Ahhh.. that girl.

We have a lot of trouble getting Emmy and going in the mornings. She has started saying she can’t wake up because her eyes are controlling her and won’t let her wake. This morning it was her ears. I told her she needed to be in control of her body and get up. Now.

Last night as we were going to sleep, Emmy had a blanket that Grandma Jackson made. I was telling her about Grandma and how they had birthdays so close together and she asked where she lived. When I told her heaven, she said, “really, is there anyone NOT in heaven?”

Every day, she has asked her teacher at school to braid her hair. When I do it, she tells me I don’t do a good enough job. She wanted to sleep in her braid the other night and I told her it would make her head hurt. The first thing she did when she woke was to come and shake her head around and say “see? I told you it wouldn’t hurt me to sleep in my braid!” We also have had to deal with a little build up on her scalp. She asked me this morning if it was all gone and then asked what it was. I told her it was gone and it was shampoo build up. She is convinced this means she never needs to shampoo her hair again.

uh-oh

We carpool during the week with a boy in our neighborhood. This morning, I overheard Emmy telling him “My mama says she has eyes in the back of her head, but don’t worry, she doesn’t. When she is driving and I ask her to  help me she says she can’t because she has to watch the road.”

 

Funny, funny, funny!

I sat down on the couch and Emmy said, "you won't believe what Bill did there". Bill, the dog, was not around, and I was slightly worried, thinking that she should have told me whatever it was before I sat down. But, she ended up telling me that Bill pooted so badly that it "got in my eyes!!!!"

She often starts with "you, my friend...."

This week, someone was baptised in our church. When Emmy saw her go under water, her eyes got huge and she said, " WHAT IN THE WORLD???" The entire sanctuary looked at her!

Halloween is officially here!

Well, its been a long long Halloween season for us. We will have to work backwards. :)

Nana brought Emmy a bag of dress up clothes and she had this wedding gown in there. She was so excited about it. We put it on this morning for school and then tonight to trick or treat. I grabbed a bouquet of flowers with a matching pink bow and a pair of Grandma Jackson's pearls, and we were in wedding business. Emmy said she was a wedding girl. Here she is with her friend Lathan aka Harry Potter.

We got to hang with the Jacksons at Zoo Boo Sunday night Emmy took Grandma Jackson's pearls (Rose was wearing them) and said, Look they can be boobies too!

Julia loved showing off Baby John B. We were so happy we ran into them!And we saw Emmy's friend Alex from school. We love him and he was a super Batman.

It never dawned on me that Rose wanted to ride the airplanes and I got in big trouble when the other kids got in without her. She yelled at me!!!! But once I got her strapped in, she was delighted.

My favorite monsters.

You cant tell much, but I was the Fairy Godmother. I asked Julia if she knew who I was and she said, "Yes, you are Tara!" However, the cape is one Momma made for me for a princess costume in college. It was perfect for keeping Sleeping Beauty warm!

Emmy is so very protective of her Baby Rose. She loves her dearly. She let Rose use her Barbie trick or treat bag but told Aunt Becca to email it back to her after she emptied the candy.

They had a maze of recycle buckets. This was Emmy's favorite. Go figure.

Poor Alex lost his front tooth at school this week while we were gone. He looks like a big boy now!

On Saturday, we went to Trunk or Treat at our church. Emmy was Little Red Riding Hood. She had so much fun doing crafts and bouncing!

Her basket was very carefully selected with foods that a grandma would love. Initially there was an onion, but she took it out. She decided on a potato, an orange and a cupcake. The little napkin kept falling out and she would have to stop and reorganize it each time.

On Friday night, I came home from a business trip in Orlando. We were so lucky that Emmy has Aunt Becca and Uncle Neall who love her so so so much. They let her spend the week with them even though they were moving and spoiled her rotten. She got home and told me she didn't like her house because it wasn't like Aunt Becca's. But, she did get to play like crazy and I think she missed me a little. Nana picked her up and brought her home and the sweet girl didn't get out of my lap. It was quite lovely. When Nana got her, Emmy said, "nana, I don't want to spend another night away from home". Oh that sweet girl.

