Sassy!

In a nutshell, that is our Emmerly - sassy to the bone! She is much more too - sweet, thoughtful, compassionate, hilarious, but certainly sassy! She even has a pair of underwear that say "Sassy" on the bum and she likes to strut her stuff, stick out her bum and proclaim, "SASSY", of course with a little sass in her voice.

Em turned 4 in August and it is so hard to believe that our baby is no longer a baby! Where did that baby go? She has become such a person! She can say yellow now instead of lellow, and Las Vegas instead of Las Besas and elephant instead of ephalunt - when did that happen? When did she become so funny? When did she start to think for herself (in the womb, I know!)? It's so fun to see her come up with original jokes and ideas about the world that aren't merely a repetition of things we have said.

Some funnies from Em lately - "Mom, I'm going to call you Mama. That means the same thing as Mommy. No, I'm going to call you Bama, like that guy Rocco Bama." I said, "His name is Barack Obama, honey." "No, it's Rocco. Rocco Bama." Have we been watching too many debates lately? Another funny - Our rule is that in the car, when we are driving on the freeway we leave the windows up. The other day, we saw a car with the windows down on the freeway. Em: "Mom! That guy is in trouble! Look, his window's down and he's putting his hands out!" I let her know he may not have the same rules for the car as we do. She proceeded to say, "Wow, that is a lucky man!"

Some more 411 on Em - She is the queen of dress-up - especially very eccentric outfits. And she loves to dance. We have dance parties pretty much every day, and she is often nudie for these dance parties! She has no fear, and she absolutely LOVES bugs! For her birthday party we had a bug party and she held a scorpion and a tarantula and a bunch of other creepy crawlies! A few firsts for Em in the last few months - she rode the Matterhorn and Big Thunder Railroad at Disneyland, she put her head under water and started swimming without a floaty, she went on a zipline with Scott - scary! - and she got a big girl bike and has recently started learning to ride without training wheels! Like I said, when did she get so big?? Like her little partner in crime, she, too, is a bundle of fun and definitely keeps me on my toes!

Again, I've posted some photos to get you up to speed....also, for more photos from Em's birthday party, visit the Spada blog. Patti is always much better about getting my own kids' photos up on her blog or facebook than I am!


Sass with a capital S

Creativity - yes, that is a foam crown that one should wear on one's head. Em is naked other than the upside-down crown around her waist - and very proud!!
Finally 40 inches! Em's first rides on the Matterhorn and Big Thunder Railroad!

Em's first day of dance class (posing with sass, mind you!)
Happy Birthday Em!

Zipline!! She climbed to the top of this wall and then zoomed down the zipline with her Dad! Brave girl!

First Day of School (this was her "first day of school pose")

Furrowed Brow!

Em and her friend Ryleigh - cutie patooties!

At the pumpkin patch with school

Her first time ever riding without training wheels!! Woo-hoo!!