Rock Stars!

Emma's school had a snow day recently, so I stayed home with her and Logan. It's tough to entertain two kids in the house all day when it is freezing outside. So, we started our own rock band. Emma was, of course, the lead dancer and the lead singer. Logan played the maraca wonderfully!

On Friday, she came home with a gingerbread house from school. They were studying many things using the gingerbread stories, and at the end of the unit they got to make gingerbread houses. She loved it! The white blob in the front of the house is the gingerbread puppy.

Her school also sent home an opportunity to be part of the birthday book club at school. Since her birthday is in June, she gets to celebrate on her half-birthday. If you choose to be part of the book club, you send in money to buy the book and the student gets to pick it out. They then get to have the book dedicated to them and get to be the first to bring it home and check it out.

Emma has been keeping us laughing recently with all of her stories and questions. Most recently, I dressed her in white tights, a pink and white skirt, and white shirt. She told me that pink and white is "her style." I put her hair in a ponytail and she got so mad at me. She told me that a ponytail is NOT cute and that pigtails are cute. Since she was wearing a cute outfit she MUST have cute hair. I have a feeling that her teenage years are going to be interesting. On the other hand, she will sit and watch shows like "How It's Made" with her daddy. So . . . tomboy or girly girl?

She has also been asking questions about babies. She wants to know how Logan got out, and I usually tell her that the doctor helped me (this is the truth!!!). However, this time, that answer wasn't good enough. She said, "But HOW?" I told her that she needs to ask our friend, Maia, to see her really cool scar on her belly where the doctor took her babies out. This pacified her for now, but I know that the questions are going to keep coming.

While Emma is keeping us laughing, Logan is keeping us on our toes. Just when I take something away that he's gotten into, I am turning around to find out that he's doing something else. It is definitely a shock to me how different two kids can be. He is a handful, but he's a sweet handful. His most recent funny is that he hands me the phone and says "Daddy" over and over. He LOVES to call his daddy on the phone and gets mad when I don't dial. He is also our personal phone assistant. He goes crazy when the phone rings. He runs around looking for it and then brings it to us when he finds it. It's so cute! While he is an energetic boy, I know that this phase will pass one day and I will want my sweet baby boy to be little again!

My Sleeping Beauty

Whew! So far the holiday season has been super busy! The kids had a great time over Thanksgiving. They really enjoy playing with all their aunts, uncles, and cousins, and of course they love all the attention (and food) that they get.

I can't believe how quickly they are growing! I took Emma took the doctor twice, four weeks apart. She had gained two pounds within that one month. I am sure she grew taller, too. Her reading has really taken off. The school put her in a reading group at the beginning of the year to increase her confidence in reading. At the beginning of kindergarten, she could only read a few words, but now she is reading whole books to use and sounding words out. I love it!

Logan is still a handful, but so much fun. The whole kitchen is entirely baby proof now and he hates it! His vocabulary is increasing every day, and I am constantly amazed by what he can understand. Recently, we have begun to put him in time-out for hitting, biting, and not listening. He just sits there in the corner and grins, but I think he gets it. He's probably the kid who the principal will call me about, but at least he is cute! He has recently began to put at us and blow air out of his mouth. We're not sure what he's doing, but he thinks it's hilarious when we do it back.

So, all in all, I am sad my kids are growing so fast, but I am loving each and every stage. One morning, we went to Kate's Kitchen to eat. There was an older couple next to us eating breakfast. I told Matt that that will be us in about thirty years . . . out to breakfast and no kids with us and it would be so sad!!! He said that by then we'll have grand-kids and we can just take our grand-kids with us. Of course!!!

Emma's school recently put on a Cinderella ball for the kindergartners. They had been studying different versions of the story "Cinderella." Emma wore her Sleeping Beauty costume and crown, of course. The "Prince of the Day" got some slippers that he got to try on every girl in the class. His princess was the girl who they most closely matched. Emma was almost there, but not quite!

She danced by herself for awhile.

Then, the boy she calls her boyfriend, Xavier, asked her to dance.

They danced and held hands The. Whole. Time. I'm not sure if I should be concerned about that . . . hmm.

Loving This Weather!

The kids and I have been taking advantage of this wonderful weather and getting outside as much as possible. We have been hitting as many parks as we can think of because we know that it's going to be freezing before long! There is a park by my mom's house that has a huge hill, and Emma loves to run down it.

