Kid Fest

Wednesday Emily and I went Kid Fest at Timbertown for some fun.  She was so excited to go in the Moon Bounce, but when they wouldn't let me go in too she didn't want to go in.  She did go in after a minute or so, and then she just stood there while all of the kids jumped around her and then she wanted out.  I guess she got scared, it was only her second time in one and the first time I went in with her.  She sure loves to jump, I thought she would have fun even without me, maybe next time.  

Emily liked to play on the play structure and go down all of the slides, it sure is hard to keep up with where she is at, at Timbertown.  

There were booths with crafts and activities and Emily made her first noodle necklace all by herself.  

Emily enjoyed going in her first fire truck and checking everything out too.

Grandpa Heiss

Last night we had a nice surprise visit with Grandpa Heiss.  He stopped in for dinner and got to spend some time with Emily.  Emily was talking his ear off, singing Happy Birthday to him, singing her ABC's and showed him all her new tricks he hasn't seen yet.  She showed grandpa how she plays ball, kicking it, throwing it and trying to play catch with him.  Emily showed grandpa her new dance moves (including her "wiggle wiggle") and how she jumps "real high!"  

Emily also showed how she rides her horse Mocha, feeds it apples, and bounces on it's back, the only issue is now she wants to ride it with "no hands."  We had to explain if she doesn't hang on then she can't ride the horse, and after we enforced the new rule, she quickly caught on and is back to hanging on to Mocha's ears.  Jim's dad explained how Emily's persistence comes from the Heiss's, I didn't argue because everyone knows I don't have a stubborn bone in my body.  ha ha

At dinner she was telling grandpa all the veggies came from the garden, even the rolls almost came from the garden.  Emily ate her half of an ear of corn in record time and stopped between bites to tell us "it's so yummy!"

The first picture is of 3 generations, Jim, his dad and Emily.  :)

New Friend Sarina

Monday it was so nice, my friend Marji from where I used to work came over to visit. Her daughter Sarina is a year old. What was nice is that she lives not to far from us, and typically all my friends from my old job live at least 30-40 minutes away. Plus Marji is going to come speak to my Principles of Marketing class, so we got to talk about different Marketing topics which was fun.

Here is a picture of Sarina and Emily playing at her doll house.

Swimming with Daddy

My dad called yesterday when I was making dinner, "it's the hottest day of the year, do you want to come swimming?"  I told him I was making dinner but that I would ask Jim if he wants to come after dinner.  A few minutes later the phone rings, Jim answers it this time and it's my dad, "it's the hottest day of the year, you better come swimming!"  I had to finish getting dinner (Chicken Broccoli Braid, Corn on the Cob & Melon) ready and I had bread (1 loaf of Banana bread & 2 loaves of Zucchini bread) coming out of the oven, so we went over around 6:30 or 7pm.

As you can see in the pictures, Emily and Jim were having a blast swimming.  I had so many pictures to chose from it was hard to pick only a few!  Emily has no fear so she loved the throwing her up in the air and bouncing on the floaties with her daddy.  She was walking around in the water by herself too.  What a beautiful night it was.

After swimming Emily cuddled with Grandpa "Pa Pa" in the hammock.  

In Our Sunday Best

Emily and I were in our Sunday best yesterday for church, we both wore dresses!  I usually wear pants because it's easier chasing a toddler.  But I figured it was a hot summer day, so it was time for a sun dress.  Emily picked out her fancy dress over the sun dress I had chosen.

When we got to church we sat with our friends the Cabble's and Blake and Emily played so nice together - I had to sneak a picture.  They were sitting on the floor in between the rows reading books.  

Lots of Hugs & Kisses

After lunch today we went over to my parents and Emily was so excited to see her cousins  Caleb and Joshua.  They got so many  hugs and kisses from Emily.  I think Emily missed them this week, she hasn't seen them since last Sunday and last week we spent most of the week with them.  It's going to be a bummer when the summer is over and they go back to school, but at least they are only an 1.5 hours away!

Emily was so cute saying "hold you Cabble" and she was the ring leader telling the boys what to do.  Amazing how they take orders from a 2 year old!

The Dexter Parade

We just can't stop having fun this summer!  This morning Emily and I went to the Dexter parade and sat with my cousin Diane and her kids Claire & Kevin.  Claire and Emily were so cute sharing their candy with each other, and Kevin was watching out for them getting both Emily and Claire a purple bead necklace.  Parades are always so much fun.