April Review

I rarely take the time to sit down and take photos off my camera so here's a review of end of March/all of April. We've had a busy couple of months and with upcoming weddings and traveling in the mix, I doubt it will slow down much. When it involves family and friends we're all for it though :O) and we should have plenty to post about in the month of May!

Emmett and grandpa eating lunch together. Grandma let him see her lawn mowing 'headphones'.

We kept Zoie one day in April and it was such a nice day we had to go outside. We walked over and got some ice cream from Coldstone. Zoie ate hers all nice and neat. Emmett's coat needed to be washed when he was done :) but I think both equally enjoyed their ice cream!!

When those random nice days come you HAVE to take advantage of it. Here Emmett is working with the chalk on the sidewalk. Unfortunately we found out it was against our lease agreement and we had to wash it off but it was a fun afternoon regardless.

There was one weekend in March/April that both Mark and Laura and Popeye and I didn't have anything planned so we planned something! We went to Medieval Times, a dinner show in the area. I was a little worried because of Emmett and his active nature but he LOVED it! He was standing up most of the time watching the horses and the bird. Phew! We thoroughly enjoyed it too :)

~Olive

Saturday Activities

So even though I'm against doing the whole bunny/egg thing this time of year instead of keeping the focus on our Lord and Savior's sacrifice for us, the town where I grew up had a small egg hunt on Saturday afternoon. We borrowed a basket from 'grandma' and went up to find some eggs filled with yummy candy.


Funny enough, while Emmett did pretty good at finding them and then letting me put them in the basket (even if he tried to take other kids' eggs right out of their baskets :O) his favorite part of the whole 15 minute event was playing with the box of discarded plastic eggs. By far, his fav!


Oh, I love little boys! He didn't mind one bit that there was candy 'in them there eggs' either ;o) Upon that discovery, we had to watch so he didn't shove the candy in wrapper and all!

~Olive

And the 2nd Place Winner Is.....

Remember the coloring contest Emmett entered (see picture entry on previous post), well he won 2nd place. To funny. He was supposed to go up Saturday and get his picture taken with the other winners but we were out of town so we went up today to get his prize-- a very soft, very cute stuffed bunny that Emmett loves to squeeze to death and throw on the ground. Here's to the start of lots of fun coloring contests :O)

~Olive

New Words

I'm not 100% Em ever really said those typical first words of 'ma' or 'da'... at least said them and knew what they meant but his vocabulary is growing slowly recently.

He of course knows 'yeah, yeah, yeah' and 'no, no, no' when had needs to use them (and usually properly). He understands when I say 'look', now. When I say ask him if he's 'ready to go?" he usually goes to the door and tries to open it.

New words are 'pizza, pizza!' (though it applies to all foods, not just pizza) as well as
'Ke Cat' (which applies to all animals, not just the kitty cat). He picked the 'kitty cat' words up at my parents house because my mom was calling them over so he could pet them. Now, whenever he says the words he sticks his hand out and tries to snap his fingers to get those silly kitty cats to come over to him! Oh to cute. He's such a little imitator :O)

~Olive

Learning to Drive the Lawnmower

While we were at my parents house, grandpa took Emmett for a ride in the lawnmower. He said on the back side of the shed, Em actually pushed the grasshopper handles himself for a little while. When he came back around to see us though he was all waves.... such big stuff!!

Little Button Pusher

Emmett and Z. have been going to story time at the library where we found out about their love for bubbles! I picked one up for Emmett has a summer toy last week and we turned it on to see what he'd do without lots of other little kids around. Sadly, his love for buttons is a downfall in the bubble play but if I know Emmett, its probably just as much fun to push the button!!

Put Your Sandle On.....

Who Does He Resemble????

Now that Emmett's a year old, we're asking the 'Who Does Em Resemble?" question. What do you think???