First Day of School!

We have been prepping Emma, for going back to school, for the last week or so. Talking about all of the fun things she was going to get to do-art projects, music, playground, snack and getting to see Elle. We were also planning on bringing Elle home with us and having lunch at Chick-Fi-La. She was getting pretty excited about it, but every now and then would say she wanted to stay home with Mommy and Baby Luke. I was a little worried about how the first day would go, when she stayed and Luke left with me. But she did really well! She was able to sleep in our room Monday night and woke up on her own a little after 8 and we got dressed and ready for some oatmeal. Since I was at her school with her last year, she would often eat and get dressed at school. When we sat down to eat, she said "I want to eat at school Mommy" Of course it was rainy and yucky out, but I was still able to get a picture before we left. She didn't put up too much of a fight when I handed her off to her teacher. Luke and I headed back home and next thing I knew it was 11:40 and time to head back to school. After getting everyone loaded up in the car, we headed off for kids meals at Chick-Fi-La and they had a great time laughing and carrying on. They played until about 3, when I knew Emma was tired. I put her down for a nap and Elle was not happy to leave when Nonnie showed up. Before we know it, Emma is going to be heading off to her first day of Kindergarden!

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day signals the end of summer and the start of lovely fall. No more heat and humidity, going to the pool, long days, staying up late, shorts and flip flops, white dresses, or outdoor cookouts. Now we can look forward to preschool, football, fall colors, my birthday!!, Halloween, lots of candy, costumes, pumpkins, warm clothes, boots, and before we know it-Christmas! The weather was pretty nice Saturday and we brought the kiddie pool out one last time.  Emma and I took a good afternoon nap while Matt watched the App game (sorry honey!) and then we enjoyed Mexican food for dinner. Sunday was another pretty decent weather day and we had a cookout with Kari and Carl that evening. I found a few new recipes to try and they all turned out really yummy! Garlic lemon pepper chicken kabobs with homemade tzatiki sauce, garlic rice pilaf, buttery baked potatoes and some chocolatey brownies for desert. Today has been a lazy, rainy day with laundry, dishes, and spending hours on my new obsession, Pintrest!

Helping fill up the pool!

Craft Time

Remember how I told you to stay tuned Friday for the cute craft Emma and Elle made? Well, here it is!

 Check out these cute, hand painted shirts.

 There name's with the year they were born (the numbers are crooked because the names turned out a little crooked and I was hoping to counteract that!)

It's hard to see on his shirt, but that is an elephant with green polka dots

The girls had SO much fun making the shirts-if you couldn't tell by the pictures, the petals are their feet, the stem is their arm and the flowers are their hands. Freezer paper stenciling is what I used for their names, birth years, and Luke's elephant. I am having a lot of fun with the stenciling and it is SUPER easy!! I know there will be many more painted shirts in our future!

Summer time is fading fast

This is the last week before Ms Emma starts back at Burkhead Preschool on Tuesday (notice the background change :o). We have been taking full advantage of having fun this summer with late bedtimes (often in Mommy and Daddy's bed!), sleepovers, cookies for breakfast(!!), lots of time in the water, and a good amount of Noggin (Diego and Dora are helping her get quite the imagination!). We are hoping that this week we can work on getting into bed by 8 and sticking more to a routine throughout the day. Last year, I was a teacher at Emma's school and didn't really experience much of what it was like to have a baby at school. This year, I will be home with Luke and it will give us a chance to have some one-on-one time together and also allow me to work on the many DIY projects I have found these past few weeks. Elle is here some this week and next while Grandma and Pop enjoy a nice vacation. I know the girls are going to really enjoy themselves and I've got a fun little project planned I'll show you on Friday!
Here are a few random pictures of the last two weeks-enjoy!

 He's getting too big, too fast!

 Preparing to roll over

 He was seeping and just in a diaper, so she wanted to be a naked baby too and take a picture!

 Nana and Emma back from a ride to dinner at Putter's!

 She loves to take pictures with him!

Rollin on Over!

We officially have a roller on our hands! In the past few weeks, Luke has rolled over from his belly to his back with a little "help". Being propped up on his shoulders, a little nudge here, uneven ground there-you get the idea! He won't need anymore help after today, though. He's already rolled over three times on his own and before we know it, there will be no more containing him!

Twinkle, Twinkle

The other day we got a tent for the beach to put the babies in and Emma was infatuated! She wanted to play in it as soon as she saw it. I tried to put it in the garage and she started crying because she wanted it in her room. I put it in her room and she was so excited. She played for hours in it and ended up sleeping in it that night. She took her nap in it the next day and was planning on sleeping in that night, but she started crying around 10. I went to check on her and she said she was afraid of the monsters, so she ended up in our bed :o) She broke her night light, and ever since has had a tough time going to sleep because of the monsters and tigers (oh my!) Matt and I have already started talking about Christmas-I am more than obsessed with this holiday!-and I thought she might like to get a playhouse tent. Guess I nailed that one on the head! On a side note-we felt the earthquake too. Or I guess I should say, I felt it, because Emma was running around the house like nothing was going on! I, on the other hand, thought I was losing my mind for a minute while I was sitting on the couch feeding Luke and all of a sudden felt the whole couch shaking. I thought something was going on with the foundation of the house-ha!

 Getting ready for story time-notice Matt is focusing hard on what story to read!

 Talking to her baby about something!

 Look at that love!

 He was cracking her up!!

This is a picture of her tent coming from Santa!

Emma Talk

Here are a few more funny phrases from our sweet girl!

She's done this one for a while now-When she wants to be held she says, I want to hold you.

All sports are soccer and she always asks if you want to watch her play and sometimes she throws a ball, sometimes she kicks a ball and sometimes she just runs around!

When she gets scolded, she starts talking about herself in 3rd person and says she's in time out.

She always wants to play hide and seek-she says count to ten mommy and come find me!

She's really started saying thank you a lot. She says thank you for things we get for her. IE- she had a taco for dinner and she told me about 3 times thank you for my taco mommy. She got a new pair of pjs and she said thank you for my new jammies mommy

When she likes something shes eating she'll say mmmm that's delicious!

If she did something she's not supposed to (like color the back of the couch!) she comes to you and starts saying repeatedly hi mommy, hi mommy. Then you get to find out what she did!

When it's time for a diaper change she says my body hurts

For whatever reason she can't say won't, so when you tell her something not to do she says I will instead of I won't