Project 365 - Week #21

Another trip to the zoo, ice cream, and lots of goofing off! This week we had a lot of fun and a happy girl!

Saturday, May 19 - After we left the zoo on Friday, Emily said, "I want to go to the zoo with Daddy!" I told Brad what she said and we went back to the zoo Saturday morning. Buying those season passes sure has paid off! Emily loves the birds at the zoo. This is the first time she let the bird stick on the popsicle stick and eat. She was so exited.

Sunday, May 20 - This is just a classic Emily face. I love it.

Monday, May 21 - I was about to cut a pineapple and Emily said, "I can do it Mama!" She went to her room and pulled out some of her kitchen toys to cut the pineapple. She tried the egg beaters and then decided that a knife was a better choice.

Tuesday, May 22 - Our friend Nik was in town! It's been almost a year since Emily has seen Nik but she warmed right up to him! I'm sad Nik's wife Maggie wasn't able to make the trip, but it was so good to see Nik!

Wednesday, May 23 - Emily loves playing with her baby dolls right now. She decided that this one (her name changes daily) need a new diaper. She set up a blanket, got out the wipes, and all of the baby's diapers. It was so cute. Emily also loves wearing her tutu to bed.

Thursday, May 24 - First popsicle (dreamsicle) of the year! I'm pretty sure Banjo ate more of it than Emily. And I'm pretty sure Banjo had more of it on her, too. Emily found it very funny to let the dreamsicle melt onto Banjo. Silly girls.

Friday, May 25 - Horsey ride from Daddy!

Project 365 - Week #20

This week kicked my butt! I got sick Saturday and spent all day in bed. The rest of the week I still didn't feel great and eventually went to the doctor (quack in a box) Thursday morning . I'm pretty sure the doctor just wanted to get rid of me - he wrote my FIVE, yes five, prescriptions for what he called "really bad bronchitis." I refuse to take all of the meds, but I'm finally starting to feel better!

Saturday, May 12 - This was the only picture I took all day. Banjo and her orange monster spent a lot of time in bed with me. She was a sweet dog. Brad and Emily spent the going out to breakfast, painting, riding her bike, going to McDonald's, and playing. She was a happy little girl. And I'm so thankful to Brad planning a fun day for her so I could rest.

Sunday, May 13 - Mother's Day! We spent the morning with Brad's family at church, watching his nephew get dedicated, and then headed out to lunch. Emily managed to end up with ice cream after lunch and dinner! I just thought this picture of her enjoying her lunch ice cream is too cute! The second picture is Emily and my mom together (right before getting ice cream #2). I had a sweet, but busy Mother's Day. Brad and Emily got me a Kindle Fire (LOVE IT!). I had a really sweet day with my family, just wish I would have felt better.

Monday, May 14 - Emily has found a new favorite show, Doc McStuffins on Disney Junior. She loves this show and asks to watch it multiple times a day. She was eating her yogurt and singing along with the show.

Tuesday, May 15 - Cutting potatoes and making me dinner.

Wednesday, May 16 - Emily dropped her toothpaste cap down the sink. We ended up with a new faucet. Please excuse the horrible black and gold counter tops.

Thursday, May 17 - She missed the ball and ended up on her butt about .5 seconds after I took this. She loves kicking her soccer ball in the backyard. I just asked her if she wanted to take a dance class or join a soccer team - she picked the soccer team.

Friday, May 18 - We spent Friday at the zoo with Addi and Meredith. The two girls had so much fun together! The bad thing was my camera battery died right after I took this picture. :(
Emily keeps taking about Addi coming over to swim soon!

Project 365 - Week #19

Ahhh...I'm late, very late with this post! I was sick last week and I'm just behind on everything. I've taken this weekend to catch up on some things, but others I'm just going to let go. However, keeping up with Project 365 is not something I'm willing to let go.

Here are the pics from two weeks ago. Enjoy!

Saturday, May 5 - Emily working on red velvet cake pops. She was the official batter taste tester :)

Sunday, May 6 - After baking, mixing with icing, cooling, and rolling, round #1 of the cake pops were ready to dip. Again, the official taste tester was around for the action. I just love her expression in this pic.

Monday, May 7 - Coloring time!

Tuesday, May 8 - We will be making a family trip to the beach this summer. To help Emily understand how long it's going to be until we leave we made a countdown paper chain. She loves taking a chain off everyday.

Wednesday, May 9 - I tried to make some of the cake pops in a heart shape. I think I made them way too big - this was the best one. The rest ended up in the trash. These were supposed to be teacher appreciation gifts for Emily's teachers - they got donuts instead :)

Thursday, May 10 - E has LOVED playing with beads lately. She loves stringing them, counting them, moving from container to container, throwing them on the floor...anything with beads!

Friday, May 11 - We went to a bounce house place with some friends Friday morning. Here is E climbing up the ladder.

PS - Watching Clay Aiken and Arsenio Hall sing together on the Celebrity Apprentice is very strange. Not sure I ever thought I would watch those two sing together :) Now onto work on Week #20...

Project 365 - Week #18

Sprinklers, face painting, art work, and potty training. That's what our week was all about.

Saturday, April 28 - Swinging, swinging, and more swinging. This little girl loves to swing and she loves to go really, really high. It's really cute.

Sunday, April 29 - Sunday afternoon Brad turned out the sprinklers and Emily was so happy. These pictures are out of order, but I don't feel like fighting with blogger tonight to get them right. She was so excited and so happy to play in the sprinklers.

