THE WRITING NOTEBOOK

Emma loves to write and draw. She carries this notebook around with her at home a lot. She'll ask us to write a certain word and then she'll write it underneath.

I am so amazed at how smart she is and her penmanship is awesome for a 3 year! On some of the pages it is hard to tell the difference between Andrew's writing and hers. I took pictures of her pages 1) to show off and 2) so that I can always have them as a keepsake in case the notebook ever gets lost.

I swear Andrew is the one who misspelled vacuum and pacifier!! It's totally his handwriting, haha!

EMMA'S FIRST FIELD TRIP (AKA MOMMA'S OFFICIALLY LOST HER MIND)

Emma had her first field trip today. Her pre-k class went to Bandy's Pumpkin Patch.

The kids had to ride the bus but parents were not allowed to. You could tell we were a bunch of pre-k mommy's because we all hung out and followed that bus so closely on the way there. I shed a few tears following the bus. I know this sounds so cliche but it is seriously like that bus driver was driving my life down the road, and I guess in a way she was. She may only be 3 but this growing up business is a little harder than I thought. I sent a text to a few people asking if it was weird that I laid hands on and prayed over the bus (which I was kidding, I didnt) and my sister called me and asked if I annointed the bus driver with oil... I'll keep that in mind for next time! lol

I think when I took this picture I was about to puke!

They had such a good time at the pumpkin patch. The kids got to go on a hayride and play in the Play Barn.

Lil Sis came too.

This is Emma and her bff, Breanna. Her other buddy, Cole, is in there too but I cut his head off in this picture.

Here's Emma and Tate. Tate goes to church with us and is a HAM to say the least. He asked Emma today if she could spend the night with him sometime. I told him to ask Emma's daddy. He is such a sweet boy. (When I showed Emma this picture a little earlier she said "Mom, I do not want to marry Tate when I get big, that would be weird")

The kids had the option of riding the bus back to Goreville or riding with their parents. I asked Emma (okay, begged Emma) to ride back with me but she wanted to ride the bus again. She said "Mom, the bus is soooooo fun".

A FAMILY THAT T.P.'S TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER

Andrew and I took Emma and Drew t.p.ing tonight for the first time.

We hit my mom and dad's house first. They weren't home so we didn't have to worry about getting caught.

Then Andrew and Drew dropped me and Emma off at Ava's house. The Browning's weren't home either so we didn't busted!

Emma had a blast! Now let's just see if she can keep her mouth shut when we see MawMaw and PawPaw and the Browning's at church in tomorrow morning.

JUST A POST FULL OF CUTE GIRLS

Last night our church held an event at the Marion Civic Center.
The girls and myself wore our church shirts.
They looked so cute in their shirts and tall black boots (wish you could see Drew's boots better).

When I was pregnant with Drew there were 4 of us girls pregnant at the same time, all due within months of each other.
This is the first time that all 3 babies have been together (the other lives in Georgia so we will probably not be able to get all 4 of them together).
These girls are so precious!

Layla was not interested in sitting still to have her picture taken, there were too many things that she needed to get her hands on :)

Ms Farryn was all about it.
She didn't take her eyes off the camera the whole time I was snapping away.

SCHOOL PICTURE

I'm not sure where the purple background came from. Andrew took her on picture day so I'm assuming he let her pick out her background. Oh well!

Is it horrible that I'm not too fond of this picture? There's no doubt that I think Emma is gorgeous and that she's just a doll but this is not my favorite picture of her. (I of course told her this picture was just beautiful) Aren't school pictures supposed to be like that though? Maybe I'll take her next year :)

NOT A TOY

This is what the tv screen said today after Sis played with the remote.

This little girl is the guilty one!

If that's not a rotten little face then I dont know what is!!

TRIP TO THE ZOO

We
went
to
the
zoo
today...

Rode
the train...

Big
sis
and
little
sis
strolled...

and
were
carried

Emma
stopped
for
icecream...

and
Drew
ate
some
yogurt

Both
girls
loved
the
snakes!

A
little
too
much!

As
you
can
tell
Drew
had
a
blast!!

They
also
loved
the
gift
shop.

Fast
asleep
with
her
new
stuffed
animal...

A MOLE RAT!