The year through Emily's eyes

I have a file on my computer where I write down funny things Emily says. Since we are nearing the end of 2009, I thought I would give you a glimpse into her sweet mind the past few months:

July 2009: (Emily running to shut the bathroom door before Bri can get in.) Me: “Why can’t Bri come in?” Emily: “Bri sometimes looks at my poop.”

August 2009: “Mom, why does Daddy always weigh himself?”

August 2009: “I’m going to blow your mind.” (quote from Arrested Development). “Daddy say that all the time!”

August 2009: (We were reading the poem ‘Mum is having a baby, I’m shocked, I’m all at sea. . . ‘) Emily says, “Mom, I want you to have a baby in your tummy.” Then she started talking about how she came out of my “bottom” and how they had to cut me open to get Bri out.

September 2009: “You’re the best mom ever I seen.”

September 2009: After I told Emily and Bri that we needed to pick up their toys, Emily says, “Ok, how about you and Bri clean and I’ll sing the clean-up song.” “Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share. . . “

October 2009: Emily looking at Jer’s Boston Red Sox team pictures, “I want to see where daddy is in there.” (Jer wishes!)

Oct 2009: Talking about flying to Vegas for Christmas . . . “Mommy, will we see Jesus in the clouds?”

October 2009: Emily had the treat bucket for AWANA, and in the bottom was a note that said the quantity for the group was 16 snacks. Emily exclaims, “16 snacks? (all concerned) I can’t do 16 snacks! My tummy (rubbing tummy) gets tired of 16 snacks lately!”

Oct 2009: Emily is playing “driving” and says to Bri, “I go in Molly’s car, it’s better.” Later I said to Emily, “I heard you guys driving, where did you and Molly go?” Emily: “We tried to go to a restaurant but we crashed into a car.”

Dec. 2009: Driving in the car, Emily asks, “That’s where Gabby lives?” (Our cat Gabby passed away earlier this year.) I thought she was pointing towards our old vet’s office, since we were right by there, but then she said, “In the sky?” I said, “Yes, Gabby is in heaven” and then went on to explain that if we loved Jesus we would all be in heaven someday. Then Emily said, “I would like to bring a string for Gabby, Gabby likes when I play string with her.” (I know this sounds so cute and sweet, but Emily hardly even cared about Gabby when she was alive!)

Dec. 2009: Emily: “This is my best dinner ever, mom, thank you!” (she said this 3 nights in a row). After giving her more mashed potatoes, “Thank you mom, I appreciate it!” It was so cute, I was writing it down and then she asks, “Is that your Christmas list, mom?”

Dec. 2009: Em: “There’s a squirrel outside, we have to kill that thing.”
Me: Why do we have to kill it?
Em: I think Bella doesn’t like it.
Me: How are you going to kill it?
Em: With that yellow thing in the kitchen. Come on, I’ll show you! (she gets out the fly swatter)

Dec. 2009: Before leaving for appointments, Jer always asks her, How many life policies am I going to get tonight? She usually says 5! One morning after Jer had an appointment the night before, she comes into our bed and the first thing she asks Jer was, “How many policies did you get last night, daddy?” It was so cute and thoughtful.

What can I say?

Oh my, I don't know what else to say. . .

Am I the only one laughing out loud at the end?

It's the most wonderful time of the year . . .

We have been busy with "Christmas stuff" around here and the girls are loving it. Since the gingerbread house we have made puppy chow, chex mix, divinity, gingerbread men, and white chocolate covered pretzels. Here's a picture of the girls making gingerbread men, and then one of the divinity. Hardly anyone up here has heard of divinity!

The girls have also been enjoying the snow a little. Ok, so "enjoying" means I maybe let them go out once a day for about 5 minutes. Do I go out with them and play? Nope, it's WAY too cold for mom. This is my favorite room, we call it the fireplace room. I think I posted a picture of our stockings last year, but I just love them. They're actually giant mittens, knitted by my mom.
One of these days I'm going to capture the beauty of twinkling lights on a Christmas tree at night. Anyway, here's our tree in the daytime. The girls have actually been pretty good about not messing too much with the ornaments or gifts this year.

Best friends (well, sometimes!)

Here's a few videos I thought you might enjoy:

Think we've been having too much pizza lately?

Anything Emily does, Bri does (as you can see!) It's a good thing Emily is the older sister and Bri is the younger!

Gingerbread House

Emily is not the best sleeper, as you probably know. We have to come up with little incentives for her; sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. For example, if she stays in her own bed all night, she gets a sticker in the morning. After a certain number of stickers she gets something special. When we went to "Build-a-Bear" last month, that was one thing she had earned. Fortunately, she slept great when she stayed with grandpa and grandma a couple weeks ago, but when we got home, it was not good. After 2 awful nights I told her that if she got 3 stickers she could pick something special. She said she wanted to make a gingerbread house. Who knows where she got this idea but it was a great one. She got 3 stickers this week, and so today Jer went to Target and picked up a $10 gingerbread house kit; it was perfect. Great quality, sturdy gingerbread pieces, good frosting, and even included all the candy to decorate! If you need a fun activity for kids I highly recommend it!