It's not easy posting in the Summer time is it? :-)

As you can tell by now we are keeping pretty busy this summer so getting around to posting in our blog page journals (Miss Emma and mine) has become a bit of a challenge. For this I say to all those who enjoy them, sorry....

I have been so busy this summer. Reading my Dick & Jane books, putt putt golfing, bumper boats and such with daddy on our special nights out and just all-around having fun swimming and jumping on my trampoline Uncle Jimmy got us last year. The toe jumps I have learned to do are awesome, just ask daddy. LOL

This past weekend I had a choice to go with daddy and Emma to the Corn Festival or go to a picnic with grandma and papa. I chose the picnic as I went with them last year and had a blast. We had the usual water balloon toss so we could get cooled off and soak a few adults along the way. The food was great and plenty of to say the least. Nothing better than good food, good fun and good people to spend an afternoon with. :-)

The neatest thing I did there was make my own ant farm. Yep! I took a plastic cup, placed leafs and grass inside it and picked up a few ants gently and made my own ant farm. Peyton my friend did the same. We must be the only 2 girls I know that like bugs! LOL Always have and most likely always will. When I was a toddler I use to pick up bee's. And yes, before you ask I got stung every single time. Silly me, I would cry over it and the next day be right out there picking another bee up just so I could go through all the ouchy stuff all over again! Grandma and Daddy says it took me quite of few stings before I realized that bee's were not the choice of bugs to pick up! Daddy says its okay to like them still but picking them up is simply not worth being stung. He was right, as usual.

I am posting a little montage of our picnic. You will get to see me holding my ant farm too. Enjoy! And by the way, after all was said and done following the picnic, Papa and Grandma surprised me and took me to the festival too!!!! They said any little girl that chooses a picnic over the once a year festival deserves both. I guess I am that special little girl...........


Picnic with Dave & Tina 7/20/08

Going to play catch up if I can...

Been a busy month for us. New sitter and so much to do in the warm weather. We go to the local parks a lot, play on our trampoline and we are watching Signing Times DVD's daily to help teach my little sister Emma to learn to sign since she is unable to speak due to her having Angelman Syndrome.

I am very good at it! Grandma says I caught on quickly and hopefully I will be able to help teach Emma. She did the sign more for grandma several times this past week! Is that too cool? It is the only one she is doing so far, but it is a start and we are so grateful for this little step of Emma's.

As so many know it is not easy being the sibling to a special needs child. I grew up faster than most and at the age of six years I have experienced far more than most my age. But its okay.....God only gives us what we can handle according to grandma and I handle life quite well. I get good grades in school, I can read like a first grader and I am learning new things daily.

For down time I spend many weekends with my grandparents so that I can play on my own. Thats special time for me and I have done this as I can remember. This weekend is my weekend with my grandma and papa. I baked a cake with my papa! What an adventure this was. I cracked my first egg which did not land in the bowl as one can imagine. It landed all over the counter and the floor. Papa and I just laughed while we cleaned up the mess. Grandma came in afterwards and snapped a couple of pictures to share with all of you.

Now I am sitting and awaiting the cake to bake so we can icing it. Papa and I had to go back and forth on the choice of icing, but I won! CHOCOLATE FROSTING ROCKS! It just finished baking and the oven timer went off so as soon as it cools down papa and I will frost it and get a picture of the finished product. So for now I gotta go and get ready to help papa. Yummy...cake tonight compliments of me and papa!


My Montage 7/5/08
Sweet thoughts to all.