Monday, April 30 - Emily made a train with all of her toys. The train was going to take her to the hospital to see Baby Logan. It's so funny that she still remembers going to the hospital to visit Logan.

Tuesday, May 1 - She got her face painted for the first time. A pink butterfly on her face and flower on her hand.

Wednesday, May 2 - I'm photographing some of Emily's art for a new project I'm working on.

Thursday, May 3 - Here are just a few pieces I've been scanning or photographing Emily's recent art. I'm working on a new business... information to come soon :)

Friday, May 4 - Potty Training. I've spent way too much time in the bathroom looking at this thing. Emily is doing great - I just wish she wouldn't always want company in the bathroom.

Project 365 - Week #17

This week was all about Emily's new bike! I purchased a brand new, still in the box, never been opened bike in February at a consignment sale ($20!). The original plan was to give Emily the bike as a birthday present (in August). Well, she out grew all of her trikes and it was time to move her to a real bike. Sunday afternoon Brad put the bike together and Emily loves it!

Saturday, April 21 - We went to lunch with my brother and mom Saturday afternoon. Emily and Billy played in the fountain. Emily loved grabbing all of the coins out of the fountain and throwing them back in.

Sunday, April 22 - Riding her bike! Such a happy girl!

Monday, April 23 - After school we went to Target to get her new helmet. She was so excited to get the helmet, she wore it around the store, wore it in the car, and even when she was done riding.

Tuesday, April 24 - Emily has been doing so good with potty training. A friend from work bought this balloon for her to celebrate all of her hard work. She loves the balloon, but I'm not sure it's the best behaved  balloon. Emily has put it in timeout several times. Apparently the balloon "wasn't listening."

Wednesday, April 25 - Watering the flowers. She's moved on from the watering can to the hose.

Thursday, April 26 - Doesn't everyone climb over Daddy to get into bed?

Friday, April 27 - Exercising on the elliptical.

Project 365 - Week #16

I was on my own this week - Brad was in New Jersey for work Monday - Friday. Emily and I stayed very busy this week; we had something planned every night. The biggest thing we've been doing this week is working on potty training. E has been doing great!

Saturday, April 14 - Emily has been asking to fly a kite for a long time. Saturday, we went over the school field and tried to fly our kites. It was a windy day, but the wind would not cooperate with us. Emily ran all over the field trying to get her little ladybug kite to fly. Brad and I fought with the purple kite. We finally got the ladybug up for a couple minutes. Emily was happy and tired. She's already asking to do it again.

Sunday, April 15 - We got ice cream after dinner. This is Emily's cup of ice cream - strawberry ice cream with Reece's Pieces. I just liked the cup, so I took a picture.

Monday, April 16 - Emily is really into Mr. Potato Head lately. We played with him a lot Monday night.

Tuesday, April 17 - We had a few minutes to kill between the time that I picked her up from school and our dinner plans. We stopped at the mall and Emily picked out these new shoes. I had fun putting these shoes in front of white wrapping paper and playing with the settings on my camera.

Wednesday, April 18 - Mimi and Nonie (E's grandmothers) came over for dinner. After dinner E, Mimi, and Nonie played and played and played. Emily loves the "Where's Waldo Books" - she is really good at finding Waldo.

Thursday, April 19 - E's Mr. Potato Head creations.

Friday, April 20 - Emily requested that we plant flower Friday morning. So, we got up bright and early Friday morning and bought lots and lots of flowers for the backyard. I let her pick out the type and color. These are my favorite pink flowers that she picked out.

Project 365 - Week #15

This has been a strange, strange week. The whole week just felt a little bit off. It went by really, really fast (good thing!) but it was just strange.

Saturday, April 7 - Aunt 'Ney, a friend's mother, sends Emily a dollar every holiday. Emily loves to get Aunt Ney's cards in the mail and put her dollar in her piggy bank. While she was riding her trike on Saturday, I checked the mail and Emily's card arrived. I told her she had some mail and she stopped riding her bike in the middle of the street to open her card. She LOVES getting mail from Aunt Ney!

Sunday, April 8 - Easter Sunday! It was a great day. Brad wasn't feeling well, so Emily and I went to church alone. She sat though the service with me and did great (she is usually in the nursery). Following church, Emily and I had Easter lunch at Whataburger (her choice). After Emily woke up from her nap, she opened her Easter basket, and we headed to Mimi's house for an egg hunt and dinner with the family. Emily had so much fun looking for eggs and being the center of attention. I'm not sure if Emily was more excited for Easter or Christmas.

Monday, April 9 - My job opted to close the Monday after Easter instead of Good Friday. I had the day to myself! Banjo and I cleaned out Emily's closet and caught up on a few things that needed to get done around the house. This is Banjo with her new duck. She loves this duck and won't leave it alone.

Tuesday, April 10 - After dinner Emily got pink eye. One second it wasn't there, the next her all was red and gross. We made a quick trip to Care Now for eye drops. This is how Brad entertained Emily while we waited for the doctor.

Wednesday, April 11 - I took Emily to work with me Wednesday morning. She was great and enjoyed all of the attention from my co-workers. She was watching a movie on my laptop and playing with a keyboard that wasn't hooked up to a computer. She was a little board at this point. Not long after I took this picture, she was doing forward rolls down the hall and yelling at people to come play with her.

Thursday, April 12 - Making a bead necklace.

Friday, April 13 - We had dinner with friends Friday night. This is Emily and her buddy Kyle. Emily loves Kyle and thinks that "he's silly!" (Kyle's mom is Aunt Ney)