Matching!

Emma has started playing with flash cards and matching them!

Someone was tired.

 Emma and I have tried to bake something once a week during Lily's morning nap. Here we are making Mini Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies!

It's the best one I could get of the 2 of us.

And we do laundry together too :)

Taken 10/5/12

Look how much they have grown in a 1 1/2 months!!!!!!!

We spend lots of time in the tub! 

Grandma came down to visit us this weekend!!! We had such a great time with her! 

Reading Emma's new Princess & The Pea book!

 Last, Emma got to try a powdered sugar doughnut. She wasn't the biggest fan but sure did like the powdered sugar! We also moved her to the table. I think she enjoys sitting with us!

Enjoying the Weather!!!

Our week:

At the end of this video, you can see why Lily is so strong. She's doing some sit-ups! 

Here's a little sister play time :)

 Emma was crawling around acting like a lioness one day. 

Our sweet Lily.

Most people eat the cereal first and slurp up the milk; Emma does it in reverse order.

Baking! We made mini pies!

I enjoyed going to the Women's Coffeehouse again this year. It's a wonderful event that our church puts on and this year 500+ women attended. We heard 5 different stories ranging from why God doesn't answer our prayers how we ask them, our self-image, and bitterness. It is amazing to walk away with a refreshing attitude of thankfulness of what the Lord has saved us from and how He is changing lives all around us.

Now to the title of the post: This past Saturday it was in the 70's! Yes, the 70's!!!! It's less than 24 hours later and I haven't left the house because it is now in the 30's. We decided to take advantage of the last nice day of the year.

Daddy's coming to play with her, can you tell?

Basking in the sun.

"Up high"

Riding her scooter.

Just chilling.

Emma loves going round and round with daddy.

She gets a little dizzy....

Racing.

The home stretch.

What a big girl!

Climbing the bush.....

.....and she got stuck!

That was the morning. Here's our afternoon! We headed to the park before church!

Last "weeeeeeee" of the summer!

Cocoa

Story time with Emma. I asked Emma to tell Lily a story... she decided to go through some animal sounds :) 

My friend, Jamie, made this headband for Lily before she was born. It's sooo cute; there's also a matching one for Emma!!

Relaxing on her big bed.

 Apparently someone has caught on to the working world :) 

Last week, Jay stayed in Ames for a night or 2, so we had some guests! The Pouchers, minus Kerry, came and enjoyed some play time, graham crackers, and hot cocoa! The boys LOVED the cocoa. Emma had pretend cocoa, orange juice.

Here is her first real sip of hot cocoa! I absolutely LOVE how she says cocoa! It's my current favorite word of Emma's!!!

We got to hang out with Mason this week too!!!

Just hanging out while Mom cooks.

Emma sipping on some orange juice.

Emma was just being sooo funny when we made smoothies yesterday. What a big girl!

Last, this is what Emma decided to pick out to wear today. Good thing it's a 'we're not going anywhere' kind of day!!!