Kiddie Koncert

Went to a "Kiddie Koncert" at Parker's Lake Park in Plymouth today. Turned out to be a lot of fun. We ran into some of our ECFE friends and picnicked with them. It was a beautiful day.
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Minnesota's Night to Unite - National Night Out

The first Tuesday of August every year is designated Minnesota's Night to Unite. Our neighborhood has a pot luck gathering in a neighbor's yard - there is even a band. It is always a good time and reminds me how much I love where we live. We have good neighbors.

Emma Claire had a fantastic time. She enjoyed the cookies and playing with a couple of neighbor kids that are close to her age. The firetruck came and the fireman passed out fire hats. Emma Claire especially loved this. She wore that little hat the rest of the night and put it on again first thing the next morning. I have to say, she was pretty cute! (thanks to Whitney for the photos :-) http://eckadue.shutterfly.com/1633

Playful Little Pirates Daily News

"Emma Claire had a great day. She had a busy morning playing with the baby dolls and Maleah! They took turns feeding the babies in the high chair. The menu was sand and cookies. Quite the mix!! :-)"

Emma Claire was...happy; good listener; active

Playful Little Pirates Daily News

"Emma Claire had a great day! She spent the morning having a picnic with Claire! It was fun to watch. Emma Claire brought the picnic basket to the carpet and Claire followed behind with the cookie jar! They had quite the feast!"

Week of August 3 - Ocean Life

Copy Cat

Emma Claire is very much into mimicking lately. It is funny to see her repeat gestures we make - sometimes at the most unexpected moments.

- shakes her finger at the dogs and says "no-no" when they get too close
- holds the same little pointer finger up and says "one mo" when she wants to do something again (one more book, one more time down the slide), although "one mo" often turns into 5 or 6 mo.
-she will repeat each letter of the alphabet after we say it (some more clearly than others). Tonight, we got to "P" and she held her nose like we do for a dirty diaper "P-U"!

An endless source of entertainment.

Good Helper

Saturday morning, Emma Claire ate her yogurt sitting on the hearth in front of the fireplace (so she could have a good view of Elmo on TV without taking the yogurt into the den, which is off limits for food...guess she is getting it). When she was finished, she hopped off the hearth, walked with spoon and bowl in hand over to the kitchen sink, stood on tip toes and just barely got the spoon and then the bowl over and into the sink. Now...if only I could teach her daddy to do the same :-).