Donuts with Daddy

Emma was so excited to come home a few weeks ago with an invitation for Daddy to have donuts with her and her classmates and their Daddys at school. When Kevin saw the invitation, I think he was just as excited. About two weeks leading up to the date, Emma would secretly sing to me the song that her teacher was teaching for their special day. It's the same tune as B I N G O but instead the children say D A D D Y!! Kevin took the camera with him and took some pictures of the special event. Here are some pictures of the day. Enjoy!!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Pictures Pictures Pictures

I must have SUCKER written across my face everytime Emma's school has "picture day". I can't help myself but order the package that they send. Thought I'd share with you the latest package that I bought. Have a great Wednesday!!

OH WHERE OH WHERE HAS MY....

..blogginess gone?? Somewhere between, work, colds, school, sewing class & Facebook addiction!! There has been so much going on that I've fallen behind in posting for a couple weeks.

Valentine's Day ... We celebrated Valentine's day with heart shaped fried eggs and lots of hugs and kisses. We also went to one of our favorite restaurants in Lavalette NJ called The Crab's Claw. They make the best Buffalo Calamari. The calamari has the buffalo sauce on it with crumbled blue cheese, celery and red onion. It is to die for. Emma always has Seafood Chowder, Kevin usually has the Firecracker Shrimp and I had the Valentine's special of Heart-shaped Lobster Ravioli in a vodka sauce....YUMMY!!!

After dinner we went to the Boardwalk at Seaside Heights. The last time we were there, it was in the summer and there was no parking to be found, tons of tourists, bells & whistles going off from the games and the roar of the roller coaster in the distance with the riders screaming in fear of losing their stomach. So, needless to say, Emma thought it would be the same as the summer. It definitely was the complete opposite. No rides, no games, no cotton candy, no bells and whistles. Complete quietness. What we did find though was the arcade. We played a little Skee-ball and claw type games. In the same building, they have a Carousel. Emma enjoyed the ride about 4 times before she was ready to call it quits.

We ended the night with a quick stop at Dairy Queen for an ice cream cone. I couldn't have asked for a better Valentine's day than with my two sweeties.

Flashback Friday for my "Baby" Sisters

I usually post Flashback Friday pictures of Emma but this week I thought I would change it up a bit. I've been thinking of my two sisters quite often this week, not sure if it's because the three of us are new to Facebook and we are finding friends old and new and reliving memories; but I went through some of my "old" pictures and found this one.

This picture was probably taken in 1973. My youngest sister, Kim, was probably about 6 months old which would make the middle sister, Lisa, about 4 and I was probably about 6.

Over the next few weeks, I hope to be looking through my old pictures and posting them. If you've known me for a long time, keep checking back. You just never know when you'll be up next.

Have a great weekend!

CUTE SAYINGS WITHOUT PICTURES

Some of the things that Emma says just cracks me up and I thought I would share them with you too.

Just tonight I was putting her to bed. I asked her for a kiss and hug and then an Eskimo kiss and then she wanted a butterfly kiss. (Something we do almost every night after reading a book, saying our prayers, snuggling and talking about our day) Tonight after I gave her the butterfly kiss she said "Mom, your ash lights are long" I thought this was the cutest thing and started laughing and she laughed too and then realized what she said. Then it took her about 5 times before she could say eye lashes whiling laughing the whole time.

One morning last week when I woke Emma to get ready for school, she was rubbing her eyes and said "I have crumbs in my eyes".

Is it just me or is this funny.

Disney on Ice

A couple of weeks ago, we took Emma to her first Disney on Ice adventure (The Incredibles). This was an early "Gotcha Day" present. We didn't tell Emma that we were taking her, we kept it a surprise.

She was very patient as we drove to the Arena. Not once did she say "Are we there yet?" I thought for sure in our 20 minute ride she would have said it about 50 times. We went to the Sovereign Arena in Trenton, NJ. It's a smaller arena where every seat is a "good" seat. No nose-bleeding sections.

We parked the car and joined the crowds entering the arena. Once inside, Emma saw all the Disney souvenirs and started getting excited (so I thought). I bent down to her and asked her if she knew where we were and she said real loud NO. I then got all excited and said "Emma, we're gonna see Disney on Ice, aren't you excited, their gonna skate all around and you'll see all the characters". She looked at me all sad and said "I want to go home".

Well, it took some coaxing but after buying a big bucket of popcorn and a twirly Cinderella light up thingy, we were good to go. In the end, she LOVED the show and can't wait for them to come to town again.

The pictures didn't come out great at all but I'll post a few for you to see. On second thought, I won't be posting pictures, I can't find my cord to download them. So, in the meantime, here are a couple pictures of Emma and her cousins from August 2007. Can you tell where they spent the day. We bought season tickets again this year and can't wait to go.