Logan's favorite thing is the slide. He will swing for a few minutes and then be itching to get down. He is so active all the time that the swings aren't enough for him!

This past weekend, Matt used his leaf blower to make a huge pile of leaves for the kids. Emma, obviously, loved it.

Logan was not happy about being tossed in and refused to go anywhere near it. I'm not sure why he's so scared of the leaves!

Recently, we had a huge scare! I was blow-drying my hair in the computer room with the baby gate up so I could still hear the kids. Emma had already interrupted twice, so I told her once more and we weren't going to the park unless it was an emergency that she was interrupting. Of course, two seconds later she comes running up to the gate saying, "Mommy, mommy! Logan has a big knife from the kitchen!" Here comes Logan with a butcher knife in his hand, blade sticking straight out. I jumped up and took it. I asked Emma where he got it and she said he just reached up into the drawer and grabbed it. It's scary because if she had tried to take it from him, he would have jerked away from her and they would have struggled over this huge butcher knife! Needless to say, we went to the park and Matt installed a drawer lock that night! I can't keep up with this boy!

Happy Halloween!

Okay, so maybe it's a few days after Halloween, but the kids had a great time. The Friday before Halloween we went to Park University's Fight Night. They have carnival games, trick or treating, and a haunted house for the kids. The scariest thing for Logan was the pirate, and the scariest thing for me was the cockroach that the chemistry club had. It was disgusting!

On Halloween night, we trick or treated with some of our family. Logan caught on quick as to what was going on. He would push his way to the front of the group to get at the door where the candy was, and he had no fears about reaching his hand in the bowl and grabbing the candy out!! He also had a super tight grip on his bag and would panic if it was out of his sight! Overall, I think that he loved trick or treating! Emma, of course, had a great time, but daddy had to hold her bag towards the end because she said that it was getting too heavy. Poor thing.

The kids are growing so quickly that I can hardly believe my eyes!!! Emma is learning to read more and more everyday, and I am amazed by how far she has come since the beginning of kindergarten. Last night, she read me a whole Barbie book, which was awesome! We are looking into some activities for her after the holidays. Recently, she said that she wanted to do soccer, but now she is back to wanting to do ballet, so we'll see!

Logan is talking more and more each day. He is understanding a ton, too! My favorite is that I can tell him to go get me a diaper and he will, and I never have to get up. :) I love that he can shake his head yes and no and say the words yes and no because it makes it easier to know what he wants. My kids are growing way too fast!

Busy, busy!

Things have been so crazy busy in the Heagy household!! The school year is well underway, and Emma is doing amazing. She loves everything about school, and I hope that it remains that way for years to come. Yesterday, we had a scary incident. She went out the walker door to leave school instead of the car riding door, and they couldn't find her. She had gone to the playground to cry, and luckily another mom got her and was going to take her to the office. I asked her if she was crying because she was scared, and she said, "No, I was crying because I was worried about you." I told her that I'm sorry I made her cry, and she said that she is sorry she made me cry, too. What a sweet girl. Hopefully this won't happen again, because this mama was terrified!

Logan is now walking full-time and is keeping us on our toes. He is constantly into things that he shouldn't be into. We are closing doors and putting up gates to keep him out of trouble! He is saying so many things now and is basically being a little charmer.

I have recently decided to go back to school to get my Masters in Educational Leadership! I figured that I might as well go down so I don't lose the drive. I know that if I am out of school for a few years I will not want to go back. Honestly, I don't want to go now but know that I have to do it. Wish me luck!

Soccer, Beer, and Kindergarten

Things have been busy in the Heagy household! Logan has become such a climber. He wanted to "help" me clean the fridge, but of course he had to climb in it to help me! He is climbing on everything and getting into everything, so it's hard to keep up. Currently, he is taking a few steps here and there but not walking all the time yet. I know that it's just a matter of time, though. His vocabulary is expanding daily! His favorite word is probably "uh oh," which he uses when he drops something, purposefully or not. He's also been saying "ow" when he gets hurt and "whoa" when he is surprised. :) My least favorite word of his is "uh uh," which he uses sometimes when I ask if I can have a kiss!

I use this gate to keep him out of where I am if I need to, and here he is climbing onto the time out chair to try to get up and over the gate!

