March 29, 2006


Little engine that could


Push car


Two bosses.


These are from today, our first warm day of spring. It was beautiful. Blue sky, a few puffy clouds and a gentle breeze.


I love this one.


Look at those skinny legs!


Caption contest. You make up the caption and post it in comments!


Emma likes to push cars.


Playing


Us and our shadows


Whirly bird


This is Emma's contemplation pose. Whenever she is just watching what is going on, this is how she sits!


Training for the circus.


I like bikes.


One heck of a load!


Um....where's mine?


Yumm!!


The all time greatest Brownies.

March 24, 2006

One more...

You asked if a picture of San Diego's snowy mountains that Nana sent us "was in our land." And you go around singing and acting all the parts and scenes from the Wizard of Oz. You think the Lollipop guild boys are really funny.

Why I love you, Sadie.

You sing where ever you go. Most recently you were singing, " Jesus, Jesus. Jesus in the morning, Jesus in the noontime. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus when the sun goes down," while we were grocery shopping. And your singing is almost never under your breath. It is lungs-full all out singing.

When I am laughing, you start laughing. You ask what I am laughing at and then you keep on laughing. We can make each other crack up just by laughing with each other. Your giggle is contagious.

You are very into the details. Everything must be just so especially when you are drawing or writing. You tell one how to descend the stairs, insisting on using the handrail. You need to put on your socks before your shoes. You must have all the wrinkles out of the blankets. You can fluff and refluff your covers dozens of times when you are sitting down to watch a show. You don't like getting anything messy. There is one exception, dessert. It can get all over the place. Oh, and muffins. I am not sure you actually like to eat them, just enjoy breaking them into one billion bits.

You are always really, really excited to see me after school and there has not been a day that you have not asked to go to the playground after class. Also you are always really excited to see Daddy when he comes home and I know he really likes that.

You are obessed with birthdays at the moment. The whole year since Christmas has been measured by whose birthday is next. You are really excited about Emma's one birthday coming up.

You think that every man with dreads working at Whole Foods is Carter, LeRoy, or Boyd from Dave band. You recently asked if Dave liked little kids and if they were allowed to go to the concerts. I said that he does and he has two little girls like you and Emma and you asked if you could go to one of Dave's concerts. You also asked if he has the concerts at his house.

There are so many things about you that make you Sadie and I love them all.

March 22, 2006


Adding the finishing touches.


We are making snow castles since the sand was(is) a frozen block of ice at the moment.


I caught this one holding the camera over my head.


Hansel and Gretel trees


Look closely and you can see the ice on the branches.


Icy morning. This is a typical day here in NJ during the winter. It looks beautiful but it is FREEZING.

March 20, 2006

Swim lesson

Last Wednesday, Sadie had her first swim lesson and she loved every minute. She splashed and jumped, kicked and floated around the end of the pool. Her teacher helped her with every step and there was not a moment that Sadie let go of her while she was having a turn with each new lesson. There are five kids total in Sadie's class and I think Sadie had to have been the most animated with the higest jumps into the pool. She is excited about her next lesson this week and today as we drove past the Y, she said "Look, Mama, there is the place where I had my swim lesson."

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Preschool day at Church

Sunday was preschool day at the Lutheran Church where Sadie attends. We all went for the service which promised singing from all the kids at the end. We missed the Christmas show because of all of us being sick, so we HAD to go to this one. There were two other girls from her class there and Sadie went and stood next to one of them. They both sang and did the hand motions toward each other. It was quite cute.

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Play date

On Friday we headed down the road to one of Sadie's classmates home for a play date. When we arrived, Sadie was so excited to be at a friend's house. We rang the door bell and A and her mother answered the door. Sadie said, "HI, A!" But A decided that she was not going to talk. Sadie and Emma played in the front room with various toys and A still was not talking. Sadie kept asking her mother why she was not talking. But finally after her brother and sister awoke from their naps and we headed outside, she started to talk and every thing was back to normal. They played on the slide and swings, and drove battery powered Barbie and John Deere jeeps around the yard, crashing into everything in their paths. Sadie was not to great of a driver but since it was her first time I would say she did great. I must admit it was the strangest thing watching two and three year olds driving around. Sadie seemed to have a lead foot and once she drove into the bushes and kept her foot on the gas the whole time, tires spinning and dirt flying while she yelled for someone to help her out of the bushes. A's mother and I were cracking up most of the time.

In other news, I have been trying to post pictures from recently but the blogger system is not working too well today so I will try another day.

March 14, 2006

She walks!

I think now we have to say Emma is really walking. She gets up with help of whatever is around be it person or object and tries to make her little legs go. Great job, Emma!

March 13, 2006

Dearest Emma,

Everyday you are growing some more; learning, discovering, and accomplishing the smallest things and they add up so quickly. Recently you started eating more and more table food and you are now an accomplished chewer! No longer will you tolerate just little bits of food, you want chunks and globs or just the whole banana.

Today at the library, I held you by one hand and you walked with me into the children's section just like we had always done this. You started taking multiples of steps with a bit of encouragement and open arms to catch you as you lunge forward. You even said bye to the librarians when they said bye to us all on the way out.
You say hat and hair and repeat some words I say to you. I am probably the only one who notices or understands what you are saying, but I hear you!

You love wearing shoes especially the tennis shoes that were Sadie's first pair of walking shoes. You smile every time I put them on and tap them on the floor to show your excitement. Socks are also fun and you tend to find one on the floor and grab it by the toe between your index finger and thumb and slowly drop it down over your foot in attempt to put it on yourself. When I am there to help you put them on, you raise your foot into the air to let me know you want them on.

