Hide & Seek with Emery..

Emery and I were playing hide and seek today - I was hiding behind the couch and she was sitting on the couch covering her eyes and counting, patiently waiting to go seek me. Her counting went a little like this ...

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, oops, I went past 10, ready or not here I come"

I just love this little girl so much!

Christmas Day 2011

We had a great time celebrating Christmas this year. I keep saying this, but the holidays really do get funner and funner as the kids get older. Emery came into our room around 8a and was so excited that Santa had come and left her presents. She did a good job of trying to be patient while we got up, got Paisley up and got ready to open presents.

Here is Emery with her loot ...
As expected, Paisley was totally satisfied with a few edible treats .. I will be the first to admit that Emery probably watches way too much TV. I think the thing that confirmed that statement is that 2 of her gifts (and the one's she was most excited about) came from infomercials that she'd seen on TV. One for a cup and ice cubes to make slushies - the silly thing was $15! but I saw it and Walgreen's and knew she would love it so I bought it The aftermath ... The girls and Ivan watching a movie and drinking milk waiting for the next set of activities while I was in the kitchen cooking awayEmery was so excited for her roller skates. She got them from Santa. As soon as she opened them, she asked where her helmet, knee pads and elbow pads were - this girl is all about being safe!
Just to prove I was actually there ..
Paisley loves all food, snacks, treats, candy - you name it - she loves it. She totally loved this sucker from See's Candy.
We had a pretty low key Christmas here at home - our family came over to enjoy a nice dinner and we played Monopoly and stuffed our bellies full with dinner and desserts. Emery is already asking how many days until the next Christmas - we will see how she's doing at being patient now that she has to wait a whole year.