First Haircut

At almost 4 years old, I finally got The Girl her first hair cut. We tried once before and she got scared but when she saw Lucas getting his hair cut, she was all over it. I think she likes being pampered.

Emmy-tude

Oh she’s a hoot! Here are a couple of her latest and greatest sayings…

--Last night I asked if she wanted to watch Scooby Doo before bed and she said “no, I think a quick game of Candyland should do the trick”.

--This morning, I was trying to put her shoes on and she wasn’t being very helpful and she finally just said “ok, now watch and learn”.

--We were shopping at TJ Maxx and came upon this picture of the Last Supper. Emmy said, “Mom, are these pilgrims?”. Lucas said, “no, Emmy, I think they are superheroes”.

--We put up the nativity scene and I was talking about Mary and Joseph, Baby Jesus, and the shepherds and angel. Later on, Emmy found a snapshot that was in some of Grandma Jackson’s photo albums; it was a baby in a bathtub on the porch of a house, I am sure it was Daddy. She came running in and asked if that was a picture of Baby Jesus. John told her that yes, we had the only snapshot of Jesus.

I am loving that we have Santa Claus to hold over her head to get her to act correctly. She thinks I have Santa Claus’s phone number on speed-dial on my phone. Works like a charm!

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I worked on cleaning out her closet and trying to rearrange her room to give her more play space. When we were lying in bed the other night saying our prayers, she said she was thankful for her new “castle room”. Ahhh…be still my beating heart!!!!!!! And yes, she is sleeping in her own room! All it took was a unicorn Pillow Pet!

Pumpkin Patch

Seriously... how do I love thee? Let me count the ways....

These children are just precious. I can't stand it!


Sol loved the sub that was there....

And he's quite the gymnast.

Such a handsome boy.

And Emmy Ruth running. And Running. And Running.

Sweet Rose.
This was the closest I could get of the kids in front of the measuring sign.

Rose wasn't much more cooperative.

Neall was a little more helpful. So was Laura.

The kids all loved the haymaze... especially Rose. She's obviously a genius since she figured her way out each time.

Emmy carrying a pumpkin.

Jumping in the cotton.

Sol was so excited when he saw this gun.... Neall was a little excited too. :)

Boys and Girls

Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, so I was off work and took advantage of it by picking up Lucas at school. I loved it that when I got there, the teacher said, “Oh you must be his Thia”. Yep, the one and only.

 

After a trip to Old McDonald’s, we picked up The Other Tara and went shopping. Lucas was not impressed. They love each other so much but Lucas and Emmy Ruth are definitely all boy and all girl, respectively. Here are my favorite quotes of the day…

 

Lucas:    “Man, I was pooting like a banchee.”

                “Go backards, {at Target}, back to the Star Wars movies.”

Emmy:  “Lucas, will you kiss me?”

                “Can we go home now so I can paint my nails?”

 

Halloween

Emmy Ruth has been saying for weeks she was going to be "big Snow White" for Halloween. It took us a while but we finally realized that meant she wanted to wear the fancy Snow White dress and not the simple one she had. My friend Leigh gave her the dress for her birthday and she has loved it! I thought she would want something different for Halloween but she insisted on wearing it. Of course, that meant I had to be the Wicked Queen.

My Lu is 4!

I can't believe Lucas is already four years old!!! He is so totally into Star Wars so he had to have a super Star Wars party. There were asteroid stomps (on bubble wrap), light saber battles (with balloons) and lots of games and tunnels. It was so much fun and we are so thankful to have Lu in our lives! Emmy Ruth tells us all the time that she is going to marry Lucas. :)

John entertaining the kiddos... A silly AunTee...There were light saber battles... And of course presents to be opened followed by the required picture of all the kids...

Daddy taught Emmy Ruth how to play pool... An amazing Star Wars cake for an amazing boy...