How do you rock it?

Seriously. The girl rocks.

I am not sure how hurt I am but this is Baby Tara. Emmy Ruth and John have named this Baby Tara and carry her all over the house.

It's the little things that make me love her so

We have been carpooling some with a little boy in our neighborhood. The other day, he got in the car and said my car stinks. While I had hoped for a little support from Emmy, she said, “no, that’s just my mom’s hair”.

 

Last night as we were going to bed, she was being a little snippy. I have tried to talk to her about how you need to be kind with your words as they can hurt. I asked her if she knew that there were lots of boys and girls out there that didn’t have mommies that loved them like I love her. Her reply? “Do you want to go live with one of them?”

 

In other exciting news, she has gotten so tall that she has outgrown almost every pair of pants she has. I ended up buying her some size 6 pants yesterday, of course they were too long, but the fives had to be tucked into boots for her to wear. I am not sure where she gets this height. It must be a Jackson thing.

 

 

Little Rantings from the Nutcase

When we got home from church last night, Emmy watched one of her DVDs for a bit while we got ready for bed. By the time we get home, get everything ready, it is really starting to get late. She asked to watch another one and I told her no, that it was time for bed. She told me I had destroyed her life and ran out of the room in tears. It’s a tough life for her, I know.

 

For Valentine’s Day, I had given John a metal orange Crush lunchbox with a little cheesy note on it. Emmy has taken the lunchbox from him and put her things in it. this morning, she wanted to take it to school so I double checked to see what was in there. An acorn, three pinecones (which she calls chicken bones for some reason), a Batman spinning top and some hair. I finally realized that John saved some of her hair from her first hair cut and put it in the box, thinking he would put it in her baby book and it just didn’t make it there yet. I am sure the school is wondering what in the world we are doing sending her to school with hair in a lunchbox.

 

On the way to school, Emmy saw an orange car that she thought was “so adorable”. She said we should get it. I told her we already had a car. “Mama, what would you rather have? That adorable little car or this old dirty one?”

 

 

 

Funny girl

Emmy is apparently pretty sweet to mosquitos. She gets attacked every time she is in Arkansas and we have to keep lots of Benedryl on hand. She tells everyone that she gets them in Wynne, Arkansas. No matter where she gets them, she always says that they came from Wynne. And she calls them Po-skee-toes.

 

Lucas is into ninjas right now and Emmy told me that he was dressing up as a nin-jer for Halloween.

Halloween is on the way

Emmy is all about us decorating our house more spooky. We were playing I Spy at dinner and she told us that there were no monsters or dinosaurs in our world. I told her that there used to be dinosaurs in our world and she said, "Yes, I know, but God got rid of them and monsters so we wouldn't be scared".

We are really excited to see her costume this year. She is going to be a Fairy Princess Little Red Riding Hood.

Star Wars and Solomon Clark

My sweet Sol had his 4th birthday party this weekend. FOUR! I can't believe it! He loves Star Wars, just like his daddy, so this was a fabulous party. Neall and Becca always plan the best parties and this year, they had the high school drama department have some kids put on a Jedi Training Camp. It was fabulous. The kids loved it. As soon as Darth Vadar came out, Emmy said, "I don't wanna be at this party anymore!!!" Thankfully, we had Solomon come over to protect us. He wasn't about to tussle with Darth up close and personal so he took care of Emmy and I. It was so sweet of him. I so love that boy.

This one melts my heart. My favorite boys. When Tara and Lucas were leaving, Solomon told Lucas he could come and play any time. They spent about an hour dueling with their light sabers at the end of the party.

There were moments that Emmy and Rose weren't quite as impressed with all the boy action. But then, Emmy will take on her Lucas.

Jedi Training.

Cooper was hysterical! He is all boy. He went at Darth Vadar.

Happy Birthday, my precious boy.Rose will never leave a cake uneaten. Or leave her clothes on for an entire party.

Princess Leia showing off her Princess Leia cake pop.

The cake pops were awesome.

I'm sure this is how Princess Leia wore her shoes.

