October 26, 2008

Emma is such a joy. She is back to being able to spend the night with Grandma and not worrying about her momma being here. She makes us laugh so much while she is here. She is into the movie Free Willy and Free Willy 2. I sure wish I had the money to take her to Sea World. She gets so involved in the movie with a lot of “Uh oh” and “Oh NO!” She tells me “Willy… water… oh no” She also is into asking for help. She says “help me” and it sounds like “happy” so I say “you’re happy?” and she says in a very clear voice “NO… help ME” Kevin thinks that is so funny, he will say that just to hear her say “NO.. Help ME” She also sings Happy Birthday to everyone, whether they are here or not. Tonight she was singing Happy Birthday to Tara. I said that Tara is sleepy, we should sing her sleepy songs. She thought that was a lot of fun, she would sing then tell me “shhhh, sleeping”
We had a big few days while I was babysitting her off and on. Thursday Jordan and Brianna had to be in Spearfish for Jordan’s MRI on his knee. Emma and I went out to Grandpa Lee and Grandma Mert’s so Emma and Emilee can play together some. She had a great time. Friday she helped make Pigs in the Blanket while Jordan and Brianna got the car ready for Jordan to take it out of town to school this coming week. She did a great job with it. She loves to cook. Today Brianna and Jordan worked at the bar in Hulett and I babysat Emma. We made cookies and carved her pumpkin and made fried chicken for supper.
Emma helping with the pumpkin was so funny. We cut the whole in the top and gave it to her and said “you need to pull out all the seeds” She wasn’t about to stick her hand in there. I teased her a few minutes before I put my hand in and pulled out a bunch of seeds, then she got right into it. She did a pretty good job cleaning it out but never seemed to sure of the feeling of that pumpkin guts. I got great pictures and video though. We did the Little Mermaid on her pumpkin. It turned out really cute and she is so proud of it. I feel bad though that they won’t be home until Friday night and she won’t have a chance to enjoy it. They will be doing one at Grandma Marla’s though so that will be nice for her to enjoy. Brianna and Emma are going to stay over there while Jordan is at work. I will sure miss her!

Emma cleaning out her pumpkin

The Band-Aid Queen

The Band-Aid Queen
By Shari Gose

Look around the house and you may find
Band-aids of every size and kind
Dora ones are what she likes the best
Looking for an “owie” she comes to test
She sucks in her breath, says a little “ow”
If there is a mark, she is most happy now
She wants a band-aid on each knee
Maybe there is a mark only she can see
Most likely it is all part of her pretend
No “Owie” there she has to mend
If her legs are full, her arms will do
If arms are full, dolly has “owie” too
Pulling them off, seems to cause great drama
This Band-aid queen is the delight of grandma!

Copyright ©2008 Shari G.

Emma and Brianna playing with the birthday hats

October 10, 2008

Emma is really talking a lot more now that she is two. She is also letting us know things that pretty much surprise us.
Jordan went hunting for 10 days with Jarrod and Grandpa Don so while he was gone, Brianna and Emma decided it would be a good chance to go to Grandma Marla’s house. They had a great time and really enjoyed the bonding Emma had with Grandma Marla. She also started waking up in the morning saying “good morning Ron” and having discussions with Ron a lot. She even shared her toys with him. They would ask her what Ron looked like, remember last time she saw him he was without hair and sick. Emma would take her to his picture in the other room and point to it. When Marla was watching Emma one afternoon while Brianna was working in the bar, she took Emma up to a lookout point that was special to Marla and Ron. When they were in the car, Emma said hi to Ron and Marla asked her where Ron was. Emma pointed to the seat next to Marla. If she doesn’t see Ron, she is showing a fantastic imagination, but I actually think Ron is letting Marla know he is still with her through Emma. Emma also started calling Marla “Ma wa” which Brianna said was Ron’s pet name for Marla… before she was “mommy” like I am, Brianna is Momma. Now Brianna is Mommy, I am Mommy at times too, even a Shari today and once in a while maaa.
Today we had a craft show and the kids brought Emma down to it. Emma loved being in the gym and didn’t understand why she couldn’t have a ball since there was basket ball hoops there. She is so funny. She sure won’t let Jordan out of her sight much. I think everyone got such a kick out of her but she was surely a wild child there.
It is so good having Emma home, I missed her so much. Last night when they came over she came in the house so excited. She yelled “It’s RAINING!” I said “It’s snowing” She said “It’s raining!” and started singing “Raining… Raining…” I told her that it is really, really cold rain. Then she got Grandpa to go out on the deck with her and make a miniature snowman. She enjoyed being out there eating snow and dancing around in it. She almost makes me like the snow, of course that changed when I had to go out this morning and go through 6 inches of snow to my car and pry my frozen doors open!