Fathers Day Picnic at Calvary

Root Beer floats and some fun in Calvary Park with Daddy after school...

Fathers Day

Fathers Day at Como Zoo

Emma Claire gave her dad a set of pink and purple golf clubs (for her) for Fathers Day and a book (for her) entitled "If My Dad Were a Dog". She has been practicing with the clubs (mostly tormenting Rudy - Rudy hates Sticks). Also broke out the finger paints and made daddy a lovely card.

Be-Be

I feel like I need a camera on me 24/7. Emma Claire is changing so quickly and always doing something hilarious (to me, anyway...I think most everything she does deserves a laugh - which is no doubt going to come back to haunt me some day). She is just a different person now. Very much a little girl. Lots of high pitched squeals and giggles. She and her pal Addie like to follow each other around and giggle-squeal-giggle-squeal. Endless source of entertainment.

Emma Claire has recently taken to "Calin", her doll. It has taken some time. She was not so fond of Calin before. Now, however, Emma Claire is very into babies "be-be". Everything in a stroller or wheeled non-motorized vehicle is a be-be.

She, out of the blue, fed Calin her little bottle yesterday. Tonight, Emma Claire laid Calin on the floor in her room (as we were winding down for bed), patted her on the back, covered her up with a burp cloth, and said "night-night". This one of those moments I would give anything to have on video.

New Fun Photos from today

Golden Valley Fire Dept Open House

Emma Claire rode in her red wagon over to the Fire Dept open house in the neighborhood tonight. Cute event. The firetrucks were out and firefighters in uniform.
The kids got red fire dept t-shirts and hats. There was a huge blow up slide and the fire hoses were out. We went on a ride in the firetruck around the neighborhood and enjoyed visiting with the neighbors. Lot of cute neighbor children. Emma Claire should have no shortage of playmates growing up!

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Transition Near Complete

Emma Claire is has been gradually transitioning from the infant room at Calvary to the toddler room. Can't believe it. The transition will be complete at the end of this week and she will officially graduate from the "Cuddly Bunnies" to the "Playful Little Pirates" as of next week. This means lots of artwork (she has come home covered in paint the past few days), walking in lines, going outside twice a day, sitting at the table to eat, sleeping on a cot...to name a few. I was convinced that there was no way she would ever nap on a cot. I can hardly get her to nap in a crib. But today was a red letter day. She did it first try. The teachers said she simply laid on the cot and fell asleep...woke up 2 hours later. Sounds easy enough. Why have I had so much trouble?

Has it Really Been a Month...

...Since I last posted? It was Mother's Day then...coming up on Father's Day now.
I am going to make an attempt to backtrack over the last month and catch up on some blogging over the next couple of days. Lots of pictures to add. Having a tough time keeping up with myself these days. As Emma Claire gets busier, so do I. Just hanging on by the seat of my pants most days. Can't complain, though. Life is good!

Rowie

We were thrilled to have Rowie with us for a week. What a fun time we had. We did a little bit of everything - walks, wagon rides, park,Little Gym, Dr. Hobbs, Wild Rumpus (to see Pimento the chicken and the cats, etc), Creative Kidstuff/Pottery Barn Kids (got a cute little white Adirondack chair with green polka dot umbrella), Sunsets with Chris and Diane, farmers market, tin fish, gardening... It was great to have her here.

Emma Claire became pretty attached to her "Ro-ro-ro-ro". Brad was on a golf trip and I worked this weekend, so they had quite a time together. She changed so even in a week. More words and is putting her world together a little more each day. Points to her diaper with a concerned face and says "ooow" when she is wet/dirty; spins in circles until she gets so dizzy that she falls down; eats ketchup straight; jumps (attempts to); loves dum-dums; points to photos in her word book when asked; picks out her outfit for the day (usually the one with tags...new outfits are always better, of course); looks for her shoes to complete the outfit (that's my girl!).

Rowie went with us to Emma Claire's 15 month visit to Dr. Hobbs. Stats: Head-18 1/2" (79%); Weight-20 lb 7 oz (14%); Height 29 3/4" (27%). Still kinda a peanut. Made it through another round of shots.

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