Sara's Turn

Sara has really started to use a lot more words in the last few weeks. She repeats a lot of what she hears and now will label items on her own. She brought me a shoe the other day and said, "a shoe." Pretty soon she and Emma will be carrying on conversations! Notice that Sara repeats every word I ask her to except Mama. It seems to be a little game with her. She will only say Mama or Mommy if I'm not in the room. I've only heard her slip up and say it a few times. Anytime I ask her to say Mama, she says Daddy or Baby. Toddler jokes are so silly!

The Lord Told Noah

I missed the first two stanzas because I was getting the camera ready. Here is the transcipt of Emma's performance!
The animals they came in, they came in
by twosies, twosies.
Animals they came in, they came in
by twosies, twosies.
Elephants and kangaroosies, roosies,
children of the Lord.

It rained and poured for forty daysies, daysies.
It rained and poured for forty daysies, daysies.
Almost drove those animals crazies, crazies,
children of the Lord.

The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy.
Sun came out and dried up the landy, landy.
Everything was fine and dandy, dandy,
children of the Lord.

So rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory,
Children of the Lord!

End of Summer Fun

Emma and Sara enjoyed splashing around on the deck Friday afternoon.
Saturday morning brought playtime in the sandbox. Even though the girls couldn't watch the game (past their bedtimes) they still wanted to show support for their team. War Eagle!
Saturday afternoon was the inaugural "swim" in the new Kolmetz water park. Thanks to Daddy for blowing the thing up! We found that even though they liked the new pool, they liked being hosed down even more!

Biscuit Bakers

Emma got to help Grana bake some biscuits Monday morning. She had her own bowl of buttermilk and flour that she got to mix up all by herself! She even tasted it but she wouldn't recommend that. While the real biscuits were baking in the top oven, the girls got to help Grana put the biscuit Emma made in the bottom (cold) oven. Watch out, Sara Lee! Emma and Sara Grace brand biscuits will be hitting the grocery shelves soon!

End of August Special

Sara has started enjoying coloring with Emma. After this picture was taken, she chewed up the end of the orange crayon. Emma kept saying, "Sawa put it in her mouff! Sawa put it in her mouff!"
We've introduced the potty to Emma but she's not very interested in using it herself. She is enjoying trying to potty train her Mickey Mouse though.
She even praises him and claps for him afterwards. This also goes for anyone who comes out of one of our bathrooms. The other day Emma said, "Yea, Daddy go to the potty!"
Sara continues to enjoy eating. She really likes to put the food in her mouth all by herself. Someone has to poke the food onto the fork but she is getting there!

Dancing Video

WAR EAGLE!

Just in Time for Football Season!

Emma and Sara have been practicing their "War Eagle" cheer for quite some time with the help of their parents and both sets of grandparents. The girls have also really enjoyed listening to their "Aubie" music, which is a CD of the Auburn band playing the fight song and various cheers. This morning Emma was asked to say "War Eagle" and instead she started in on singing the fight song! I was stunned! She has heard me sing it but I didn't know she knew it! I was AUsome! Ha ha! I will try my best to get this on video!

Bag Babies, Double Readers, and Laundry Basket Ball

I don't remember why the girls got into my huge L.L. Bean bag in the first place, but they enjoyed sitting in it...until it started tipping over!
Sara has learned a new trick and she is quite proud of herself. She can now get up into most any chair, couch or coffee table in our house! She likes to stand up once she gets on the couch and doesn't seem to understand why all this is really stressing Mommy out!
We played a rousing game of throw the ball into the clothes hamper the other day. Sara didn't really want to throw it in the hamper so she just threw it anywhere she wanted.
The Next Dream Team!

Dr. Marcus P. Kolmetz

We traveled to Arizona last week for Marcus' AuD graduation ceremony in Phoenix. Here is one of the first pictures of the new doctor! We are so proud of you!
We also took a side trip to the Grand Canyon. It is really indescribable!
Marcus' parents are so proud of their son that they are willing to throw each other off the South Rim of the canyon!

A Little of This and A Little of That

This is what happens when Mommy takes her Sunday afternoon nap and Daddy is in charge.
Emma likes to read her Mickey Mouse book very closely. She has been investigating everything with her magnifying glass lately.
Sara is a little fashion plate! The beads are quite tasty, by the way!
Emma crowns Sara "Miss Auburn Alum Megaphone Toddler 2007."

I know, I know...it's been a long time!

