Christmas Pictures

December 26, 2009
Christmas is over already. It seemed to come and go pretty fast. It was an exciting Christmas at that. Emma got a new little cousin, Sean Leslie Gose, on Sunday. The night of her Christmas pageant at Church. So she got to see him for the first time Christmas eve.
Christmas eve was here at my house and it was pretty busy. Emma was as cute as always and full of energy. She had a good time playing with Aiden and Bailey. She really did enjoy opening the presents too but didn’t seem to mind that Bailey got to open all hers while Emma had to wait to open some of hers the next morning. Jarrod and Skye are going to her grandparents for Christmas day so Bailey opened all hers.
Santa had to bring Emma’s gifts to Grandma’s house since they don’t have enough room at their small apartment for what Santa brought Emma who was a very, very good girl. She called first thing Christmas morning asking if Santa brought her stuff here. I said “oh yes and you must have been very good!” She said “grandma, we have a present for you” I said “oh.. What is in it?” She said “you have to wait to open it” I asked why and she replied “because it is here!”
Every present was Emma’s favorite. She always wanted the V motion and had to sing the Wonder Pet’s song when she opened the Wonder pet game for the V motion. She is so fun. She got a big castle from Santa and she loves it a lot. I told he today that I was playing in it and she told me that I would break it because it is too big for me. I said “you mean I am too big for it?” She said “yes, it is too small for you”.
At grandma Mert and Grandpa Lee’s she had a good time playing with Emilee who is back for Christmas. She got a table and chairs and tea set from Grandma and Grandpa so she was really thrilled. I think she was going to get Aunt Cassie to have tea parties with her today. She received a doll and some clothes from grandma Eda and Grandpa Don. They had a good time changing the clothes on the doll.
Cassie is snowed in for the weekend so she is getting to spoil Emma a bit.
It was a good Christmas with loads of family and food. It was a good ending to the decade.

our little lamb

December 20, 2009

December 20, 2009
Emma was such a cute lamb. She got such a kick out of the tail. She would turn and say "wag my tail.. wag my tail" and shake her little bottom. Then right before she was to go up she got hurt and to get her mind off it, Cassie let her take a picture with the disposable camera Cassie brought. I tried to get the camera away when she headed up but didn't move fast enough.... so our little lamb went up and took pictures with the camera of the baby, the other lamb and I think the audience. Everyone laughed so much, it was great. We had wondered what kind of funny thing she would do, we all knew she would do something after telling me she wasn't going to say baaa but she was going to say "oink oink" instead. The minister said she is smart sheep since they (Mary and Joseph) were Jewish and Jewish eat sheep not pork! We never imagined that she would have been up there taking pictures though. When I was changing her back into her clothes she said "that was fun... thank you grandma for bringing me here!" Then after the cookies and birthday cake for baby Jesus, I took her out looking at the Christmas lights. After ooo'ing and awwwing over the lights, she said to me "Thank you grandma, you really helped me out today" I said "How did I help you, by giving you a good fun day?" She said "yes, I am so happy" Such adult words from a 3 year old. She is such fun. When I dropped her off at her home, she gave me hugs and kisses good bye and then found a gift for me as a thank you... it was a brown paper sack from the Pharmacy, but it had a pretty sticker on it. I couldn't be more thrilled had it been gold!

