Today's Conversation

We're driving in the car today and Emily is talking about growing up. She wants to know when she'll be big like Mommy and Daddy, so I tell her in a lot of years. She says, "Maybe when I'm five. Alexis turned five and now she's grown up!" I told her that Alexis is a little older but still small like her and they have a while until they're grown up (thank goodness).

Then she says, "When are we going to have a baby then?" I told her we'll just have to wait and see; she says, "Maybe when somebody that has a baby is done with their baby they'll give it to us and then we'll have a baby." Hehehe! I told her that's not quite how it works, then she asks the infamous question, "Then where do babies come from??" I told her that I would grow one in my belly just like she grew in my belly and she just said, "Oooh, ok." I'm so thankful they're easy to please question wise at this age!

San Diego

We're baaaack! What a great time we had on our mini-vacation!! Emily pretty much summed it up for me the first afternoon we were there; she was playing in the water and sand on the bay when she stopped and called out to me, "Mommy, this is happiness!"

We left after lunch time and stopped at a view point on the way there because it was a beautiful day. There turned out to be a bunch of squirrels running around and this other family had some trail mix that they were nice enough to share with Emily to feed them with; they ended up eating right out of her hand, even putting their little paws on her hand to make sure it stayed still. So cute!

The next day was zoo day. We loved the zoo! We decided to walk instead of do the bus tour because you can see way more and go at your own pace. The weather was perfect, and Emily changes her answer every time she's asked what her favorite animal was because there are too many to choose from.

That night we drove to Old Town for some super yummy Mexican food and Emily was very excited that we had a little visitor during our meal. We were in the outside seating area, and this kitten was just watching us eat most of the time from on top of a brick wall.

Wednesday was our only other full day there and we decided to use it for relaxation time. I got a massage in the early morning and the rest of the morning we spent at the pool swimming and reading. After lunch we walked over to the dock and rented a boat for an hour of driving around Mission Bay, that was sooo fun! The faster the boat went the happier Emily was and it was so fun to hear her laughing out loud the whole time. We all took a turn driving the boat, even Emily drove for a bit!

After our boat ride we went to hang out at the beach by our room. Emily couldn't get enough of playing in water and sand, she'd live in it if she could. Dinner time came next so we went to a local pizza place and had a huge pizza that was really good, then we headed across the street to Belmont Park where they have some rides and carnival games. We did a few things there and ended the night with huge amounts of fabulous ice cream.

Thursday morning it was time to pack up and come home to our own beds and pick up Bella (I have never seen her as happy and excited as she was when I picked her up!). Bella was way over-due for a play date with her best friend, Roxy, who lives in our condo complex so we made sure to get some doggy play time in Thursday afternoon.

I think that's about it, you're all caught up to today!

Emilyism

Emily told me that she's decided to go exploring. She let me know that she's going to a place that she's named Lost Something, and made sure to inform me that it's in Orange County. At least I feel better now that I know she's exploring close to home. :)

Emilyism

Me: "Why are you giving Bella a dirty look?"

Emily: "I wasn't giving BELLA a dirty look, I was giving YOU a dirty look!"

Emilyism

"Ew!!  I saw some dirty dirt, and it was DIRTY!"

Emilyisms

Pinocchio Theater:

The Nokia Theater in LA where we're going to see Sesame Street Live.

June-nastics:

Gymnastics.

Colorado

I thought I'd give a little recap of mine and Emily's trip to CO last weekend.  We had such a great time!

The first day it started snowing about half an hour after we got to Jen's house, and Emily was sooo excited!  She played in the snow a little, and mostly Jen and I sat around and talked a lot and laughed like crazy, what a perfect day!

The next day was Dakota's birthday party with his little friends (he turned 3) and I made the pirate cake for it.  The house was done up really cool in pirate decorations and each of the kids got pirate hats (which just happened to fit my pea-head) and swords; they went on a treasure hunt, ate pizza, and sang happy birthday.  Unfortunately the snow was worse that day and a few of his friends couldn't make it, but little did he know how lucky he was to be surrounded by adorable little girls!  :)  We also went sledding for a little bit, but it started raining and the wind was blowing it right in our faces, so we decided it was time to go back and warm up.

Sunday was Dakota's family birthday dinner, and I helped Jen learn how to make homemade lasagna which turned out very yummy.  There was a lot of Wii and good conversation that day.

Monday morning it was time to fly home, and we were ready to be with Alex again.  Emily is always a big hit in airports; she flies well and people think she's cute.  Well, most people.  We had just gotten through security when there was a man next to us that had a rather large stomach, and here's how the conversation went:

Emily: "Mommy, that man has a BABY in his tummy!"

Me:  "Oh my...no Emily, he doesn't."

Emily: "Then why is his tummy SO big??"

The man had a less than amused look on his face, but luckily didn't say anything!

Then we're standing in line somewhere else and there's a lady with short, boy-length hair.  Luckily she was on her phone and didn't hear when Emily said, "Mommy, that's a MAN, why does he have a purse??"

Silly little girl.  That about sums it up though, we got home and gave Alex hugs and just about melted in the almost 100 degree weather! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip...

Emilyism

"Bella is my favorite doggy in the world.  And you're my favorite girl, Mommy.  And Daddy is my favorite boy...and I'm my favorite self!"

Emilyism

Looking at a picture in a magazine she says, "Dr. Pepper?!  That drink can't be a doctor!"

Silly Conversations

I just wanted to share some of the silly but cute things that Emily said today.

We were at Target picking up a prescription, and I had to sign the little digital pad thingy.  Yes I'm sure that's the technical name for it.  She kept asking if she could sign it and I said no because it had my name and not her name.  So she says, "But I can sign your name!  M-O-M-M-Y, Mommy, that's your name!"  It was just a cute little moment and the guy at the pharmacy got a laugh out of it too.

I had a frustrating afternoon with her today; she's going through another week of Idon'tneedtolistentoathingyoutellmeitis.  But even among her complaining comes some kind of cute excuses.  I gave her a workbook page to do, and after she colors one flower petal she stops and starts frowning.  After I tell her to do her work she says, "But my muscles aren't strong enough to color anymore!"

We went to Devin's baseball game today and while we were there she was waiting for Alexis to show up so they could share some cookies.  Doug tells her Alexis will be there in like 10 minutes, and Emily says, "But my head hurts when Alexis isn't here yet!"

That's all for today, time to eat!

Emilyisms

She's really into knowing the names of songs on the radio and announcing if she knows them or not. This morning we got in the car and she didn't recognize the song, so here's how the conversation went...

Emily, "Is this a new song?"

Me, "Nope."

Emily, "Is this an old song?"

Me, "Not really."

Emily, "Is it French??"

Apparently that was the next logical thing after old and new.  :)

Emily Quotes

Here are a couple more Emilyisms for your enjoyment.  These were both said on the way home from school two days ago.  It's so funny to hear things the way they interpret them!

"Mommy, if you talk to a stranger, then the stranger will come and knock you down.  And you'll get hurt."

She was very excited when she told me this, "The police officer came to our school today and he didn't shoot us!"

Emily Quote

After throwing a crazy 15 minute fit in time out...

Me, "Why were you throwing a fit?"

Emily, "Because you ruined my day!"

Get used to it kid!