Thought for the Day

I received this as an email but I thought I would put it on the blog instead of forwarding it. It's very fitting since we have had a ton of thunderstorms lately here in Florida. Hope you enjoy!

A Child's View of Thunderstorms......
A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school.

As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she feared the electrical storm might harm her child. Full of concern, the mother quickly
got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school.

As she did, she saw her little girl walking along. At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile. Another and another flash of lighting followed quickly and with each, the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drew up beside the child, she lowered the window and called to her
"What are you doing?"

The child answered, "I am trying to look pretty because God keeps taking my picture."

May God bless you today and everyday as you face the storms that come your way.

Dancing, Chatting, and Singing

Dancing around our house is more like "Ring Around the Rosie." Emma requested a spin around the floor with her Daddy after supper the other night. It was so sweet!

Sara is quite taken with wearing Daddy's shoes. They are often on the wrong feet but it doesn't seem to bother her.

Sara also loves to call up people and just jabber away! Watch that caller id...you might be next!

We had a little rain shower yesterday afternoon so Emma sang out on her rendition of "Rain, Rain Go Away!" (complete with "little Duffer wants to play!)

Potty Training Trail Update

The trail has certainly had it's up's and down's but I think we can finally see end! Emma has moved from using the "little potty" to putting the top of the "little potty" on the big potty...which makes clean-up so much easier for Mommy and Daddy. Emma has also used the big potty without any seat assistance twice! She still won't use the potty at church but she did use the little potty at our friend Ali's house a few weekends ago. That was huge! And 9 times out of 10, Emma wakes up with a dry overnight diaper!
Mommy has even gotten brave enough to go on errands with the girls without the extra assurance of a Pull-Up over Emma's underwear. So far, so good! I just hope she will actually use the potty when she starts Pre-school in a few weeks!

Silly Sara's Growing Up!

For several months Marcus has hinted here and there that we needed to change Sara's crib into a toddler bed. To be perfectly honest...I wasn't in favor of this furniture switch-a-roo. First of all, changing the crib would be another visual reminder that my baby is growing up! Second, Mommy needs rest time just as much (if not more) than the girls do and I wasn't looking forward to using "my time" replacing Sara into her bed every three to five minutes . Selfish, I know...Well, Monday night we decided to bite the bullet and change the crib. We called Sara into her room to check out her new bed. Just as we thought she climbed in and seemed to love it! Just look at the joy on that little face!

Almost as soon as she was in the bed, she was out of it again...just as we had imagined...or feared depending on how you look at it. Anyway...

I took one more picture of Sara enjoying her bed before I went off to walk with a friend. Marcus was left in charge of changing clothes, brushing teeth and putting the girls in their beds. When I came home an hour later, Marcus said Sara had not gotten out of her bed at all!

What?

More than that, he said she hadn't moved since he put her in her bed and she hadn't gone to sleep either. I went in to check on her and she said "hello Bommy" (that's Mommy with a stopped up nose) even before my eyes had a chance to focus on her in the semi-dark. She was laying there, with her spine seemingly glued to the back of the toddler bed, with her huge blue eyes focusing on the fact that the bars that once contained her were now gone. She looked petrified yet cute at the same time! I asked her if she liked her new bed and she said yes. I asked her if she was ready to go to sleep and she said yes again. I gave her a kiss and a hug and left the room feeling so sorry for her! After I got out of the shower, we checked on her again and she was peacefully sleeping!

Like I said, that was Monday night and she still hasn't gotten out of her bed on her own. She stands up and calls out for Mommy or Daddy to come and get her after she gets up! It's like we have some invisible force field across the front of the toddler bed that Sara is afraid to come in contact with. I'm sure it won't be long now until she will be getting out of bed on her own!

I was trying to get a video of Sara singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" but while I was filming she wanted to look at the back of the camera so she could see herself. Looking at the video, I found it really funny! Hopefully, we'll get that song on film for everyone to see soon! Hope you enjoy it!

Emma and Sara Update

I am sorry it has taken me so long to update the blog. Our "big" computer isn't recognizing the drive that I use for my camera memory card so I'm updating on the laptop...which takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to boot up so...okay, there is my excuse!
Emma and Sara enjoyed time at Grana and Grandaddy's house while we were in NYC. Their bubble machine was and is quite a hit!

Sara enjoyed a watermelon snack with Grandaddy. She would take a bite of the tip and then lick the juice all around and say "all done." I think she did this with a least five different pieces of watermelon.


Here are some of the girls newest quotes!
Sara: Feed me more! (She wanted more pancakes!)

Sara: Thank you, buddy. (to Duff, after he licked her fingers)

Sara: Night, night. I love you, Daddy.

Sara: Manny! Tools! (She loves Handy Manny)

Sara: Where Daddy at? There he is!

Sara: Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy!

Sara: Oh no! Ball away!

Sara: Be careful, Mommy.

Sara: This taste good!
Mommy: It does?
Sara: Yup.

Sara: Where's GaGa? Mommy: At her house. Sara: Aw phooey!


Emma: That's good thinking Mommy!

Mommy: What's your name?
Emma: Emma deLaura Kolmetz.
Mommy: What's your sister's name?
Emma: Sara Grace Kolmetz.
Mommy: What's his name? (pointing to the dog, McDuff)
Emma: Duffer deLaura Kolmetz.
This continued through Mommy deLaura Kolmetz, Daddy deLaura Kolmetz and so on.

Daddy: Emma, are you finished? (eating her supper)
Emma: I sure hope so!

Emma: Sara's got blondes in her head.

Emma: Oh, a licker! (after seeing a lollipop)


Daddy dropped a french fry onto the floor during lunch one day and said, "I missed my mouth."
Emma looked at him with a very confused expression on her face and said, "We help you find it, Daddy."

Emma: Look! It's Sleeping Booty!

Daddy: Emma, you're a tattletale.
Emma: No, Daddy. I don't have a tail. Duff has a tail.

Hope you enjoyed this installment of Emma and Sara Quotations!