Water and Family Fun...

Well, the last three days have been fun filled for Miss Emily! She has helped with yard work, played in a bucket of water for hours, helped grandpa with the big building tear down, went to a family bar-b-que and tried her very first S'more. She also managed to trip and fall at the bar-b-que and get her first big scrape on her shin, and there wasn't even any tears!! Way to go babe!

Auntie JuJu and Mommy did approximately seven hours of yard work on Saturday, getting ready for summer, and most of all getting ready for Emily's new swing set that will eventually go out back. Emily started out helping a little, but once Mommy gave her a mop bucket with some water, that was it. MY GIRL LOVES WATER!!! At first she just played in the water with some toys. Then that progressed to standing in the bucket, which proceeded to her wanting to sit in it, so on came the swimsuit! Need I say more?? As you can see from the pictures, Emily fits inside the bucket, and LOVED every minute of it. This kept her busy for over an hour while we kept an eye on her and continued our yard work.

That smile just melts her grandpa's heart

Sunday we went to a family bar-b-que as kind of a goodbye to my nephew James. He and his girlfriend Cierra will be leaving for Alaska in a month for James to go to Air Traffic Controller school. We wish them all the best and safe travels. It will take them about 5 days to drive there pulling their 14ft. U-haul.

Mommy's precious silly girl

Only my 4 1/2 year old can fit in a mop bucket

LOVE this picture...my sweet girl

Watching uncle Brian roast a hot dog

Grandma and Emily looking at the pond

You'll be missed James and Cierra

First bite of a S'more

Emily loves her Makena!

Grandpa hard at work

Very intently watching grandpa working

In her kitty undies after she just dunked her head

Does the yard look like a four year old was there?? :-)

Emily had a blast with her cousin Makena as usual, as well as everyone else. She was the hit of the party again, and everyone kept commenting on how much she has grown since last summer's annual bar-b-que. She did such a good job being safe around the big campfire and had a roasted hot dog and her first S'more, which she loved by the way!

Today she had a BLAST watching grandpa tear down the building in our backyard. She wasn't sure at first, since change and anything different from her "normal" routines are hard for her. We just had her watch each step, talk to grandpa and mommy, answered any questions she had, and she did wonderful! After awhile she got tired of just observing, so then she wanted to help. She helped carry some bricks and wood over to the big pile. Any of you who know her know she LOVED carrying the "baby" pieces, aka the little pieces.

Once she asked for the water again, I knew she wanted to get wet again and sure enough, she had a grand time playing in the water. At first she just sat in her princess chair and played with toys in the water. Then she moved to putting her feet in over the edge of the bucket. This progressed to standing in the bucket, which was followed by sitting in the bucket in her clothes. She asked to take her clothes off. So, with mommy and grandpa chuckling, we stripped her down to her kitty cat panties, and she was happy as a clam. That lasted for a few minutes, then she asked for her swimsuit. She was completely happy to play in her bucket again, while grandpa and mommy were thoroughly entertained!

Tonight after dinner, we did some more gluing practice. She did GREAT!! We are really working on using little amounts of glue and getting control over the glue bottle. Maybe in the fall her teacher will be AMAZED that Emily's art projects don't have PUDDLES of glue on them! We also worked some more on tracing her name! Her best yet tonight, and she wants to give it to  her Titi tomorrow. For those of you who don't know, that is her Auntie Lisa. Titi is auntie in Spanish! Also, when we were writing her name on her art project tonight, as we wrote each letter together she said the name of the letter BY HERSELF!!!!! HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell I am a PROUD Mommy!!!

Well, tomorrow is her first swimming lesson. I can't wait to see how she does listening to her teacher. When I put her to bed tonight, she said she was "so bappy" for tomorrow to "wim in a pool."

Oh yeah...one more new thing I must brag about. On Saturday, as we were going in and out of the house, a fly happened to get in. Well, while JuJu and I were making dinner, we hear Emily's first 7...yes I said 7, word sentence coming from the other room. Here is what we heard with a very serious tone in her voice..."Mommy, there is a bug in my house." The emphasis was very much on the my house part! Julyn and I looked at each other and both said at the same time, "Did you hear what I heard?" Emily's language is coming along so fantastic. I am so proud!

Enjoy the pictures of the bathing beauty!
Love,
Kathy

What a bathing beauty!!