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!

Movie day, the 4th, and some yoga too

We had a great long weekend in our neck of the woods. Friday I had the pleasure of lunch and a movie with one of my sisters and two of my sis-in-laws. We had lunch at The Cheesecake Factory (yum!!), candy at the movie (another yum!) and then we were really bad and had some Pinkberry frozen yogurt after that (interesting, but also yum!) It was my first time at Pinkberry and I tried the coconut flavor...kinda hard to explain; it was like a Yoplait yogurt flavor but in soft-serve ice cream form (I guess I just explained it, huh?). The movie we saw was an ultimate chick-flick, My Sister's Keeper. Good movie, and we cried like babies! I'm so lucky that I have so much fun with my sisters!

Here is a picture of the four of us - Trisha, Cherie, me, and Kelli.

Saturday we went to Nick and Suzanne's for a big family 4th of July get together. Suzanne's daughters came in from out of state to join us, it was fun! Emily had been sick all week with a virus (and crazy high fevers) so we had to show up later than everybody else because she couldn't go swimming yet and we didn't want her to have to sit and watch everybody else swim. We had a lot of good food and good company though, and we stayed until after dark to watch the fireworks show. They have this amazing view from their backyard and we were able to see about 8 different fireworks shows from there! Most of them were a little too far off and really small, but right in the middle there were two main shows that were close enough to watch. It was really pretty and without the crowds and noise!

Here we all are before dinner - Charlene, Jon, Alex, Suzanne, Nick, Trisha, Shannon, me, Tina, Doug, Alexis, Jack, Devin, Emily, and Ryan.

Today I'm keeping busy. Emily has been dropped off at school, the A/C on my car is hopefully getting fixed, and lucky Bella has a vet appointment this afternoon. :)

Tonight is yoga! I signed up for a yoga class through the school district's rec. center. It's every Wednesday night for 10 weeks and last week was my first class. It felt really good and it should really pay off in helping me support my lower back better and help keep my bones (and hopefully my mind) more aligned. I'm looking forward to going again today and seeing if it leaves me as sleepy as it did last week, yay for a good night's sleep!

This Week

Well this week has flown by super fast! I've been having a hard time getting out of vacation mode and just feeling like sitting around reading all day.

Monday, Emily started a little four week preschool program at a local elementary school. She only goes Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9-12, but she's having a lot of fun with it and is excited to get more time with kids again. They do a little craft every time they go and this week was all about the 4th of July. I'm trying to decide if it's a coincidence or not that she goes to school on Monday and ends up with a fever and sore throat halfway through Tuesday...probably not huh?

Emily was very excited to get back to gymnastics on Tuesday since she missed last week while playing in San Diego. I'm so glad she still loves it! It's so cool to watch her progression week by week. When she started she had very little upper body strength and couldn't really get her legs in the air for anything; now she's pulling and holding herself up on things and she's improving in all of the little exercises they do.

For now, I'm taking care of fever girl (boy does she get MOODY when the medicine wears off and her fever comes back!) and getting some cleaning done since we're at home. The rest of this week I'm looking forward to a lunch and movie with some of my girls tomorrow and a nice big Forth of July feast with a lot of family on Saturday! This will be Emily's first year staying up to watch the fireworks! She'll love them!!

Happy Fourth everybody! Have a safe and fun celebration!

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!

See You Later!

We're on vacation until Thursday! I'm sure I'll have lots to post over the weekend. Have a great week everybody!

4th Of July Crafts

Today I wanted to do a craft time and I figured the 4th of July would be a good theme to go with since it's coming up fast. I tried to explain as best I could to a 4 year old what the holiday meant, then Emily made a flag and some fireworks.

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. :)