beans, beans!

emerson eating beans.... what a mess! haha! she is a great eater, likes almost everything!

splashpark!

monday we met some friends at the splash park! jane was there with her kids and some homeschooling friends, danielle, jen, juanita, michelle all were there with their kids. i hope i'm not forgetting anyone! it was a fun day! i locked my keys in the van but luckily kipp was able to come unlock my van on his lunch break while we were still playing at the splash park. oops!

erin & emerson

miss emerson!
hallie is really into rainbows and colors these days....
hallie gets wet!
hallie gets emerson wet -- it doesn't fly well with em!
us, all set up with the beach tent! (thanks jane, for the pic!)
emmy attacks her brother!

monday morning....

i know a bunch of these are the same, but i just love the kids' expressions so i put them all on. my 3 happy kids!

sunday...

sunday.... i took the kids for a walk/bike ride to the park in the morning but it was sooooooo hot we didn't stay too long. then i worked that afternoon/evening.

saturday!

i worked saturday morning, and then we were off to a birthday party in the afternoon!

at the party, the bday girl received some masks and dress up clothes for a present that we were all trying out!

mmmmmmmm!
kai thought this mask was neat but also a bit scary...
kai, soaking wet!
princess hallie!
what a neat dora bday cake! a friend made it! the pic doesn't do it justice... the water river part was a clear gel, it was so neat!

friday!

friday we went to millenium place with juanita and R and their kiddos. the kids love the indoor playground there! after that, i took them to get their hair cut at beaner's (even though i hate the place, the kids love it and it's cheap so what can i say?!) and they actually got not bad haircuts. kai needed one, hallie never really "needs" one but she hadn't had a trim since last summer so it was time!

afterwards, off to grandma's for playtime & dinner!

jump!

hockey!
grandma & emerson ... the first time emerson didn't cry while grandma held her!
hallie's beautiful hair cut & beaded braid they put in
emerson attempting to eat a flower
got it!
my beauties!
hallie & kai put grass on emerson's head... had to take a pic!
i really want a flower!

garage sale anyone??

i'm throwing together a garage sale for this coming friday, sept 1st! it will be 9-5 and we definately dont' have a lot to get rid of, so if anyone else wants to join in on our drive pad, please feel free! even if you can't be here to sell your stuff, as long as it's priced and dropped off the night before or morning of, i can do the selling!

anyone want to join? so far there are i think 3-4 of us.....

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

i was just starting to write this up.... a huge congratulations to my friend lindsey and her new fiance ben! ben proposed to her this past week and i've been meaning to share the news with my blogger friends!!!

and as i'm writing this up, my old room mate, brittany, is talking to me on msn, telling me she was proposed to last night!!!!!!!

so huge CONGRAULTIONS TO BOTH BRITANNY & DAVE, AND LINDSEY & BEN!!! WOOO HOOOO I LOVE WEDDINGS.... hopefully i'm invited ;) haha!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i'm so giddy now for both of my friends :) :) :)

hahahaha!

i have to blog this before i forget because this one made me laugh for a while...

i was just dancing like a krazy mom to the "igloo gloo" theme song while the kids were eating breakfast, and they were both laughing and then when i finished, kai says, "be careful mom! you're going to get hurt!" i just found it hilarious because it's probably true!

and hallie just now told me, "you have stinky breath." thanks dear.

today....

today emerson had an appointment with the home nutrition team at the hospital. all went well... she weighed in at 21 lbs, some odd ounces (i forget) and i don't know the height measurement but it's still 25th percentile. weight is closer to 90-95th percentile! haha! i think her head is 50 or 75th? can't remember.... all is well with miss emmy, she is supposed to start drinking more thickened, homo milk by mouth over the next 4 weeks... and if that goes well, possibly elimiate the tube feeds! WOW it all of a sudden seems so close! i honestly just saw this long, dark tunnel ahead with no end, and now i see the light! sounds so cliche, but it's true! :) woo hoo! go emmy, go emmy! we'll see how the month goes!

after the hospital, i took advantage of having only 1 child in tow and i stopped by the flooring place to compare the flooring samples we chose with the counter and cupboard samples... i think we've come to a decision! (i mean, i have come to a decision that kipp nodded in agreeance with! LOL) i'm excited to see it all come together eventually!

then, once i finally got home, my dad had taken the kids to the park across the street and juanita and the kids were there as well (planned) and we played for a while. then off to southgate to meet grandma & grandpa for lunch.... and did a bit of shopping/browsing. my parents leave tomorrow for a week or a week and a half? and the kids will sure miss them! (as will i, who am i kidding?!) tomorrow we're going over to their place before they leave, for dinner.

the kids played on their bikes this afternoon and they both sure go FAST up and down the sidewalk. i think they crashed, and somehow kai landed in a huge mud puddle/bath and was NOT impressed. that ended the bike riding. it was an early bedtime for them as they have been so tired and grumpy lately... kai's naps/bedtime have been so krazy lately so i am hoping the early bedtime tonight will help. we did massive stories instead of the usual 1 or 2 :) and then i fell asleep too. oops! i just checked on kai and took some funny pics.....

let's play!

we went to let's play on wednesday... we were supposed to go to the park but the weather wasn't so nice, so someone else suggested let's play. it was fun, however i would've preferred the park.... i hate being inside when we can be outside, especially when soon we won't be able to be outside as much.

but of course the kids had fun! the picture over on the left, kai and wednesday dayhome girl, would you believe the tiny little girl beside kai is actually 3 days older than he is?? she's so little and so cute! hehe :)

oh boy...

there are so many things i want to blog about... i am discovering new little bits and pieces to some puzzles every day but yet i can't write them here.... perhaps i need a more private blog so i can vent!!!! playground politics at it's best, woo hoo ;)

otherwise life is great! everything has fallen nicely into place for september and i'm looking forward to it all! i want to write more but i really have nothing to say... my mind has shut itself off for the night i guess. off to bed!