Funny Emily

Emily is so funny! I put a clock in her room a week or two ago, so that she can see when it's 7:00. She knows that if the clock says 7 and we're not up, she can turn on her light, close the door, and read or play. This morning I went into her room and this is what I found. All her little animals with underwear and socks on. It's hard to see it all in the picture, but it was really really funny.

This rhinoceros picture is something she drew a few days ago. I asked her what it was, thinking it looked like a rhino, but I wasn't sure. I was right! I thought this was very clever of her! Lots of details!

This morning I had quite a scare with Emily. She was in my bathroom and I was trimming her fingernails. I accidentally clipped the top of her thumb a little. She said it didn't hurt. But, she said she had a headache and that she was sweating. She sat on the floor and said she couldn't stand up. I picked her up and she went limp on me ~ all the blood running out of her face. She turned white! I took her clothes off and ran her over to the bed, got her a drink and called Tyler. He was out at White's Residential Services, helping his friend Brad with their chapel. He was on his way back through town right after I called, and stopped by to see how she was. She had no fever (in fact, she was sweating but her temp wasn't even 97!) By the time he got there, her color was back and she's been fine ever since. That was scary! She almost passed out on me! I think it was a combination of clipping her finger, she was thirsty, and the room was hot.

Little Miniatures

We have had a nice spring-like day today. Sunny, warm with a cool breeze, and I noticed bits of green starting to pop up as we passed by neighbors' soon-to-be flowerbeds. The girls and I took a nice walk, with Emily stopping every few feet to pick up a leaf, rock, or small stick and saying, "This is FUN!" One of my favorite things today was taking Lucy outside while Emily was at preschool. When we go outside, we normally go right to her baby swing. Today was different. Since she is walking now, I plopped her right on the patio and let her explore. She toddled around, bending down to pick up sticks, walking over to feel the mud and grass. She looked so tiny, and I thought to myself what a little miniature person she is. We had to go in and grab the camera. I wish I could post all the pictures. It would take my computer all day to load them on this blog!

Emily had been quiet in her room for a good while this afternoon, so I went in and told her she could come out. I was hoping for her to take a nap, but it didn't happen which is pretty usual now. I went in to find her down on the rug by her bed, with all of her barettes out. She was sticking the flower barettes in the rug and saying, "Do you like my little flower garden?" Another picture opportunity, and a funny example of how her little mind works. I think we're all excited about spring!

Friends

"I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait!" That was Emily while we watched Beth, Alaina, and Audri come up to the door. With all the sickness we've had this winter, we have just recently been able to have any of Em's friends come to our house! Either we've been sick or they've been sick. I watched the girls today while Beth and Isaac took Alix to Kindergarten Roundup to get him ready to enter Kindergarten in the fall. Audri and Lucy are the same age, and as you can see in the last picture, they shared toys quite nicely. :0) Alaina and Emily had a ton of fun dressing up and taking silly pictures for the camera. Whenever Lucy would see the camera even remotely pointed at her she would say, "Cheeee!" She's quite a ham! She sees her sister ham it up so much.... I know I've mentioned this before, but I just don't know where they get that.....hmmm. They have such quiet parents. And such a quiet daddy.














My favorite picture is the one of Alaina and Emily peeking up over the bed. That was their idea. And here is Little Lucy taking some steps. She started taking steps the day after her birthday, and just yesterday started to get more brave with it by trying it more and taking more steps at a time.