"Dr. Went-Well"

I was thinking about what to write the other morning for my blog, and the ideas came to me as I sat in front of the computer.....with a "Tinkerbell" tiara in my hair, my jammies on, and the girls playing on the floor around me. I thought, "What am I doing with this thing still in my hair?!?!" Emily wanted me to wear it ~ she had her Tinkerbell dress on and I decided to keep it in my hair because it was keeping my hair out of my face. I just decided to write about all the funny things that little Miss Emily has been saying and doing lately. She has such an imagination, especially while in her dress up clothes, costumes, whatever you want to call them. I have had to be quiet lately because I was going to scare the sleeping tiger if I didn't. I have had to get the witch and the snake out of her room, even at 3:40 in the morning. (To be honest, that specific time I didn't actually go down to her room, but she did come and wake me up because she was scared...."just pretending" she said, but still wanted the witch out). I think we watch too many princess movies, and too much Jungle Book (hence the snakes and tigers). She was also going to teach Sher-Con (Jungle Book) how to dance yesterday.

Now, for "Dr. Went-Well". Tyler and I got a good laugh in at lunch today. The girls had check ups today. Tyler came home for lunch and asked, "Doctor went well?" I said, "Ya, they did good, we didn't have to wait long and Lucy's bronchitis is cleared up." Emily said, "Dad, it's not Dr. Went Well, it's Dr. Lyons." Ohhhhhh, duh!

Yesterday Emily and Lucy went to Mrs. Hammel's house to be watched in the evening, while we went to a dinner we were invited to. Mrs. Hammel is one of Em's preschool teachers, and Emily LOVES her. She was so excited to go, that after her "nap" (she didn't nap yesterday, she was too excited), she said, "Mrs. Hammel NEEDS us!" She wanted to go right then. She also informed me that "I'll be a good nice attitude!" Of course, they ended up having a blast. They love going there... Nancy Jo and her husband, Cary, had a nice dinner waiting, an old Fisher Price school to play with, fish out in the pond to feed, and "Chip the Wonder Dog" to play with.

Finally, one more story. I love all the funny things Emily says and that Lucy does, but this was the best. On Tyler's birthday (Monday), he came home from work early and we went to the pumpkin patch. We had a great time looking at (and holding) the goats and donkeys, eating pumpkin bars and cider slushies, and picking out apples and pumpkins. Later that evening after dinner, before it was completely dark outside, Emily and I went out to put the pumpkins in their places. She said, "Mom, it's a good day!" She has been saying that so much and I love it. It reminds me to slow down and think about the day, and how, yes, it has been good!

The "Amazing" Swingset!

This fall we finally got a new swingset, and it's been great! It was really inexpensive ~ purchased at an auction of a swingset place going out of business. We only have 3 swings, and have yet to get a slide, glider, etc, but it'll do. It provided a lot of entertainment for us while Tyler was in Colorado, and we go out as a family in the evenings. One evening, Emily was so excited when I pushed her really high. She said, "This is amazing!" Even though we have had it for a few weeks now, she still tells me how nice it was of Daddy to get the swingset for us! Also, if you can tell at all from the picture, Emily loves to go out and swing in her "dance dresses," "costumes," or "ballerina dresses," ~ whatever she's calling them for the day! She likes to say that she's playing "dress upping".

The walnuts are finally off the tree....for a while there we would have to go inside because they were falling too much right over the swingset. The squirrels would notice us out there and they made sure they positioned themselves up in the tree right over one of us, and dropped the walnut shells right onto us. One of my shirts is ruined by walnut stains (that do not come out) because a squirrel aimed right for me and dropped quite a few pieces all at once!

Hopefully we'll get a lot more use out of it this fall. The weather has been so warm, and even though the temp is going to drop, we'll still be out there! If not, we'll be inside playing with the dollhouse....as you can see Lucy is playing with the little girl that belongs to the dollhouse!