This is Madison's second dance recital and she is having so much fun. Her first dance recital she kept running off the stage to say hi to us but this time she stayed on the stage and danced the whole time. Her favorite dance move was shaking her shoulders... that was the move she did most of the time until she noticed the class was doing something else:) It was so much fun to watch and they are all so cute!
Madison loves being a princess and playing princess everyday! It all started when she read her first Snow White book at grandma's house and then it turned into this fun little world of imagination. The girls love to go downstairs in the play room with Jake and act out all the princess movies. Jake makes a very good Flinn from the movie Rapunzel and Emerie is often assigned to be the witch or Malificent. Today in the bath tub the girls were playing Ariel and Emerie was Ursala. They are so funny and make us laugh everyday.
Back in November we went to South Bend Indiana for the Notre Dame U of U football game. We were able to stay with our friends the Wells and had a great time tailgating with our Notre Dame alumni friends the Bugnitz. Jake really stood out in his red hoodie and said that it wasn't a matter of who was going to win but how much the U was going to win by. It's a good thing tailgates happen before games! Oh, he swallowed those words a little bit into the sad sad game. Good thing I am a BYU fan;) Overall we had a great time despite the Utes sad loss.
Back when I was an illustration major at BYU I did a series of paintings with kids caught in mischievious acts
. My cousins little girl posed for this painting and now she is all grown up. It's so funny now to be the mom of this cliche situation:) This illustration fits Emeire perfectly! The cat in the picture used to be my stuffed kitty and now Emerie sleeps with it every night. She even has the sad eyebrow look perfected! Here are two of Emerie's latest drawings on the floor and our door. There are others on the floor, yesterday I washed the couch, our washing machine has some nice art on it and who knows what will be next?
You may be wondering why I keep trusting her with crayons. Well, she just loves to color and often will walk around the house yelling, "Color this! Color this!" If she sees a pen, pencil, or crayon she won't stop saying color, color, color until she has her way. Lately she has been saying," I need markers mom." Those definitely get full supervision! However, often when she has a pencil or a crayon, I get distracted for a moment, or go in the other room only to come back with a new drawing on the wall or floor. She is quick and she doesn't get into mischief every time. I often think she has learned that we can only "color this" on paper. She is very good at going to time out and will run in her room, come out and say, "I will be nice mom!" as she runs and gives me a big hug. So so cute! Thank goodness most everything is washable. Santa is bringing this little artist an Aqua Doodle for Christmas.
One of the other illustrations I did was of a little girl cutting her hair. I haven't come across that situation yet... knock on wood!
The other day I walked back into the kitchen to find that little Emmers had scooted the chair over to the counter and seized the computer and the phone! This was my tallest counter where I could keep all our stuff "safe"! Looks like nothing is safe anymore and I will just have to teach the girls the honor code system (if mommy says no they will obey?). Do you think this face can be trusted;)
About a month ago Emerie got her first haircut! I was amazed at how still she sat and not a single tear. Hmmm, I may get brave and try to cut her hair the next time she needs one:) It was so cute to see her sit in the little car, watch her show, and be so serious. We love you Ems!
What a fun messy day. This was one of those moments where letting the girls help dad was very fun yet the mess after was not so fun to clean up:) These girls loved painting the doors to one of my refurbished furniture projects and when the paint on them was greater than the doors... it was time to take them to the tub. They were sad to leave the paint and to get scrubbed down!
Emerie has always been a funny girl, but now that she can talk and sing she gets even funnier. Her favorite song is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". She randomly breaks into song throughout the day but often it's when we are driving. I love it when little kids sing because the pitch is all over the place and often their voices crack. It's so cute. She starts out small then increases the songs volume and intensity as she goes.
Emerie is pretending to be a superhero in this picture. Both girls put on their blankets and had fun running around the house. Emerie can pull some really cute cheesy grins but she has an equally funny grumpy face. She has been getting some teeth in and we have had some very grumpy moments lately. I just have to laugh sometimes because she is so funny grumpy. She pushes those eyebrows together, and puts out her lip, and has even told me to "go away". We all have those moments Ems:) Despite her grumpy moments she is still a cuddle bug and gives the cutest hugs and kisses. Her favorite kisses lately are butterfly ones and she is very good at giving them back with her long eyelashes. We just love our Emerie, or as Madison would say it "Emmer" (Madison's new nickname for her sister).
Oh, and one more cute thing... This last weekend we went on a road trip which meant I told a lot of stories! In the retold story of Peter Pan I asked Madison what her happy thought was that would make her fly. She said it was "Her sister Emmie!" That just melted my heart, they really are cute friends!
