Emma was not the 1st to get up this morning and in fact she had to be prompted to get out of bed to see if Santa had come. She is our late sleeper! Needless to say, when she did get up she was ready for what Santa had brought.
It was a must to go through our check list so we did not leave anything out before Emma went to bed.
1. New PJ's on
2. Santa's cookies finished
3. Read Christmas Story
4. Reindeer food out
5. Check on Santa's progress with NORAD
6. In bed!
Emma was ready for Santa!
When the song says, "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!" They really mean it here in Spokane. We have already gotten close to 2 feet of snow (feels more like 5 feet) and they are predicting another 5-9 inches by Christmas. I love to see the white pureness but driving in it is another story. Needless to say we have done fine having the 4-wheel. So many people grumbled about having a 4-wheel when the gas prices soared, now they say, "thank goodness!"
Our family recently had our pictures taken. Emma is almost 5 years old and we have never had family pictures taken. It was time to do so. It was so much fun! You can see she loved it!
Emma started a new week of swimming lessons- this time without mom! She is loving it! Tonight we get ready to see an old friend from Wyoming who flew in from CA to see some family in ID. We are excited to catch up and for her to meet Emma. Have a great day everyone!
Maren
Hey Everyone!
Just a quick note to let you know how much we are enjoying our Saturday. It's great to have a beautiful day where we can lay around, catch some sun, and enjoy the great weather. Ben is loving his day off (since we mowed yesterday). Emma is over at the neighbors playing with their water slide. Ben, remembering his childhood, decided to get out the tarp and have a go with it as a slip n' slide. The kids ran over- played for a while- and went back to the other slide. Nice try!
Anyway, gotta run!
Maren
The day was not so hot but before you knew it the kids (mine plus the neighbors) were out in the pool(you can see our above ground pool behaind Emma in the almost last picture). THEN- "grammy" from next door (that's grandma for the neighbor kids) brought home a slide pool. The kids went crazy having fun!
The guy in the pictures is not Ben but our neighbor Aaron. The little boy was not hurt in this stunt- that's Ethan and he loves to be crazy fun!
I have no pictures to show you because this session of swimming lessons is "parent and child". I decided to put Emma into this class because she has had this fear of the water that I can not explain. Sure enough the first couple of lessons we had "freak out" times. Today, however, was a completely different situation. There are only 2 kids in this class and the little boy was gone. Emma received a personal lesson from her life guard (whom she loves). Anyway, Alisa took her and worked with her and there were not problems. Emma listened, followed instructions, attempted the skills being taught and even put her whole head under the water!!! I said, "that's it! Mom has to come out of the class and Emma has to have goals set (it was at the end of class were I had said goal setting was important and Alisa showed Emma the skill of putting her head under water and set it as the goal for tomorrow. Emma promptly put her whole head under water). I'll get pictures up as soon as I can get out the the water to take them.
Maren
