Easter Egg Hunting at School

Emma had an egg hunt at school this week and let's just say these kiddos are wild.

         Gracie Belle certainly has my girl in a choke hold. These girls are the best of friends.

                                                 Ms. Renee had to lend a helping hand.

                                                             The fruits of our labor.

Emma's First Sleepover

Emma spent her first night at Nanny's house last weekend while I had to work and Bo and Ashton were out of town. She packed like she was going away for a month and would be traveling to various regions considering that she took 2 swimsuits, long pajamas, basketball clothes, several pairs of shoes, etc. She is nothing if not prepared.

A Seriously Sill Girl

My girl is convinced that she is Goofy. She likes to dress like him, walk like him and basically pretend that she is him. It totally cracks me up.

Emma loves for me to make her hair stand up. She thinks this is hilarious.

Emma and her twig. Another thing that she has started enjoying. Collecting sticks.

She has decided that she loves to draw and color and wants me to take a picture of all of her artwork.

Monkey Girl

While watching Tarzan today for the first time, I found Emma imitating the monkeys. This girl doesn't slow down!

Ho Ho Nap Time

This could possibly be the sweetest face ever, but don't let looks fool you. This girl is getting so Sassy!

Thursdays Thoughts

Emma reminds me of the Xanadu days. She is totally rocking that headband.

Some of her new favorite things to say and/or do include:

• "Well, well, well". She just says this randomly and it is adorable.
• Everything she eats or drinks she has to tell me is going in her tummy. 
• She plays school a lot. It is so cute! She stands in her chair and proceeds to tell us the days of the week and the months and then she puts her hand on her heart and we say the Pledge. 
• Continues to dress as a hobo, but does it in layers now. 
• Favorite movie would be a tie between Robin Hood and The Great Mouse Detective, which she calls the mouse cookie movie. 
• Wants to wear cowboy boots everyday because her best friend Gracie Belle wears them to school.
• Wants to take her lunch everyday because her best friend does that too. 
• Wants to have "round, round" hair because Gracie Belle has that too.
• I am seeing a trend.

She had a hearing test yesterday and recheck on her hearing aids. Her hearing has not changed so that is good. She was fitted for new ear molds and should be getting those soon. She did so good and I was so proud of her. While we were in the elevator and she was dressed in scrubs and a lab coat, she managed to make several people smile. At one point a Doctor got on the elevator and she was quick to point out to him that they matched. One lady even said "she has totally made my day today". She as a way to doing that.

Happy Birthday

We have celebrated 2 milestone birthdays at our house this week. Emma turned 5 on Monday and Brady is 18 today. Yes my baby is officially an adult. What a thought.



Emma just refused to celebrate her birthday on Monday. She wanted no part of cupcakes or presents so I let it go. She decided to open her presents the next day and was happy about it.

 Brady doesn't have the gift opening problem. He knows it's cash and that makes him happy. He celebrated with Bo's parents and sister yesterday with a Red Robin burger and is having a few friends over for a bonfire and pizza tonight. It's hard to believe he is 18. The years really did go by fast.