We should probably give Emma's update on Halloween before Thanksgiving gets here. We also celebrated "Emma Day" on October 30th. I took some time off of work, and we all went to Jungle Jim's for the morning on Emma Day. It was great watching Emma ride all of the rides and ignoring lunch in the process. We took some footage of the occasion, and may even post it some day when we can figure out how to do it.
It doesn't seem like a year has passed since we first saw Emma. The year has gone by quickly, and Emma has made so much progress. She now has added to her vocab words and phrases like "mine!," "stop it," and "move!" So much has happened that it is difficult to think of how life was without her. The time her mother has spent with her has produced great results. Go Mama!
Halloween was a fun day. While Denny was playing an out-of-tune piano at a funeral, Emma and I hit a couple of Halloween parties. The first was at my work, and she was a big hit in her ladybug costume. She filled up her collapsing pumpkin with candy, and we took off for the party at Boo Boo's work. Those folks at OCC know how to do Halloween. All of the employees were geared up for the occasion, as well as about 30 or 40 kids. The office was decked out, and there was candy and favors at each desk on three levels. I took a few pictures at this location, but our trusty camera gave up the ghost, so there will be no pictures. Bummer. We then took off to meet Denny at her folk's place out in Sandy. We had a pleasant visit, and ate crackers to help balance out the sugar.
After a sugar-laced nap, we took off for dinner at Andy and Kathryn's place up by the "U." There was a parade of about 50 kids that Emma joined, and they marched around [Emma had her arms folded like she does when the Nursery kids at church walk down the hall] and enjoyed hot cider and donuts (before dinner). Dinner was great, and it was good to see Andy and Kat. We then went up the street to visit Emma's other grandparents for a few minutes. By that time it was getting dark, so we headed for home to greet trick-or-treaters. Emma was bushed from a long day of partying, so we stayed home and handed out candy to about 28 scary visitors.
It was a busy couple of days, and much fun was had. She may not completely understand the Emma Day or Halloween, but that will come later. In the meantime, everybody is sure enjoying the ride! OK then.
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Be sure to add "remote" to her list of new words.
It was great reading your update, particularly when you said Emma folded her arms during the "marching".
Va-Va-Voom - I love that picture of Emma - her clothes are extraordinarily cute too! She looks like she's going on 13 years old - next year she's going to want to be Brittany Spears for Halloween!
Laughed out loud at "Mine" "stop it" and "move" - the great part is that pretty soon she'll be saying "stop it daddy, move, that's mine..." all in one sentence and you'll be so proud of her that you'll stop it, move and give it to her!!
Every time I watch Signing time with Alex and Leah(and that's rare, but sometimes I happen upon it when I'm channel-hopping on Fridays?) it makes me think of Emma. I sat by a lady on an airplane who knows the deAzevedo lady who does the signing - my brush with greatness!
Love to all,
Aunt Barbie
Wow your Halloween sounded jam packed. Emma is cute though and we loved the lady bug costume!
I'd have to say that the author of this blog is overflowing with wit and has "the gift." That said I'm extremely disappointed you only posted one picture. I WANT LADYBUGS!
I wish we could have seen Emma on Halloween. We headed over to G&G Hiatt's that afternoon and just missed her! It sounds like you had a day full of festivities for sure. I'm bushed just reading about it!
Congratulations on Emma day! Yay! Sounds like you are all great. I was just feeling pretty good about my almost 3000 hits on my blog until I saw how many you've got! We'd love to see you guys sometime...
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