It's Been A Bit...Again

Geez! You'd think Mom would let me at the computer more. Her average seems to be once every six months. ;-)

Lots has happened since my last post. The biggest of which is - Mom registered me in preschool! I'm so excited. All the friends I'm going to meet; all the things I'm going to learn.

I've been recognizing letters for awhile now, but just in the last month or so I'm starting to recognize words, like my name and the word cat. Mom's very excited about it and I love pointing out my name to her in books and magazines because she gets so excited and hugs and kisses me and tells me how smart I am. So I do it all the time now. Not a day goes by where my ego doesn't get stroked! ;-)

I started Movement Class last Thursday and it's SO much fun! I learned to row a boat and walk through a cave and skate and carry a backpack and hold a flashlight. It's an hour long and I've met all kinds of new people and the teachers are so nice.

Gavin is walking, running, jumping, climbing and still drooling! Boys are busy - who knew? ;-)

He can say all sorts of things like 'Hi Dad' and 'Wow' and 'Look at this', although you usually need Mom to be around to interpret. And he just started waving 'Hi' and 'Bye', which Mom thinks is great. She hugs and kisses him uncontrollably too. Hmmm? Are you seeing a pattern here? I think I am...

Mom has promised a new craft for Friday (that's craft day around here). It's called Puffed Art. She never heard of it before and just read about it in an old book and she's all excited...apparently we bake it in the oven and it's made of cotton balls. Colour me scared! I'll post photos and directions...IF (notice the large letters) it works...

Emma.

All Toilet Trained and Gavin has SIX teeth

It's been awhile I know and I'm sorry, as I know Gavin is for not posting on this blog.

I'm totally toilet trained know including sleeping through the night with just panties on. No pull-ups for this kat! ;-) It was actually really easy in hind sight, but boy when you're going through it...Oy!

Mom totally recommends The Potty Trainer for those who are just way over their heads in this area, as she was.

Gavin is growing in leaps and bounds, I'm only a few pounds heavier than him! He has six teeth, eating our grownup food which is great, but he must be getting more teeth, because he's really drooly. Ewwwww!

I've got lots more to talk about about: swimming, summer vacation, gardening with mom, and an EKG.

Stay tuned...Emma.

Toilet Training

OK! I'm not too sure about this toilet training stuff...

I know I should go to the bathroom but I don't get there in time.

And now Mom has me on this 25 minutes routine...which is ANNOYING! She interrupts me every twenty five minutes so I can go sit on the toilet. Hello woman, I'm colouring here!!!

I am wearing some snazzy panties though which is kind of fun, a lot lighter than a diaper I tell ya!

I suppose it'll come, with anything new, you have to give it a chance to catch on.

Emma.

McDonald's PlayZone

Fun!

My parents, Gavin and I went out and about on Saturday to get some errands done. For supper we stopped at McDonald's. This is a treat in and of itself because we hardly ever go there. But wait, it gets better...

They let me play in the PlayZone!

I was the smallest kid there (besides Gavin) and I had the most fun! I was a bit intimidated at first, but a nice older girl took me by the hand to show me the way and that's all I needed. I was off and running after that!

The slide was the best part. I would come down and every time Dad was there to catch me. So fun!

I think Gavin needs to be a bit older to appreciate the sheer joy of McDonald's PlayZone - he kept crying. Poor little guy. Mom thinks it was a bit to much ruckus for his little ears to handle all at once.

He'll just have to get used to it though, because Mom and Dad promised to bring me there again. I can't wait!

Emma.

Emma Accessorized Gavin!

Friends of our parents went on a cruise and then spent two days in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

They brought back beads for Emma!

Em decided I looked good in beads and high heals...for some reason Dad didn't concur. ;-)

Gavin

Langdon, Alberta

My community is on Wikipedia!

While trying to find soccer registration information for me on the internet, Mom stumbled upon our community on Wikipedia - Langdon, Alberta is famous!

I wonder how many people know why its called the 'Good Luck Town'?

Read all about where I live here.

Emma.

Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning is a great fun, educational site for kids, from toddlers on up!

Today Mom and I printed out the Paper Bag Puppet craft activity, and tomorrow we'll print out something else. There are so many great things, I wanted to print out everything today! But Mom said 'We'll print out one a day'. Oh well, I guess that'll do... ;-)

I'll get Mom to take a picture of the finished product and we'll post it here!

You can pay for a subscription to the site ($24 CDN) or you can print from the banner-ed pages. Either way, Enchanted Learning is my new favourite site!

Have fun,
Emma.