After the party, Emmy and I decided to spend the night since we didn't get much one on one time with Sol and Rose. Sol wanted to sleep with us but a couple of hours into the night, he decided he wanted his mommy. It is pretty priceless to have a boy strong enough to fight the dark side but sweet enough to love his momma.

Recovery Mode

We seemed to have recovered from the drama of the other night. When I finally got her up Monday morning, Emmy said she was so tired because she had been up all night-she was so worried because she knew Jesus was mad at me for being mean to her. However, by the time I picked her up on Monday, she told me that she loved me "more than most". I suppose this is a good thing.

We went Sunday to a Rock and Romp and it was so much fun!!! Emmy had a blast!

Now, on to our past weekend. We got to hang with the Jacksons on Saturday after ballet. Solomon did a Small Fry Tri(ahalon) so we were so thankful to have such an accomplished athlete spend the night with us Saturday night. John even fixed him pancakes... in bed!... at 11pm! I sent Becca a text that poor Sol was wearing a Dallas cheerleaders uniform and they said that they were on the way. The next morning, Sol had to ride Emmy's Barbie bike. I knew he needed a helmet too but all I had was a Dora helmet. John said, "really? he's on a pink Barbie bike, with a Dora helmet and no pants? Thankfully, I didn't take any pictures.

I love this picture of Emmy and Rose discussing costume outfits. Rose's little fingers are spread in delight and excitement!!!

We went to Beale Street and the kids went to tip the band. Here is a picture of my peanuts....We went to get yogurt....Rose gave Emmy a pedicure....Sweet Rose in her princess outfit with her purse.My brilliant kiddos playing on the computer....Sweet girls with curls on the trolley.

OMG

I want to start this by saying that I am not happy with this behavior nor do I find it cute. But, I want to make sure that we remember these precious moments so that we may tell her about them when she is older.





Emmy was in a peach of a mood all day and no matter what we did to be the best parents ever, she was not happy, much less thankful. We went to get her new ballet shoes and then took her to Rock and Romp, this awesome kids thing held monthly in Memphis. There were so many people there with kids bands and kids independent films playing. Thankfully, there was also beer.





We got home and she was a little irky so I took her to her room and had her chill out for a while by herself. She seemed better so we kept on with our evening. On Friday, she told us all the kids in school knew how to tie their shoes and she had to learn this weekend. We were working on it tonight and she kept getting frustrated so John and I were both telling her it was no big deal but she just lost it. She yelled that we were stupid so I told her to go to her bedroom. As she was walking by me, she looked at me, stopped and picked her nose, pointed the booger at me and then wiped it on the dining room table. Moments later, I heard the shoes I left in her room being throwing down the hallway.

After I finally controlled my laughter (which she did not see), John said, "what in the world are we doing wrong here????"

I let her chill out for about thirty minutes and went to check on her for our talk. She sat in her chair "reading" and, in the words of Richie, gave me the fish eyes. I asked her why she did that and she told me she just didn't like anyone. No one. Alrighty then. I told her she could stay in her room all night then and when we got home tomorrow, she could come directly in there again all night. She didn't even budge--just that snarky look.

I am so afraid. Afraid of her being a teenager.

John said, "make sure you turn the lights off! I don't want anyone who doesn't like us using our power!"

Happy Birthday to US!

Ever since we were little, we always celebrated Neall and Daddy's birthdays at Grandma Jacksons together. Now, mine has gotten thrown in too and there is nothing more precious than these kids for a gift. Joy and Julia came by too and it was lovely seeing these monkeys play. Poor Rose, is always trying to keep up with them!!!! Sol dressed up as a Transformer and chased Princess Emmy and Princess Julia around the castle. Over and over. Emmy came over and said she was tired but when I felt her, she was dripping sweat. Poor Julia said that Emmy ran really fast and Sol was just tired of these girls! Aunt Becca let Emmy wear a maternity dress of hers once and now Emmy thinks it is her princess dress every time she is there. As soon as she walks in the house, she asks Aunt Becca for it.

I am still getting used to my new camera lens and missed a hundred fabulous shots. Very sad. :(