December 8, 2009

December 8, 2009
Emma has been so much fun. I wish I would have kept writing all the cute things down she has said and done in the past 2 months. There is so many I am sure I will forget some of them.
Halloween was fun. Emma got to be her Scooby Doo and a cute Scooby doo she was. We took her and Bailey out trick or treating with walking instead of driving, but if we were smart we would have taken the wagon. It was very nice and warm so being out was great, but then Bailey fell and poor thing cried. Emma kept telling us that her little feet couldn’t go that fast and she was trying to keep up with the long legged adults. She then wanted carried and Aunt Cassie would try to carry her and then Bailey wanted carried too. There is a lot of difference of carrying a 30 pound Emma compared to a 50 pound Bailey and poor Cassie was trying to make them both happy. Finally we told them they both had to walk and with the whining we cut it short. If they aren’t having fun trick or treating, it isn’t worth making them go more. The next morning though when Emma saw her Scooby doo costume she started in her most dramatic voice “I will NEVER get to go trick or treating again!” I said “sure what about next year?” She said “but I want to go today!” Such a drama queen.
Emma was watching a commercial for Candy land. She announced “I like Candy Land” I said “oh does your mom play it with you?” since I know she got one for her birthday. She said “no.. my teacher plays it with me” I said “Your teacher?” She said “Yea grandma.. You know YOU!” I had forgotten that we played Candy Land after our lesson one day.
You can’t keep on top with Emma. I was watching her one day and as we were making lunch I told her that she would have to lay down and take a nap after lunch. She looked at me and informed me “Jesus doesn’t want me to take a nap!” I told her “yes Jesus wants you to take one because he wants you to be a happy girl and not a cranky one” She took a good nap. I am still laughing at how she interprets the lessons we have in Sunday school. We had learned about the 10 commandments and I had told her that they are Gods laws or rules for us. It tells us what God doesn’t want us to do.
We took Emma out for Black Friday shopping. At 5am I picked her up out of her bed and we put her right into the car. She took it all in as great fun and when we got to Wal-Mart she looked at the sunrise and said “Oh look, the sun is painting the clouds red” She had a blast all day, never getting cranky at all. She wanted to see Santa right way but I told her that he was still sleeping. When we came out and it was light at Rapid City she said “look grandma it isn’t dark anymore… Time to wake up” I said “yes it is time to wake up” and she said “I bet Santa isn’t sleeping anymore” So we went to see Santa at the mall. She was kind of unsure at first and kept herself squished up on the side of the couch not getting to close. We had to wait for the pictures of the boy before her to print out before they could get her picture with him. As we waited she warmed up telling him all about Tara and Cocoa. She was every bit of the motor mouth by the time we were ready to get her picture and was willing to sit close to him. She is so funny. When we filled up the car and was worn out around 1:30pm, we all piled into the car and Emma asked “Ok.. Where are we going next?” When we told her we were going home, she said “aw I think we should go to more places!” My mom said “but we still would have to go home and clean out the car!” She was asleep before we were out of Rapid City.
At church they did the shoe box gifts for the Christmas Children operation shoebox. We got one and went shopping for a little girl in the 2 to 4 year age. Emma was so fun. She took it very serious and had to find just the right baby to put in the box. She really liked the little twins and I kept pointing out ones that had bottles and such. She kept saying “Look grandma, this one has a sister!” So we got the baby with the ‘sister’ and some bottles and such to go with it. She proudly showed everyone “this isn’t for me.. This is for the little girl long ways away who doesn’t get any presents for Christmas” When I offered to buy her something she couldn’t find anything she wanted.. She just wanted to get for the little girl who doesn’t get any presents. What a precious child she is.
Last weekend Bailey and Emma both spent the night with me. We decorated the Christmas tree so all the ornaments are around the bottom of it. They had such a good time and I tried to get them to sleep together in the pink bedroom. Bailey went to sleep pretty good but at 11:30 and Emma still wasn’t asleep I took her up to the living room and rocked her. When she thought she could go to sleep I put her back in the bed and went to my bed. By that time it was 12:30 and we had to be up for Sunday school. Around 1:30 I hear “grandma!” and in came Emma. “I want you to sleep with me” so off to her room we went and I got to sleep with both girls the rest of the night.
Emma is going to be a lamb for the Christmas program. She is pretty excited but I don’t know that she understands. She is such a joy that everyone gets such a kick out of her in Church. She is the only preschooler and so during the service the minister always looks for her to come up front for children’s service. She has been going to sleep as soon as church starts lately so by the time of children’s service she is sound asleep. The minister always looks for her and then asks me if she is sleeping and I say “yes” and he says “darn”. I think everyone looks forward to her going up there in her fun bouncy way. I know my mom tells me she gets everyone that goes to our church telling her how much they enjoy Emma at church.
Yesterday she spent the day with me and we watched the Christmas shows on Nick. They all had Santa coming while they were asleep so when Emma woke up from her nap she was cranky and grouchy. I said “what’s a matter? Did you need more sleep?” She finally said “look, Santa didn’t come!” Poor thing thought it was Christmas already. She was much happier when we went out and made brownies and Homemade noodles.
Emma’s favorite thing to do is have my flashlight and telling ghost stories. She holds the flash light under her chin and says “Once upon a time there was a mean old witch!” and when I gasp and put my hand over my mouth she says “now don’t be scared grandma” She is so much fun!
Last night when daddy came in to see her before he had to go bowling she was playing like she was a doctor. He tried to get her to doctor him telling her that he was sick. As he was getting ready to go he wanted a kiss from her and she would only give him one on the cheek. He said “I don’t get a real kiss?” and she said “No, daddy, I don’t want to have to get medicine!” She was remembering he was telling her he was sick.
I think she is recognizing certain words now also. She was wanting to watch a show and when I had the menu up to see what was on she asked to watch Scooby doo but the only one that was on was a 2 hour movie and I knew she would have to go home before then. I said “It isn’t on” and she said “Yes it is”! I know we can’t spell out Elmo anymore without her knowing what it is saying.
She was writing me notes in some old thank you cards I had from when Jordan graduated high school. She would say “here grandma, you got mail” and I would “read” it. I said it says “dear grandma, I love you very, very much! Love Emma” Emma’s eyes grew really big and she said “did I write good?” She thought she actually wrote all that with the scribbles she made.
Even though I hadn’t written in this for 2 months I still enjoy Emma and the time we spend together so much. She is my little Grandma’s girl and the bond we have will never be broken. I love you so much Emmalyne.