Em is 5!

Our little Emerson turned 5 last week and already she seems so much older to us.  She is such a smart little thing and always on the go- she never stops moving for long:)  She loves to make people laugh and loves to just be silly.  She is loving Pre-school and wants to go every day!  I am glad she is not in every day yet because she is my (& Grey's) little buddy:)  

She always wants to have Mac N Cheese for her birthday dinner- even though when I rarely make it from the box she doesn't eat it.  Funny thing:)

Greg finally has some hair!

She wanted a Mermaid cake and this is my best attempt:)

Thank you so much to all our family on both sides for all her gifts and for celebrating her birthday with us!  We love you so much Emi and are SO grateful you are such a big part of our family!

We say Good-bye for now

We have been so blessed to have my sister and her family here visiting from England for a couple of weeks. We haven't seen them for 4 years and have never met their littlest cutie so it was so fun to let the cousins meet each other and play.  They are so adorable and it was very fun listening to their cute English accents and their polite ways of speaking.  They always say "Excuse me" and "as well"- something most of our kids wouldn't think of saying:)  At least my kids are pretty good with "please" and "thank you" right?  It was also fun hearing their English words compared to our American words.

 

They left yesterday and we are sad to see them go.  But hopefully they will get to move to America within the next year and we can see them all the time.  We love you Gilbert family and are so glad you came to visit!

Em's 1st Day of School Ever

My baby girl went to Preschool last week.

She was so excited she couldn't stop talking about it all summer.  It is only 2 days a week for 3 hours, but boy is it worth it to tide her over till next year.  She missed the cut off for Kindergarten by 2 1/2 weeks:)

She had to wear a dress and her "high heel" sandals.  She ran to the bus, turned and smiled for a picture, and didn't even tell me Good-bye.  She was beyond ready.

She came home and talked about all the treats she got to eat.  That is what is most important to this cute thing you know.  Anyone who knows her knows that she asks for food and treats every 10 minutes of every day.

You couldn't tell it by looking at her could you?

So I am going to enjoy these 6 hours a week not being bugged for food constantly, knowing that she will probably just be bugging her poor teacher to death:)  And Greyson will wander the house calling for "his Emi" to come play with him and he'll just be stuck with silly old Mom.