life's more fun together
I am getting used to this Father thing now. At first it was overwhelming and even though it still can be hectic, I really cherish having a wonderful daughter to take care of. I am also really grateful for my own father who taught me important things like how to horse around and be goofy. Not to mention teaching less critical stuff like English and computers.
Happy Father’s Day to myself and my dad!
The invite is out for Emery’s 5th Birthday party bash. We are inviting all her Pre-School friends and other “long time” (relatively speaking) buddies. There is much to do in preparation but it should be a great time. We’ve also got a really great birthday gift for Emery to come. (a new big girl bike with training wheels!)
Here’s the invite Ash made with cute-face herself making the banner complete. 🙂
The birthday party was a success. 22 of her closest friends from school, Amelia and Lucas all came. They made alien green pizzas and monster jello. We bought a rainbow cake complete with littlest pet shop figures ontop. We also catered food for the parents who attended. They kids all had a blast, here’s some pictures from the party.
Today is a big milestone for Emery. She is now a big kid. She speaks very well, has a very dramatic personality and loves dresses and cute things. When we told her today that she is a big kid, Emery didn’t want to be a big kid. She said she still wanted to be a baby. We asked her why she wanted to be a baby and she said:
I don’t want you to get old mommy, I want you to always be with me
Lately, Emery has actually been more attached to us. I think as she realizes she is getting means being more independent and she wants the security of her parents around. Emery is such a sweet child. She is so goofy and is always trying to make is laugh.
As part of being a big girl, we got Emery a two wheel bike with training wheels. She wanted a Frozen bike but we decided not to over frozen everything a got her a 16″ power princess bike with a basket in front and a little seat in the rear to carry her stuff animal friend. We asked her if she like the pick and she said it was “almost perfect”. This girl knows what she wants.
We met up with our friends Shoko and Wim and their daughter Amelia who is about a few days apart of Emery on age. The two are such great friends and they are just crazy and mischievous together. They are so cute we hope they will be life long friends. Here’s some pics of the “best friends” aka “besties” having fun on the belt line.
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We had a great Christmas this past week. Emery received lots of wonderful gifts and we were able to take a short road trip to Nashville.
Here some pictures of the good times we had.
Nashville- We had some good ramen at a Japanese Pub in hip East Nashville. We took a wonderful tour of the Belle Meade Mansion, dated back to the 1800s who made their money from horse breeding. We saw a wonderful show “The Rockettes Christmas” at the Grand Old Opry Theatre. We also had some time to just relax at the hotel with the dogs. Emery loved jump and climbing on all the furniture and she only hurt herself once.
Belle Meade Plantation
Two of Emery’s favorite things, rides and candy!
Grand Old Opry
Gaylord Opryland Resort
Irish Food On Canton street near our house!
Getting Ready for Santa and Xmas Morning
And we had some great Mexican food!