Emma started soccer recently, and she has been loving it! For the most part she is getting right in there and kicking the ball, but we have had a few bumps and bruises. When she got hurt two practices in a row, she said, "I don't want to play soccer anymore." I told her that she is signed up for soccer and she needs to finish the season. She says, "Did you sign me up in pencil?" I told her no and asked why, and she said that if I signed her up in pencil I could just erase her name! After yesterdays practice and not getting hurt, I think she likes it again.

Here is Emma on her first day of kindergarten. So far, she is absolutely loving it! She even got a phone call from a friend from school last night because she has been passing out her phone number. I went to hand her the phone and told her who it was, and she said, "Yea, she likes me." :)

Deep Thinking

Emma has been such a deep thinker recently. The other day, I picked her up and we were driving down the road. Out of the blue she asks, "Mom, do only really old people die?" I told her usually, but not always. She then said, "I don't want to die." Of course, hearing her say that broke my heart because I don't want my little girl worrying about something like this at the tender age of five. I told her that it would be a long, long time before she dies. She says, "Mom, what are you going to do with all my stuff when I die?" Where does she come up with this????

A few days prior to that, she was talking about how she remembers when the world was all white. She says that the people were angry with no color and talked to God and asked for color. So, she says, God used his magic hands to make the world colorful and everyone was happy again.

My Sweet Boy

I am constantly amazed at how different boys are than girls. Boys are just rougher and tougher all around. Already, Logan is doing things that are keeping me on my toes. If you've been to my house lately, you know that my coffee table was pushed up to the wall under the windows. Well, it's no longer there. The other day I caught Logan ON the table playing with the blinds. My absolute pet peeve is seeing blinds messed up from the outside, so I had to move the whole table so he couldn't do it to mine. I moved it back in front of the couch, and he continues to climb on it. He has fallen off twice so far, but that doesn't stop him.

I have two large tubs that I use to keep Logan out of the kitchen when I cook. He has learned to climb up and over the tubs and climb from tub to tub. I have no idea how to keep him out of the kitchen! When I used Emma's baby bathtub that I thought was tall enough, he climbed into that, too. I use the same tubs to keep him out of the computer room (see how well they work?). The other day, he pushed the timeout chair up to the tubs to use that as a stepping stool to get over it. He is clever and figuring things out quicker than I can keep up with him!!

Vacation

After a week-long relaxing vacation in Branson, MO, we are back home. We had a great time with our friends Brian, Maia, Malena, Nik, and Kiera. We all rented a two-bedroom condo that overlooks Table Rock Lake. The best part about it was that we could buy our own food to cook and not have to eat out for three meals a day. It was beautiful and we never ran out of things to do. On Saturday, we arrived and unpacked, and then Maia and I went to Walmart. Most of you know this is a big deal for me. I DO NOT do Walmart, but our options were limited and I actually survived the craziness. I don't like Walmart in general, but add Walmart at a tourist location and my blood pressure soars.

On Sunday we went to Ripley's Believe it or Not. The kids seemed to enjoy it, and afterwards we had a relaxing afternoon at the pool. Monday we went to Talking Rocks Cavern. Maia opted out of it and sat out with Kiera. She is not a cave person! The cave was pretty, but it had too many steps for me, especially since I was carrying Logan most of the way. When we got on a bridge that was over a mini pond, Logan looked down. The next thing I knew, Emma said, "Mom! Logan dropped his binki in the water!" Unfortunately, there was no way to get it back, so we were binki less for the rest of the time in the cave. I'm fairly sure he did it on purpose because he normally has a death grip on his binki! After that, we went to Branson Landing, which is a lot like Zona Rosa. They had a lot of neat shops there and we ate at Famous Dave's BBQ. Yum!

On Tuesday we went to the fish hatchery. We got to see a video about how they help the trout reproduce, and it was fairly graphic. I was concerned that one of the kids was going to ask what sperm was, but none did. :) After that, the kids got to feed the trout and they loved it. Unfortunately, Malena was feeling sick by this point so we all went back to the condo for naps. After the nap, she felt fine so we went to Cakes and Cream Dessert Parlor. It was so good! Emma, Logan, and I shared a banana split while Matt got a funnel cake topped with ice cream, whipped cream, and syrup. Logan kept screaming because I wasn't feeding him fast enough!

