Driving to daycare this morning we hit every stoplight which allowed me to contentedly watch Emerson in the rear view mirror. She concentrated intensely on threading the Velcro straps of her shoes through the holes only to remove them and start over again repeatedly. I love to catch her in the act of anything without her knowing I’m watching. We’ve come so far from the days of kicking and screaming at the sight of the car seat and crying to be let out only 30 minutes into a 4 hour drive. My busy little bee has found many interesting ways to pass the time in the back seat. I remember...
Memorial Day Weekend ’12
This was nothing short of a full weekend! Emerson and I spent Thursday night through Sunday afternoon in Spirit Lake. We took a stroll through the park Friday morning and while checking out The Queen found a family of ducks to watch. In all of her excitement upon the scene of ducklings, Emerson wiped out and scraped up her knees. This was her first real injury involving blood and although she only cried for a minute she’s still reminding me of her ‘boo boo’ a week later (it’s completely healed). The day only got better when we met up with my favorite long-lost Okobojians — Mia and Susan! We spent...