy said, “look! That’s what the hippos at the zoo do!”
-I am so used to the planes flying overhead that I really don’t even notice them. Sol was amazed at each and every one. Now I have him (like I have Emmy and Lucas doing) saying “Thank you, FedEx!” whenever one flies over.
-John was crawling in the water with Solomon on his back and of course Sol was Spiderman. Emmy of course wanted to do the same thing but she told me that she wasn’t red and blue like Solomon but she was a pink and yellow Spiderman.