Wednesday was our first day at Silver Dollar City. The kids had a great time riding the rides and seeing the show JEERK. We stayed for about 10 hours with minimal whining from the kids. They were excellent! On Thursday, the guys went to see a movie in the morning while Maia and I hung out at the condo with the kids. Later that afternoon, we went on Branson's Scenic Railway. It's about two-hours round-trip and we got to sit in the observation car. While it was moving, they let you walk around and see the other cars. The kids thought that part was so neat, but I thought it was hard to walk! We went back to Famous Dave's for dinner since we were right there in the location, and then let the kids play on the playground there for a bit. During dinner, I discovered another way Logan is just like his dad. He would offer me a bite of whatever he had and when I went to take a bite he would pull it away, shake his head, and laugh. He is such a jokester! He did this over and over.

Friday was our last day there, and we spent it at Silver Dollar City again. We could not have asked for a better day! The weather was nice and cool. The kids were so brave and rode a few roller coasters like Fire in the Hole. They also rode the water ride that absolutely soaks you. It would have been better to go on that ride on Wednesday when it was warmer. Malena, Emma, Matt, and myself rode in one boat. Malena thought it was neat, but Emma hated it. I'm sure it's because the water splashed on her face, and she hates water on her face. Nik loved it so much that him and Maia rode it twice! Since Matt bribed the kids with ice cream if they'd ride the water ride, we went to the dessert parlor again afterwards. When we got back, the guys took the kids swimming even though they were probably beat!

On Saturday, it was time to leave. :( We got everything together and drove to Lambert's for lunch. Luckily, we got right in and the girls had a great time yelling, "ROLL!" It was a great vacation, but it's nice to be home, too. Next stop . . . Hawaii!

If you're on facebook, I have all the Branson pictures uploaded there!

Young Love

Happy late 4th of July! We spent the afternoon and evening at Dorothy and Jeff's house. Logan was running a fever and was CRANKY! Matt and I think that he is cutting another tooth because he is on day four of being absolutely cranky. He wasn't a huge fan of the fireworks. He couldn't decide whether he wanted to laugh or cry at them, and he kept making this noise that sounded like something between those two.

Emma played frisbee with one of Jeff's nephews, who is about 19. She was following him around and wanted to sit next to him to watch the fireworks. At one point I looked back and she was trying to pull a strand of her hair out. When I asked what she was doing, she said, "Mom, I am trying to give him a piece of my hair to remember me by!" Oh my goodness, Matt and I are in trouble! I told her that she shouldn't pull her hair out for a boy.

Lately, she has been extremely helpful. Each time she does something, she says, "I can do this because I'm 5" or "5 year olds can do this." It is so funny that she is loving being 5!

Logan

Logan recently turned one and I am absolutely loving this age!!! He is learning more and more everyday and becoming more vocal. He has an extreme temper, though! He yells when he doesn't get his way. Emma was sharing a ring pop with him and every time she would take it away to have a lick herself, he yelled. She said, "Mom, Logan won't let me have any of my ring pop." I ended up distracting him with something else, but he got so loud!

He is also such a strong little boy! When I am changing his diaper he will twist to the side to try to crawl away. I try to push him back down and he strains against my hand, all while giggling. Eventually, I win, but he puts up such a great fight! His most recent achievement is learning to shake his head no. If I offer him something that he doesn't want, he shakes his head no. Earlier, I asked him for a hug, and he shook his head no. What a sweet boy . . .

Emma

Emma says to me, "Mom, do doctors ever get sick?"
"Yes, they do," I replied.
"Where do they go when they get sick?" she asks.
"Ummm . . . they go to other doctors."

Torture!

This picture here is Emma acting like an alien. We were at the dino restaurant at The Legends, and she was being her usual goofy self! Such an entertainer!

We have been without air conditioning for the past two days. It's miserable! The kids have been getting up early because they have been so hot. Luckily, Emma is in summer school and gone most of the day and friends have taken pity on us and let us in during the day. :) I am ready for it to be fixed and am not really sure how people live without it.

Logan can now officially get his body into the bathtub all on his own. He LOVES to take a bath and is always standing outside the tub when the water is running. He tries to lift his leg up to get in, and last night he kind of jumped on both feet and threw himself in head first. His head landed right inside the bucket of toys and he cried. Emma was upset because she tried to catch him but wasn't fast enough. What a good sister. :) He is also doing well with his words such as "mama," "dada," and "done." He was such a difficult newborn, but now looking back it seems that the year has gone so quickly. He will be one in less than a week!!!!