At the library, today we were pretty much the only ones there because of the yucky weather (snow, freezing rain and icy roads). We all wanted to get out of the house so off to the library we went. Sadie's school was cancelled as well. While we were there you were crawling all over, climbing stairs and having a great time playing chase with Sadie.

These are just some of the tiny little things that happen everyday that I hope I will remember about you growing up. I need to keep my eyes and ears open to all your tiny changes. You are growing so fast. You first birthday is only 6 wks away. You make me so happy with your sweet face, hands and soft eyes.

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*This post was written almost two weeks ago.

More to say...

I had written down some little bits about what had recently transpired a couple weeks ago in order to remember them when it came time to post. But I forgot to post these!

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Emma had her first "crying for Daddy" a couple of weeks ago. Nathan had some home late from work and we girls had already had our dinner when he came in. After a quick hello, Nathan ran off to play with Sadie. When he handed her back to me, she started crying and she would not stop until he came back and held her again. So sweet.

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One warm day Sadie and I built a big snowman while Emma was napping. After she awoke, Emma looked out the window and noticed it. She looked back at me, wondering what it was, so I told her that we built a snowman and Emma just stared at it for the longest time. It kept catching her eye each time she looked back toward the window through out the day.

March 08, 2006

So many things to say

We have not been busy with much around here but there are so many things that I have meant to post but it always seems that I don't have the time, energy or brains to think it out and write it down.
This weekend we have Grandpa and Grandma coming to see us on their way up to Great Grandma Benson's. I told Sadie today that they were coming and she said," and it is going to be Emma's birthday!?" No, it is not but this visit is a bit last minute and we have been saying since Christmas that everyone is coming out for Emma's birthday so I guess that is what she thought it should be. Also at lunch she went on a bit of a babble about how she loves birthdays and she loves chocolate cake and Daddy loves cake and birthdays, and everyone loves birthdays, right? It seems most everything she says ends with RIGHT and a question mark.
Today we went out to the park and one of Sadie's friends from school and her little sister were there so she ran and ran and ran and ran for about an hour and a half. Then around 5:30pm when I was vacuuming she fell asleep on the couch in the same room as the vacuum. This is the same girl who used to scream at the top of her lungs like the world was coming to an end when she was a baby and I vacuumed. It was not until around eighteen months that I was able to vacuum in the same room with her. Now she sleeps through it. I guess that is progress. She also sleeps through all of Emma's crying at night though too.

We celebrated Nathan's birthday on Sunday with homemade pizza and chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Sadie loved the candles, and the cake of course. I have some pictures to post but the camera is somewhere else and I have not downloaded them onto this computer. Maybe I will switch before this is all wrapped up and add some. You probably don't really care to read the thoughts going thru my head as I type but oh well. Oh, Sadie drew a picture for Nathan and we printed it onto a t-shirt for his present. It is quite cute and I may have to make one for myself. She even signed it for him!


Emma blowing out the candles.( Not really, she just makes this face all the time.)



Make a wish!


Almost out!


Clearing the smoke from all those candles!
 

Tomorrow is swimming sign ups. There are about ten different sessions but I have to sign up last due to the wacked system that they have at our Y. So hopefully she will get in. She is very excited about the whole thing. I have wanted to get her lessons for a long time and I am finally getting around to it. I should sign Emma up too. I am sure she would also like the whole experience. I have to go to class with her.

Emma has been trying many new foods. Spaghetti with sauce,pizza, hamburger, cous cous, wheat toast, rice bread, cheese, and the worst of all, tonight she had a couple french fries! Ahh! I don't think I let Sadie have those until she was a lot older but oh well. We went out to Lemon Lounge for dinner tonight and she was grinning from ear to ear each time she managed to get out of the seat belt and stand up in her chair. This is when I gave in and thought maybe the french fry would keep on her bottom for a bit longer while we all finished our dinner. It worked.

March 05, 2006





Sadie:
"Daddy, I love you but I also love more boys than I love girls. I really love myself."



Sadie has a new cd; They might be giants, NO! On this cd there is a song called Where do they make balloons? So now that you have some background info, the other afternoon Sadie was going potty and I was in the office on the computer. After a few minutes of silence, I hear the following singing:
"Where, where do they make chicken?" So I start laughing and she starts giggling and repeat, repeat, repeat.

Sadie has been watching The Wizard Of Oz and she is totally entralled by all the characters. I think the funniest thing is the lines she quotes. Tonight she came out with, "Well, as a Christian woman I can't say!" This was Aunt Em's line after telling Ms. Glutch that she has wanted to tell her what she thinks of her all her life, well...



Emma has been testing her walking skills and added a couple more steps to each toddle. She also has decided that she should bite Sadie whenever Sadie won't leave her alone. And she bites really hard! Poor Sadie does not quite understand that being dragged around the room or "hugged" over and over again is not too much fun for Emma. So I comfort Sadie and tell Emma firmly, "No biting" and then I have them both crying. It is really quite pitiful.

March 02, 2006

Fill'r up with chicken soup

I made a pot of chicken soup on Monday night and Sadie and Emma have been eating it for lunch every day since. I think they could eat it forever and not tire of it. Sadie likes it with rice and no carrots. Emma really likes the carrots, chicken and broth. I think I might have to make it every week for the rest of the winter. It is the easiest meal for sure.

Emma had been walking a few steps with encouragement and open arms to catch her.

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