A giraffe, a dog and a pig

Emma likes dressing up, you know the usual, princesses, dresses, oh wait, make that ladybugs, pumpkins and giraffes. I can't get enough of it. I love seeing her dressed up in all her costumes and think she just looks so squeezeable!
And I most certainly did NOT curl up on the couch with this giraffe costume after Emma went to sleep...
It was just so snuggly and she looked so snuggly in it...

Anyway, Emma was a giraffe yesterday morning. Jarrah is a lion dog. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are also know as "African lion dogs". They chase lions. We have often joked that Jarrah wouldn't know what to do if she saw a lion and would most likely think it wanted to be her best friend. However, I have a little more faith in her as a lion dog. She did, after all, know to chase the tiny giraffe we had in our house!

Emma thought it was a blast and tails swinging, they ran all over the house. Then Jarrah got her toy pig into the mix and I couldn't help but think it was turning into a line from a joke, you know, "a giraffe, a dog and a pig walk into a bar" type of thing.

Emma decided she wanted a "snack" and I asked her what giraffes eat. She said "HAY!" and then went running to the snack cupboard. Knowing we didn't have any hay I wondered what she'd come up with to eat. She requested "choclit puddin" but I turned her down.

This is picture proof that giraffes, in fact, don't eat hay, they eat Wheat Thins!

Can you guess?

Can you guess what this is??It's the bag that holds my new knee brace!!!!
What a blessing! I was able to get a custom knee brace that will hopefully allow me to walk and work out pain-free! (Even if it's ALMOST pain-free, I'll take it.) The little numbered stickers on the straps seemed a bit elementary when I was sitting in the doctor's office ready to put it one for the first time. However, I quickly realized that I need those stickers. There are six different adjustable straps that must be adjusted in a specific order. That specific order seems quite random, that is, unless I have those blessed number stickers to hold my hand and help me do it correctly. So for now, I will be relying on those little things to make sure I have it right.
Feel free to post comments on this vision of beauty. What? What is that you say? You don't think it's a gorgeous piece of orthotics? Hmmm, I guess some people have no taste.

Ready for church

All I can say is that she's a cutie. And by the time we got home from the church lunch-in she looked nothing like this:)

Perfect playmates

We had the privilege of getting to have Hannah spend the night with us Tuesday night. We picked her up from school and had the afternoon and evening to play.

Here's the evidence of how much fun the girls had! Even Jarrah and Eyeore joined in on the fun.

We all had a great time. I bribed the girls with chocolate chip cookies in order to get them to finish their dinner. That worked like a charm. Well, they ate a pretty good amount. I'm not the type to insist on a clean plate at meals. So we all enjoyed cookies and milk after supper. Hannah has such a great imagination. She made up lots of fun games for her and Emma to play and Hannah was so patient to try and explain the "rules" to Emma.

I had an air mattress in Emma's room for Hannah to sleep on and they got along great having a sleep over together. The only glitch was that Emma wouldn't stop chattering once I put them to bed. I checked in on them after a little bit and Emma was still talking away but Hannah was out like a light.

Wednesday morning was just as smooth. The girls woke up and were both in great moods. We got breakfast started and I did their hair while they ate, I got teeth brushed, clothes on and got them loaded them into the car and we got to Hannah's swimming lesson on time!

The only bad thing was that we couldn't keep Hannah longer. We definitely vote for a longer visit next time.

Brownies and a box cutter

Emma and I had a great day together. We got her a new car seat for Jon's car (at a great price I might add!) and "Lowlee" took us to lunch. Tonight after supper we made some brownies and ate them while we turned Emma's car seat box into a playhouse with a box cutter and some crayons.

















Good stuff! Emma, you make my day everytime I get to spend time with you. I love you kiddo!