It's A Good Idea to Put the Seat Down!

Logan got a haircut! Here are some before and after photos.

I was talking on the phone the other night when I heard Emma start crying. She was supposed to be brushing her teeth in the bathroom. Matt went to go check it out, and he starting laughing hysterically and telling me to come into the bathroom. When I got there, Emma's whole bottom was soaking wet. Matt had gone to the bathroom and left the toilet seat and rim up. Emma wasn't paying attention and sat directly into the water (and pee). She cried and cried while Matt gave her (another) bath. We couldn't stop laughing and she told us, "I don't like it when people laugh at me." We honestly couldn't help it. :)

I put both Logan and Emma in the daycare at the gym when I go to workout. When I picked them up this evening, she told me that she wants to move into the gym. She said if she moved in then she can do ballet, go to the daycare, and go swimming whenever she wants. I'm glad that she enjoys it so much!

Logan is into a full-fledged crawl. He can also pull himself into a stand. He follows me all around the house and when he gets to put he tries to climb up my legs. He stands directly behind me and pulls on my pant legs. Adorable.

Summer Time

With the warm weather setting in, the kids and I have found tons of fun things to do! Unfortunately, Emma was sick this week when the weather was so beautiful. On the way to the gym Monday morning, she got sick in the car even though she had shown no signs of sickness. I took her to the doctor, and they said she just had a virus. She was MISERABLE. I took her to urgent care that night because Matt and I couldn't get her fever to go down. It got as high as 105, and that was way too high for us. She got to lay around and watch TV all day Monday and Tuesday, and finally her fever broke on Tuesday afternoon. Today was much more fun since we got to leave the house.

Logan is moving around everywhere. He is still doing his weird crawl, but he is crawling "normal" half the time. He is a loud talker, and loves to say "mama" and "dada" all the time. I know that he recognizes many words, especially "snack," which is his absolute favorite. He will be one in just one month!

Emma and I both graduated within the last couple of weeks. She is off to kindergarten and I am off to a job and working on my Masters. The thought of doing more school makes me cringe, but I have to do it.

Emma

Emma and I were driving the other day, and she says, "Mommy! Look! That cloud looks just like God!" I looked and it didn't resemble anything to me. It makes me wonder what Emma thinks God looks like.

I am also started to think that there are too many commercials on the Nick channel. She saw a commercial for "Push and Brush" (it looks cool, really) and she said she really wanted it. Then she went on to describe how the homegrown tomato planter works - in great detail. She asks me, "Mom, do you want push and brush or homegrown tomatoes? You have to pick just one." :)

Yesterday was my birthday, and she gave me a tube of her purple lipstick from her makeup pile. She is very worried now about her daddy's birthday. She says she has nothing for a boy to give him! I told her that I am sure we can find something . . .

Fun Times!

The kids and I have been having a lot of fun now that the weather is nicer and Logan is able to do more. In this picture, you can see his top two teeth poking through. It's funny because Emma got her top teeth at eleven months, and his top teeth are coming in first, too. He's been a bit miserable because of it, but nothing too bad.

Logan and Emma get along great. She is a bit rough with him at times, but it's nothing he can't handle. Here she is showing him how much she loves him. :)

Matt loves the shirt Logan is wearing. It says, "My dad is the man."

Logan is still doing a modified version of a crawl. He pushes himself up, lurches forward, and lands. I'm starting to wonder if he will ever crawl "normal." I do carry him a lot more than I ever carried Emma because he is more demanding. I've been trying to let him become more independent, so we'll see how that goes. Right now, Emma and Logan can play in Emma's room together for an extended period of time while mommy gets quiet time. :)

In a quest to be healthier, Matt and I got a family pass to the NKC community center. I still have some baby weight to lose, and so does Matt! The kids can be in the daycare room for up to two hours while Matt and I work out. It's great because I can go during the day and not have to worry about babysitting. We were going to get Oceans of Fun passes, but I'm glad we did this instead. I took the kids to the pool there today for the first time, and it was nice to not have to worry about sunscreen or the heat with my fair-skinned kids! Emma, of course, loves to "swim" and I was glad that Logan loved the water. He had a great time splashing and walking around with me. :)

Am I FIVE?

