Thursday, July 14, 2011

4th of July

Here are some random pics of our 4th of July.  We (actually, just Michael) spent the morning mixing and pouring cement for our back patio, then we headed to Ray and Carol's house for the afternoon and then over to Rick and Debbie's for the evening.  A busy day. 

And since I had to turn on the hose every 10 minutes for Michael, I technically helped with the cement too. :)  We lost our nozzle, so we can't leave it on.  He told me to turn it on for 13 seconds.  So, I counted and only got to like 8 before he told me to turn it off.  Here's the rest of the conversation...

Me: But I only got to 8; I was supposed to count to 13. (Yes, I do talk in semi-colon sentences - I'm just cool like that)
Michael:  That was 13
Me:  Nu-uh - how did you count
Michael:  1, 2, 3...
Me:  "mississippi-lessly"?

**Bonus points to who can guess where that quote came from.  I was proud that I thought of it on the fly.  And it made Michael smile and laugh at me since he knew exactly where I got the quote.

Anyway, back to the pics...

Buddah belly baby is happy that daddy gave her a tootsie roll pop - mom wasn't so happy.  It stained her jacket :(

 Ethan was not at all interested in going down the slip-n-slide, but he did like the spraying water and watching the girls ride down the slide.
And once Emeree saw the water, she was all about trying to drink it.
Eating watermelon on the deck
Over to Grandma and Grandpa's . . . Ethan had fun pushing Emeree up and down the hill in the wagon.

Look at her go!
 Ethan didn't like the "boom" of the fireworks, so Debbie went inside and found a solution.  Fuzzy earmuffs!  Grandma's are great like that!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Emeree's word list

I made a list of the words Ethan was speaking when he was about 18 months, so I guess I should be a good documentor and list Emeree's at the same age.

She's speaking a lot more than Ethan was at this age, and I think it has to do with being the 2nd child...she copies him and us a lot.  She'll copy almost any word we try to get her to say, but I'm only listing the words that she says on her own.

People
Mom
Dad
Dampa - that's for Grandma and Grandpa (Ethan says it that way so she copied the weird word from him)
Lorelai
Zach - Ethan's buddy from nursery and play dates
We've gotten her to say Emma and Ethan a couple times but she doesn't say them much on her own
Ehmo - Elmo
George - when she wants to watch Curious George

Food
Mik - for "milk" although I have a hard time between that and her word oak for "coat" they sound a lot the same sometimes and she gets mad if I give her the wrong one when she's asking for the other.
hot dog
chip
juice
ter - water
cheese
ceal - cereal
a-nah - banana
apple
ret - carrot

Animals
dog
woof - she usually just makes barking noises when she sees a dog instead of saying "dog"
meow - when she sees a cat

Body/clothes
head - usually pats her head and says the word over and over after she bonks it on the table since she refuses to accept that she is taller than the table and should be ducking when she walks under it
teef - when she wants to brush her teeth
hat
eye
nosh - her version of "nose"
ear
shoe
awk - sock
shirt
chin - I know, kindof a weird one for her age
boot
I-per - diaper

Random
heyo-o - this is "hello" when she carries around one of my old cell phones pressed to her ear
shovel
banka - "blanket"
right dere - saying "right there" and pointing when I ask where her pacifier went
book
a-yar - pacifier
star - i use a star cookie cutter to cut shapes out of her bread for breakfast.  she won't eat toast and won't eat bread good if I don't use a cookie cutter
raw - straw
no
mine
hep - help
boo - likes to hide and scare daddy
up - when she wants out of her high chair
done - when she doesn't want her milk anymore and throws it on the floor at the same time with no warning - so she will be on sippy cups for a while to come


I know she says a few more, but I can't think of them right now.


Saturday, July 2, 2011

Take me out to the ball game!

We went to the Tacoma Rainiers Baseball game with family from the Otto side last night!  It was so much fun.  I figured we would stay as late as the kids were happy - since the game started just before bedtime would normally be.  Surprisingly, they lasted till the game ended at 10:30 - we had our fussy moments with Emeree and a fat lip and skinned knee with Ethan running through the stands, but all in all, it was a wonderful night!

Ethan played musical chairs and moved between our row, to sitting with the girls, and sitting with Grandma and Grandpa Sanders.
Emeree had fun watching the game and got caught trying to sneak other people's water. 
And right after the game, they turned out the stadium lights and put on a professional firework show!  Emeree loved it, but Ethan looked worried the whole time and kept his ears covered and had his legs locked around my thigh tightly until they ended.  But he never took his eyes off of them.