Bye Bye Highchair!

The family has graduated from a big piece of furniture in their house that represented a time in life of the baby!  Yep, Emme is out of her highchair now.  She started to want to sit with us at the table and I felt like she ate better watching us so we joined her.  She does get out of her chair a lot and think she is done with dinner relatively quickly but for the most part she is doing well. This all only means one thing...she's growing up!  :(

We had pasta one night...she loved it.  This is her second helping! 

Beach Monday

Every Monday throughout summer I took the kids to the beach for the morning.  We set up our little spot quite close to the water.  Zackary would play in the ocean for a long time and then dig holes and build castles while Emme would play soccer with me or dig with Zackary or sit on the blanket playing with my phone.  Each Monday was different with her.  Depending on her mood is what she did at the beach.  She didn't like the water at all at the beginning of the summer but by the end she was loving it.  We had snacks and some really good times down below our home!  I won't forget those Monday mornings. 

Emme's Paw-sey

Anywhere she goes, she makes sure to have her paw-sey with her...her special close group of fur animals that keep her company, oh and her baby! 
She has out grown this stage but it was the cutest!

Paint, Paste and Pour

I want the kids to do arts and crafts and be as creative as possible.  But I like doing it some place other than my home where I have to clean it up...I know, I need to work on that.  I signed them up for this Paint, Paste and Pour class, and it was 100% success!  

They got really messy at all the different stations that were set up for them.  I think their favorite and mine too was the shaving creme...I will have to try this one at home.

One day there were cut outs of fish and they painted as many as they wanted all different colors.  We hung them up around Zackary's room and enjoyed them all summer!  I love signing them up for these classes, I think they like it too!

July's Favorite Pics

It's like she's a teenager in a toddlers body!

Cutest bathing suit. Swim lesson day!

Ahhhh. A sibling moment of love!  Melts a mom's heart.

Happy Birthday To Your Grandma

July 4th's mascot of freedom only represented one thing to Emme..."Ho Ho." She had to go visit Santa (a block over from our house) everyday!  I think she's ready for Christmas!

It's July 4th, your grandma's birthday.  We went to Mom's friends house ( Angela) and had a forth of july and grandmas birthday celebration!  It was a lot of fun. Their was a barbeque, lots of food and some ice cream and cake.  It was a fun party!

Here is Amelia and Emeline taking a break together!  So cute in those dresses!

Great Grandma came too...Grandma, Mommy, Zackary and Emeline!  Four generations together.

First Tooth Is Out!

4 years and 10 months old...first tooth comes out!  It had been loose for a couple of months with the adult one already in, behind it...just waiting for the baby tooth to move out of it's way.  The dentist said to keep wiggling it but Z said it hurt him.  I figured the dentist would have to yank it out...but nope (picture at bottom), he ate a peach and that was the key!  We noticed it was bleeding and hanging on by a thread of a root.  He didn't like the idea of us pulling it so he reached in and did it himself.  He was so proud he pulled it too. 

The tooth fairy left a couple golden coins under his pillow.  About a month later we noticed the other adult tooth coming in and sure enough soon after the baby tooth came out.  And guess what his third one is loose right now...and it's October 2nd today (updating my blog).