Mother's Day 2012 ( a little bit late)

Well, I really can't believe that I am so late in posting our Mother's Day blog entry, but here it is anyway.....

Emersen and I surprised my Mom and Megan by heading up to Indiana for the weekend.  The drive was rather eventful, as Eme had another ear infection and ended up having an allergic reaction to her antibiotic.  Thankfully, she was okay and was able to enjoy the remainder of the weekend.  As  you can tell, the girls had a great time together.

Eating out on the patio...I think you can tell who is providing the entertainment :) 

As we were getting ready to plant flowers and plants, we found this little guy "Stuart Little", as well as his other family members in one of the containers. Needless to say, the girls and I went running and screaming until I realized how tiny (harmless) they were.

After removing the mouse family, we had a great time getting dirty!! 

Planting Mother's Day flowers and tomato plants 

Working together :) 

Happy Mother's Day! 

Memorial Day 2012

Boy, was it a hot Memorial Day weekend! We were very thankful to have nice weather, but the heat was just a little too much. However, we found ways to stay cool and have fun outside. 

Eme was not too sure about the bikini look, but she at least let me take a few photos, before asking to put her shirt on!! :) 

Cooling off in the shade and building a tower with blocks

Boy, it is way too hot to keep throwing these balls into the goal. 

Finger Painting our favorite characters~Sesame Street characters!! 

The finished product....with a little help from Mom and Dad

Fun at the park...Martin's largest pinecone (we think!!)

Just swinging....to feel a little bit of a breeze. Emersen is sporting one of her new favorite hair accessories, a headband! :) 

Pool time!

Hip Hip Hooray for Summer!!! We got to enjoy the warm weather last weekend and we celebrated with our new pool!! As you can tell, Emersen had a great time! She wasn't too sure about a bathing suit for some reason so as you look at all the pictures, I'm sure that you will notice the one with her belly! She was so out of sorts about getting her 'shirt' wet, so she just decided to roll it up!! Haha! Here's to a wonderful summer full of outdoor play time!! 

Toddle Time

Emersen was involved in Toddle Time for the past five weeks.  It was a class held at the local gymnastics building and the toddlers just got to basically play, run, swing, jump, and slide for 45 min. every morning. It was a great workout for Eme as well as for me!! Here are some shots, but you will have to forgive the 'focus' in some of them because it is really hard to take pictures while holding on to her (or chasing her) :)

In the past few weeks....

She loves her pockets (and allowed me to put a bow in her hair)!!  I feel like she has gotten so tall (or at least this picture makes her look tall). 

Say 'cheese'!! Interesting weather calls for interesting outfits.  

This shot is sort of dark, but as you can tell, Emersen loves not only sliding, but hanging and swinging before she slides.  It makes me so nervous! 

Just chillin' in the swing with sunglasses!!