Emily's Funny Words

I thought it would be a good idea for me to record some of Emily's little word variations that she uses because they are so cute. I want to be able to remember them for when she gets older:

opeemeal for oatmeal
leggybugs for ladybugs
Ondonalds for McDonalds
Ahbar for granola bar
Cinderbella for Cinderella
ear booger for ear wax
mazagine for magazine
Skiggles for Skittles

I'm sure there are more but these are what I can think of right now. Will come back to add more later.

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Funny Emily Comment

Today, we went to Babies R Us to buy some more toddler spoons. (Emily is super picky about what spoons she uses and we had lost most of her favorites) Emily was carrying the package, and handed it to the cashier. She said, "Here you go, lady." The cashier smiled and said, "Why thank you ma'am."

Emily, very loudly, replied, "I not a man. Daddy's a man!" It was super funny. The cashier started to explain that she didn't say man, but Emily didn't get it so we moved on.

Mommy and Me

Had to get a new camera because mine broke. So we were taking a few pics to try it out!

Christmas Morning at Home

This year we stayed home for Christmas. Oma, Uncle Mel and cousin Jill came over for breakfast. (more like lunch by the time it was ready)

Brian's mom gave me the recipe for their annual Christmas breakfast of famous German scones and I made them for the first time. It was a bit tricky but they turned out yummy. Oma ate around 10 of them, and claimed 5. Ha Ha

Emily had a great time opening her stocking and all of her gifts. We spread it out till the afternoon so she wasn't so overwhelmed.

All in all it was a great Christmas.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Early White Christmas

The weekend before Christmas, we went up to Lake Arrowhead to celebrate with Brian's parents. It was cold and snowy. We had a great time.

Baking with Grandma, and eating her fabulous sugar cookies!

Made my first snowman! The snow was really dry and powdery so it took forever, but I think it turned out pretty cool!
Sitting in the rocker with Buddy.

Hangin out with GG and Great Grandpa.
Opening presents! Merry Christmas.

Stormy Hawaiian Retreat

3 weeks after England, Brian planned a long weekend in Hawaii. Brian's mom kindly watched Emily again. We went with another couple, and it was really fun. When we arrived, on a Thursday afternoon, it was pouring rain. The island flooded. There was NO SUN at all. But we had a great time anyway.

On our first whole day, we drove to the north shore, and got to watch the Billabong Triple Crown Masters Contest. It was really fun. Pipeline was packed.

Since the weather wasn't ideal for hanging out on the beach, we did more sightseeing stuff. We even got to go to the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was fun.

Briefly, on Sunday, the day we came home (to the same rainstorm, I might add) the sun did come out. We had this amazing view out on our hotel balcony. The rainbow is a nice touch.

England Adventure

So I am really behind on blog posting. Thought today was a perfect day to catch up. It is foggy and cold outside, Emily is napping, and there isn't much going on. One of my goals for the new year is to blog more often, since in a sense, this is my journal.

Anyway, I will start with November. I had the opportunity to go to England with Brian. Brian was going on a work trip, and I came along. I didn't really spend a lot of time with him, but I had a great adventure on my own! I spent a lot of time on the train, as we were staying in a random city called Basingstoke, where Brian's office was. So I toured the English countryside, saw some of London, went to the coolest city called Bath and got to see Windsor Castle. I had only 5 days, so I didn't get to see everything I wanted to, but I had a great time regardless.

Here are some of my favorite sites:

I can't remember which cathedral this was, (I saw a lot of cathedrals and abbeys) but it is an example of the amazing architecture that is everywhere there!

Big Ben and Parliament- So breathtaking

I stood on Waterloo Bridge and took this picture. You can see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and the London Eye, and the river Thames.

This is a picture of the Roman Bathhouse in Bath. This dates from ancient Roman times. Amazing.
Got a little sunset view, along with the Roman Bathhouse, and the abbey behind it.

Went to the Jane Austen Museum, which I loved, and had tea in the Mr. Darcy tearoom upstairs. So much fun, even by myself.

Windsor Castle. The only place I really wished I had someone to tour it with me. It was really amazing to see.

Another shot of Windor Castle, with the only picture of me taken on the whole trip!

Finger Paint Fun

I decided a couple of days ago that I would try to be a better mom and trIy to do at least one fun creative activity a day with Emily. (Don't ask me how today went, though)
So yesterday, I busted out the finger paints that had been sitting in my cupboard for months, unopened. I spread out a big sheet of paper on her little picnic table on the patio, and we went to town. She really had a great time getting messy. I need to do it more often, and think of other fun creative activities.

(Tried to get a picture of her hand and she wouldn't keep still.)

Halloween

Halloween was a bit exhausting and crazy, but so much fun. We forgot to take a picture of Emily before we left the house, she had cute pink cheeks and a little black nose. By the time we got anywhere, the nose was rubbed off, and she was over her little hat. Oh well. Grungy Halloween pics are better than none, I guess.

So off we went to downtown Huntington Beach for the street fair that they have every year. It is horribly crowded, so we tried to get there early this year. It was still super crowded even at 5. We took Emily to the bounce house, which she LOVED, and then to the giant slide. Brian went up with her and she didn't even wait for him at the top, she just took off down the slide, which is super tall. No fear at all, and she loved it so much. Went on one more, then off to go trick-or-treating.
( Crazy mommy with the fro)

We met up at a friends house in our tract, and went around the neighborhood. She caught on real fast to what was going on. She refused any real food and ate candy for dinner. She ate so much I really thought she would throw up. I think she was really tired, she rode in the stroller for almost the whole time, (which is crazy because she never rides in the stroller) but faithfully would get out at each door and get her treat.
(So tired but kept truckin')
(Stopped at the Cotton Candy house. Mommy ate it)
(Trying the hat on one more time before bed)

Lots of fun, but I am glad it's over.

Pumpkin Fun

Thursday night we decided to carve our pumpkin and watch Charlie Brown's The Great Pumpkin. We set up on the kitchen table and drew the face on the pumpkin, and carved it out. Emily thought that was great, and wanted to draw her own face on the pumpkin, so we turned it around, and she drew her own face on the back. I think her face turned out better than the one we carved!
Then we tried watching the cartoon, and it was really quite boring. Much different than I remembered it being. Weird.