The girls have been very busy lately. I'm not even sure where to start! Here are a few pics and more will be added soon. I promise! Sara wore this little number, given by Uncle Brandon and Aunt Lolly, to church on Sunday. As you can see, the hat didn't last too long!
One of the girls new "things" to do is to get in the corner of Emma's room and play with my old Raggedy Anne. This new game involves talking to Anne and to each other in extremely high little voices. You can't stay in the room with then very long or you'll loose your hearing!
Emma and Sara took a little visit to the beach in Destin a few weeks ago. They spent a total of 8 minutes on the sand and they had had enough. We also splashed in the pool for a few minutes. It was late in the day and the "fussies" were in full effect. We'll try again later in the summer. It just made me think of all the families who spend hundreds of dollars to travel to the beach and to then have toddlers who could care less about it all!

Memorial Day Cupcake

She might not have totally demolished her birthday cake, but Miss Sara Grace really put a hurtin' on her Memorial Day cupcake. She very delicately picked at the icing until Mommy picked it up and offered it to her. All of a sudden...wham...that cupcake made full contact with all eight of the baby teeth she has! It was a sight to behold!

Growing Up Girls

Emma has now graduated to her big girl bed, which means her crib doesn't have the front on it anymore. I know she was ready for this months ago, but Mommy wasn't! I'm sure you've noticed that the bumper is still on her bed. Well...she has used it as a pillow forever and I just couldn't take it away from her. I know we will have to because it is looking pretty beat up in places. She has her own pillow but I would guess her head only stays on it for a little while. We have a feeling she sleeps like her Mama...which means all over the place!

Our little Sara is really growing up too! She can put her fork in her mouth by herself! Mommy or Daddy has to put the food on it for her, but she can take care of the rest...and boy, does she!

Emma has really started to enjoy her new sandbox and all its various accessories. She loves watching the sand fall through this little sand windmill-kinda-thing.

More Birthday Weekend!

The girls really enjoyed their birthday cake. Emma had a slice of the big "choc-it cake" and Sara got her own white smash cake. We had high hopes of Sara really tearing into that poor little cake...but it never happened. The poor thing got icing in her eyes and had to be taken away from her own birthday party for an impromptu bath. Strange angle, I know. This was the scene on Sunday morning as our family left church. We had the girls dedicated during the morning service. It was so wonderful because we had practically all our family members present. (We missed you Unca Brandon and Aunt Lolly) From the back of the pic to the front we have great grandfather Papa, Aunt Beth, Grana, Emma, Grandaddy, Grandpa, Paw Paw, Maw Maw, Sara, Daddy and Grandma. Mommy and great grandmother Mom were all together behind this group so they weren't in the picture.

Happy Birthday Girls!

Happy Birthday Emma and Sara!

Notes on how to decifer Emma-ese

Emma is reading the Wheels on the Bus in this video. I picked up my camera and started filming it after she had already read a little bit of the book. She didn't know I was taking her picture, or she would have stopped...like she does a thousand times a day when I try to capture something cute! Anyway...here is the transcript of her reading.
The baby on the bus goes wah, wah, wah all around the town.
The people on the bus go up and down all around the town.
The people on the bus go shh, shh, shh all around the town.
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep all around the town.
The people on the bus go up and down all around the town.

That's approximately what she is saying. I know it's hard to hear her among the baby sounds Sara is making and the clock that starts chiming. It's better than nothing! Hope you understand it!

Here it is! And again...I don't know why there are two of them!

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About the Video

I'm excited that we have put up our first video post! Don't ask me why there are two of the some videos on the blog. I have no idea why it happened, how it happened or how to fix it. I welcome any and all suggestions! I have another video that I am trying to upload now. I'm doing to same thing I did yesterday but no success...yet.

Our First Blog Video!

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Stickers and Cruising

Emma enjoyed adding stickers to our "heart art." She kept asking me to draw more hearts and then she would put the "faces" on them. Then she had to take the faces off her paper and put them on her milk cup. She hasn't learned that sometimes the stickers won't come off, which is very frustrating!
Our little Sara Grace started cruising Sunday. She started moving down the love seat first, in pursuit of the remote control. Then she moved on to the coffee table. Unfortunately, she had a cruising accident later in the day.
You can tell she got over it and she really didn't cry much at all. She hit the entertainment center with her forehead just over her right eye. She was standing up, holding herself up with one hand and looking over her shoulder at Emma. In the blink of an eye, she was down for the count. The whole thing seemed to happen in slow motion! I just couldn't get there fast enough!