Holiday at the Beach - Photo Purge #3

Here are a few more of my favorites from the weekend!

Guess what little boy didn't want to wear his bathing suit to the beach, got soaking wet when he ran off the sand bar and took a nose dive into the water, pulled off his clothes, but finally agreed to keep on his underwear.  What the hay... it's G.I., bra!

Guess who loved the beach!

Noah & Andrew.  Super excited to hang with our cousin's cousins.  Yay for one big happy family!

Aunt Mo helping Noah over the pickers.

PaPa and Emma.  She is always grabbing and looking for PaPa's glasses tucked in his shirt.  Even when they aren't there, she points to his chest and says, "glasses."

Momma and Noah taking a break from the sun and getting crafty with Play-Doh.  Oh yeah... that's the solar system... Pluto included!

Grammy and Emma getting a little swing time.

Holiday at the Beach - Photo Purge #2

Noah: Mom, I want to go in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mom: "Noah, why dont' you go and play with your sister."

Noah: "I want to go in the Gulf of Mexico."

Blake: "I'll take him out to the end of the dock."

PaPa: "I'll watch Emma for you. (Big yawn.)"

Brooke: "I'll take him down the slide."

Noah: "I want to get out."

Morgan: "I'll pull him back onto the trampoline although he only weighs twenty pounds less than me."

Noah: "Momma, I think I'll hit the baby pools with Emma again."

Holiday at the Beach - Photo Purge #1

Between summer school sessions, the kids and I snuck in a trip home. After the fourth, but still a "holiday weekend," we followed the fam to the beach! What a fun and relaxing weekend. The kids love playing with all their cousins.

 

I went strictly iPhone on this trip... so here goes. On a daily basis, I drive 34 miles to and from school everyday, but driving 15 miles on a road like this seems so long!!

Noah said, "Look mom, we're going through the tree tunnel."  No interstates through these little towns!

 

At the beach!!

The kids taught Noah to play "freeze dance." He did so awesome and loved. I'll say it again, this kid can do anything as long as he knows the rules!

Emma was passed from arm to arm our entire visit, but Morgan wanted her the most.  Aunt Mo likes to call her the B.H. or baby hog. I think she is going to be an awesome big sister.

Her big sister Brooke made the comment that she'd never get to hold the new baby sister. She sure was able to sneak in her turn with Baby Em.

Little Miss Chatterbox

Little Emma is talking up a storm with some major mimicking going on. Her two favorite words are "this" and "that." Always spoken with a pointed finger. It's so funny!! She usually alternates them.

Today at Noah's swim lesson, she was pointing to the wall saying, "this, this," but then I realized she was saying, "fish." And then she pointed to a picture of a starfish and said "this?" Not to be confused with "fish." We have inflection, people. I said "starfish" and then she pointed to the fish and said "fish" and to the starfish and said "starfish." Awesome job baby girl.

A few other words she's saying are crocs, cracker, lights, hat, go, out, up. All awesome first words! And, today my sweet baby girl said, "Pa Pa." For the record, first person she calls by name. Even before Momma, Daddy and Noah.

She also makes great kissing sounds. "Muh." Brother will come in to give her a kiss, and she'll try to kiss him back. Squatting and peering into his downturned face. Trying to get some eye contact for those smooches. Precious!

She's also starting to do bit of crying when she doesn't get her way. She's exhibiting some typical toddler behavior by tossing everything on the floor while sitting in her highchair. Asking for it back and then dropping it down again. Then if I don't give it back. Lots of crying. And, just tonight she was refusing to eat until I handed her the spoon. Then she kept pointing to the applesauce saying, "this, this." So, I gave it to her, and she ate it while she made a huge mess. No sensory problems here, but what a feisty personality.

Summer Yum!

Her Best Girl...

Emma & Molly, June 2012

Summer Nights

Noah insisted I put together his fish tent late this evening, and then went to bed all by himself in the tent. Battles picked! Happy Summer!