scissors + hair + Emma =

Emma has gotten tired of waiting for me to find the time to shave her head. She keeps asking to do it and has for at least a month now. Thing is - she started asking right after she got the cute bob. I keep saying that we'll shave her head as soon as we get some family pics w/ her bob to at least have some documentation of the cute hairstyle. I'm just a horrible procrastinator. I know - tell you something you didn't know. So today she practiced cutting her hair while I put together some gifts for a five mom baby shower. Luckely I noticed before she gave herself an entire new hairdo. So the pics are scheduled for Saturday with a headshaving soon after! Whee!

Happy Birthday Emma!

Wow - it seems like just last month that I posted a Happy Birthday post for her second birthday. Has it really been a year? I suppose it has.



Happy Birthday Munchkin!!

btw - I'm not sure what she's thinking in this pic. I thought it was funny and silly. I'm still browsing for a cute b-day pic and I'll post it when I find it.

I'm back!

Ok - so I'm back and really behind on the blog. I have so many started just not finished. Here are some fun pics.

Pics

computer be broke!

My notebook is on the fritz. Tuan is trying to figure out what is wrong with it. So I'll be back in a day or two. Or three. :o(

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66

This is a witty, informative talk. It is 20 min long so if you don't have time just skip to the end - around the 17:50 min mark. He will give a conclusion that sums up his talk. I enjoyed it very much.

Fancy Nancy

Emma really enjoys this book. I grabbed it while we were at the library. She tends to stick with what she know's she likes - board books - even though she really enjoys the longer books I find at garage sales. So I grabbed a few that were at a higher level than most we have at home. This was one of them. Ta-da! One point for me! lol

It is a really fun story and we always stop on these two pages:





It goes something like this.
Em - "Why is she sad?"
Me - "Because the parfaits are all over the floor."
Em - "Why are the parfaits all over the floor?"
Me - "Because they fell off the tray."
Em - "Why did they fall off the tray?"
Me - "Beause she tripped."
Em - "Why did she trip?"
Me - "Because she stepped on her shoelace."
Em - "Why did she step on her shoelace?"
Me - "Because it came untied."
Em - "Why did it come untied."
Me - "uh - I don't know!"
Em - "Is she sad?"
Me - "Yeah."
Em - "Why is she sad?"
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lmao!

My favorite colors

I love baking. And while going gluten-free threw a small wrench into the works, I have since learned to work with our limitations. This is one of the prettiest sights. The way all the colors complement each other. The creamy rice flour, the rusty cinnamon, the tawny ginger, the bronze cloves. Yum! It's like eating with your eyes. I turned this bowl of goodies into pumpkin cookies - with a few chocolate chips thrown in. ;o)

Sledding

Today I was pleasantly surprised to see a decent blanket of snow on the ground. About 2 inches. Blades of grass poked up sporadically through, but it was enough for sledding! On Saturdy the groundhog saw his shadow predicting 6 more weeks of winter. Regardless I'm afraid that each snowfall will be our last and so try to take advantage of each chance to sled we have. Today after breakfst we bundled the kidos up and headed to a nearby park with a great sledding hill. The sun was hidden behind the clouds but the snow was still beginning to melt. Perfect for snowmen and snowballs! We built a decent snowman, but it toppled over before long. I think I plunked the head down a little too vigorously! We had lots of fun sledding and after a few runs Emma was carrying her sled back up the hill all by herself. She wouldn't let us help her! I don't know why I was so surprised, after all - she is really independant. My little girl is growing up! *sniff*

When we got cold, damp and Daniel got tired we headed back. Well - we let Emma know that she had 5 more runs down the hill. When they were up Emma still wasn't ready to come home. I ended up carrying her (kicking and screaming) all the way back to the car. :o( Definately not my best mommy moment. *sigh* As we pulled in we could see that the fort our neighbors were building when we left was really an igloo! They had been hard at work the whole time we were gone. Cool stuff.

Awesome story!

A friend linked this story from her blog. I was very inspired.
Long Journey for Mother's Milk

Basketball prodigy

Her hair will date this video. It's really not that old at all. This talent would be something she got from her dad - everyone who reads this blog knows for sure she didn't get it from me! lol

books

Daniel really likes to choose books from th shelf and bring them to Tuan or me to read to him. He efinately has his favorites.

He loves this book and I try to come up with actions for each verse. It fits to the tune of "Over in the Meadow"



This book is one that Emma chose every so often. But Daniel isn't interested in it at all! lol I don't think we have ever made it all the way through.

More syrup please!

What an independant 2 1/2 year old does with a syrup bottle while you nurse her younger brother down for a nap!



Hee! Notice that she got towels to wipe it up and really had it quite contained. There really isn't any thing she can't do and I love to see her so boldly doing new things.