Pull-ups and other silliness

Daddy likes to help Emma do pull-ups...or any other exercise. And she is also super cute doing it. :). We also went to housing's fire prevention thing in the park. 

Steven won these at our white elephant Bunco night. Emma loves them.

Swifter

I got a swifter the other day...Emma loves it. And she got braids. :)

Zoo take two

We went to the zoo right when we first moved here, but since Steven had the whole week off, we thought it would be fun to go again. We tried to get Emma to go down for a nap before we went, but she apparently wasn't tired...until 20 minutes before we got there. She was cranky until  she started playing on the playground. Then she started having fun. I think she would have enjoyed it more if she hadn't been so tired, but she was fairly pleasant the whole outing. She did do her best to stay awake though, she barely stopped to watch the animals...once she saw them she was on to the next one! She loved the carousel this time, and then we even got dinner at Texas Roadhouse...mmmm! To add on to Steven's good day...we stopped at In and Out for lunch on the way, and he picked up a lat attachment for his cable machine in his gym. We are all very exhausted, but it was a good day.

In and Out Burger

Sliding was fun.

Checking out the flamingos..."Hi birds, I'm Emma!"

It was more fun this time since she is a little older.

Trying to see all by herself.

We let her run the whole time...she ought to be TIRED.

Checking out some fish...

Turtles

She loved the giraffes....but was more enamored by the squirrel she found.

We tried to get her to stay and watch the lions...

The cubs were playing with each other.

Looking for the tiger...Rarrr.

Zebras.

Looking at the Chimps.

Where are they?

Up high!

Watching the coin go down.

No, we did not let her get the lion.

Also...Steven looked at that picture and said, "My arms are getting big."

Texas Roadhouse...ahhh.

Even though we had to come home in Sacramento rush hour traffic, it was worth it. We all had a good day. Before we left Emma kept saying, "We go see animals." And after we left it was, "Animals...we see the animals!" And she kept talking about all the animals we saw and making all their sounds...although we didn't see any elephants...that will have to wait for Topeka.

Chillin with Daddy

I'm Steven took Tuesday and Wednesday off...which means he has 6 days off in a row. Last Saturday Emma took a 3.5 hour nap and has been sleeping well ever since. She seems back to her normal self...and yesterday we all had a nap, so we all feel much better. Anyway, we are enjoying having Daddy home. The first picture is Emma snuggling with Daddy. I thought she might take a nap with him, but she didn't...she does think it is fun to 'lay back' and pretend though. The other pictures are of Emma playing with Daddy's new weight belt...you know how Emma loves her accessories!

Playing

I hesitate to post these pictures, as I know you all are getting ready for another winter storm this weekend. But this is our weather. Emma has been extra, um, difficult, lately...she hasn't been sleeping well and our schedule was off, which translates into whiny, obstinant, loud, and in general just extra two-year-old-ness. Thankfully yesterday we did our normal stuff, and she was slightly more reasonable. Keeping her busy seems to work best...which is exhausting for us, but I would rather keep busy when I am exhausted than deal with the alternatives. So anyway, we played outside in our 72 degree weather, Emma chased a bird all over the yard...that bird just kept hopping around and wouldn't fly off, and I was like,"bird, don't you know a toddler is after you? Run!" Which it finally did. Then we went to dance class. They are in a new room, so we can't see them anymore, so we went into their old room, the rev room and played ping pong and pool. Emma joined us when her class was over...they also do have kids toys in there.

Also Pepper hurt herself somehow yesterday and has been limping around ever since. She already had an appointment on Monday, so we will see if it is still bothering her then. She was so pathetic, couldn't even get up and walk to this pile of Cheerios that Emma dumped out while getting herself a snack while I was upstairs. She is getting old.

Dressing up

"You wike it?"

Linda's soda shop

I'm I'm Emma and I were in town this morning, so I thought it would be fun to go out for breakfast. I always think it's fun to try local places, so we went to Linda's Soda Shop. We had fun...Emma loved my breakfast and introducing us to everyone who would look at her. And the music, she loved the oldies playing. It was a fun little outing.