A little bit of...

Laundry...


Counting practice...


Relaxing!

Happy Halloween!

This was at the Expedia Halloween party, I think Emi will have lots of fun with the activities next year, this year she just enjoyed walking around and watching other kids.



Emi was a little monkey for Halloween, I wanted her to be Hello Kitty of course but when I saw this costume, I knew it would make Erich happy :)

And our little monkey is off...well actually she spent a lot more time out on the drive way looking at other trick or treaters than actually going out...she made 3 stops to our neighbors but didn't get to eat any of the candy...


What should I dress as next year?

Girly, girl!

Emi was exploring with the chapstick, she likes to pretend to use my lip gloss with the cap on of course...this time with the chapstick she knew how to get the cap off. It was rolled down so Idon't think she got much but it's so funny listening to her!

Excuse the mess on her shirt...Emi is self feeding herself yogurt now and obviously the bib wasn't doing a good job ;)

Our little reader

Emi plopped down near her book baskets this morning while I got her breakfast ready...looks like she will be reading her books from the Hello Kitty series, that's my girl!



We visited Spokane to visit Great Grandma Maxine and the rest of the Smick family! Emi was a better traveler this year and had a lot of fun visiting with everyone too!

Last swim class at Kinderswimmer

Daddy joined Emi for her last swim class today. She was a great swimmer today and loved that Daddy was in the pool with her. Today's class was a little different since Halloween is coming up, there was an octopus that Emi was not too fond of in the pool!
Emi thought it was SO funny when Daddy went under water and popped back up!





We're going to miss our swimming pal JT, that just means we'll have to schedule playdates to keep in touch!

Spokane visit!

We had a wonderful trip to Spokane to visit Great Grandma Maxine, Rebekah, Christin, Stephanie, Abby, Darren, Robin, Brad, and Marlene! Thanks for such a fun time!!!
Great Grandma Maxine and Emi

Feeding the ducks! It was so beautiful outside!
Auntie Bekah and Emi, I love you and thank you for the Dora book!
Emi and Darren meet...
Darren was so sweet with Emi!
Stacking the boxes HIGH!
Abby, Darren, and Emi
Thank you for the delicious cake Robin!
I wished this picture turned out better btu as you can see most of the ones with the kids were not clear because I just couldn't get them sitting still all at once!
Playing the piano...
Reading Dora with Robin...

This is such a good book guys!
Erich, Carrie, Emi, & Marlene

Thank you for a great trip with lots of fun memories! We love you!

Grandpa gets his baby back!

Grandpa's car has been in the shop for a few months for an engine rebuild so he has been without his baby for quite sometime. Today he got it back and he drove it over for Emi to check out. I found these pictures and video on my camera when I got home... Vroom, vroom! How fast does this thing go?

Emi and JT

On Monday JT's Mom Becky came over and taught me how to sew a blanket! I am happy with the way it turned out considering I haven't really picked out fabric, cut, ironed, and sewed something before :) Thank you Becky for your patience and time!
Becky and I were so focused on our sewing that we didn't get pictures of JT and Emi playing together! We will have to have you guys over again, it was so fun being crafty. Here is a picture of Emi and JT after swimming, they look like little penguins all wrapped up!

Emi and her two study pals!

Josh, Jake and Emi are all sitting at the table working together, it's so sweet! I love how gentle and caring the boys are with Emi. This week Jake and I were learning about JFK, and Josh continues to practice his letters and sounds, as well as his drawing. Fun times! You can see how happy the boys make Emi, she has a very happy smile on her face!

Love!

Erich has been getting home 15-20 minutes earlier a few nights this week and that may not seem like a lot of time to most people but it makes a difference in what we have time for after dinner! We enjoyed reading to Emi after dinner and playing last night with having to rush...unfortunately none of the pictures that we took turned out very well. We hope that Daddy surprises us and comes home a little early more often!