This week, I took Emma to her new elementary school for her kindergarten health screening. She was so excited about going and seeing her new school! When I told her, she says, "Am I five?" I told her that she was not yet five. So, she says, "Can I please be five?" She knows that when she is five she is going to kindergarten.

The other day, she asked me for a snack. I told her yes, she could have a healthy snack but that was it. A few minutes later I was talking to Matt when she came in. She says, "Daddy, can I have a snack." I said, "No!" She says, "I wasn't asking you, I was asking my dad!" I'm glad that she thinks she is so clever! She didn't get the snack.

Logan is getting bigger and bigger each day! He is still not crawling all the way, but he is doing a modified version of a crawl. He pushes himself up and lurches himself forward. It's adorable!

Disney on Ice

Here are some random pictures of us before and during the show. That's a ten dollar sno cone that Emma is eating . . . CRAZY!

A few days ago, we went to Disney on Ice. Last year, the theme was princesses, but this year it was Mickey and Minnie's Magical Adventure. It had the The Lion King, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, and Lilo and Stitch. I thought it was funny that I knew every word to The Lion King songs, but Emma has never even seen the movie! It's weird that the movies that are classics to me, she doesn't even know. We went with our friends Emily and Olivia, Jill, Allison, and Emma, and Maia and Malena. We had a great time! Emma loved dressing up like a princess, of course.

This Is For You, Maia

Okay, so Emma and I had the strangest conversation the other day. I told Maia, who has proceeded to tell everyone! ;) Another friend, Sarah, told her to put it on her blog, but Maia thought it would be weird since Emma is not her kid. I don't think so, though. Maia is Emma's "surrogate mommy." :) I was never going to put it on here because I think it's a gross conversation, so this is for you, Maia. Anyway, most of you know that Emma was sick with the "flu" last week (she had all the symptoms Malena had, who tested positive, but Emma tested negative). She had a bit of diarrhea on this day, and our conversation went something like this:

Emma: "Mommy, I peed out of my butt!"
Me: "It's called diarrhea."
Emma: "Oh."

She went about playing for several minutes, and then asked:

Emma: "Mommy, what's it called again when you pee out of your butt?"
Me: "Diarrhea."
Emma: "Oh. What's it called when you poop out of your vagina?"

I told her that should never, EVER happen. So, you see why I had no desire to post this conversation. :)

This Song . . .

Every time I hear the song below, it makes me think of my kids. It's called "It Won't Be Like This For Long" by Darius Rucker. He's right, it WON'T be like this for long. It wasn't too long ago that Logan was having inconsolable crying fits (I KNOW some of you remember those). I remember thinking that he would never outgrow it, but he did. Now he is a happy eight-and-a-half month old. I used to record Lifetime movies so I would have something to watch when I would be up late with him or in the middle of the night, nursing and rocking him.

Emma is going to start kindergarten this fall, and that's hard for me to believe. She has grown and learned so much in the past four-and-a-half years that I am constantly amazed by her. I can't wait to see what the future holds for her and Logan. Check the song out on youtube . . . it's beautiful.

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all nite
Lay'n there in bed listen'n
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK

It wont be like this for long
One day soon we'll look back laugh'n
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
It won't be like this for long

Four years later bout four thirty
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This will only last a week or two

It wont be like this for long
One day soon we'll drop her off
And she wont even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It wont be like this for long

One day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times you'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she up and cry'n
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
Till her eyes are finally closed
And just watch'n her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows
It wont be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah this phase is gonna fly by
He's try'n to hold on
It wont be like this for long
It wont be like this for long

Being Goofy

Before taking Emma to school the other day, we had the camera out. Emma loves to take pictures (just like mommy). She got some cute shots of Logan giving kisses. She thinks it's hilarious when she makes goofy faces at the camera. :) She just had to have a picture of the three of us, which is easier said than done.

She started swim lessons last week, and she did SO great. She is in a group with two other kids. Maia, Emily and I have decided that they are in the middle group (Malena and Emma are in the same group, Emily's daughter, Olivia is in the "upper" group). She was so excited after her first lesson and said she kissed the water and took a magic carpet ride. The second swim lesson, however, didn't go as well. They practice splashing one another, and she cried. She HATES to get her face wet. The parents have to sit outside on bleachers and watch, which is fine because the pool area is HOT. Hopefully, she'll have a basic understanding of doggy paddling by the time we're done.