I have taken a VERY long hiatis from blogging. I am adding this video to the blog in hopes that I can get back into blogging. This is our Emerson saying the Pledge. Remember she is only 2 years old. We didn't teach this to her at all. She learned every word of it at daycare. We were so proud to hear her say every word. I really love when Ella walks up to hug Emerson and Emmy continues to say the Pledge.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Saturday, May 16, 2009
A future singer?
I haven't attempted to post a video until now. Ella is napping and Emerson is watching CARS with Daddy. Here we go...
Just in case you couldn't tell this is Baa Baa Blacksheep
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Number 3
We decided we should go to the memorial that evening because Sunday would be really busy. Unfortunately, we got there too late to visit the museum, but we did get to see the memorial site. It was very sombering to be standing on the site of such a tragedy. The memorial itself was beautiful.
This is a tree that sat in between the building on the left and the building that blew up. It was an incredible miracle that it was left standing. They call it the 'Survivor Tree'.
This is a piece of the bottom floor of the building that was bombed. The stairs are part of the memorial.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Swine Break
That's what the kids are calling it. If you live in or teach in Denton ISD, we got the call Saturday afternoon that school was going to be canceled for the week. Then Tuesday afternoon we got another call saying they were reopening school on Thursday. That's today. When the kids got to school this morning news started circulating that if they were absent it had to be counted as excused. So my first class had 7 kids missing. Now, I am sitting in 3rd block and I have 5 students. Yes I said 5. I can't teach about light energy to 5 students when I have 15 others that will be missing it. Apparently, students were texting their parents to check them out all morning. I still have 1 class left and I am going to guess 3 for that one. Then tomorrow, I bet teaching will be impossible. Not to make light of what could have been scary,this post was my Ode to Swine Break 2009.
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Emerson's 2nd Birthday
Our sweet, rambunctious, full of life daughter had a 2nd birthday not too long ago. Emerson Louise Garcia turned 2 on April 12. I really don't know where the time has gone; the time since she was born (and since I last posted). It seems like just yesterday we were picking out her name and now she is two years old.
Here are some things I love about our sweet baby...
- Emerson called herself 'baby' until she was about 18 months old.
- Then she called herself Emmy.
- Now she calls herself Emerson and can say Louise pretty good too.
- She loves her little sister and loves to sing about Ella Kate.
- She loves to sing period. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Waves of Mercy (la,la,lalalalala) and The Wheels on the Bus are her favorites. Oh and Jesus Loves Me!
- She can eat like no other child I have ever seen. If we would let her (and we have on occasion) she would eat an entire can of fruit or vegetables.
- She can run in the same circle for a very very very long time. I am not sure how she does it with out falling over dizzy.
- Emerson loves to go to the park and play on the playground.
- She knows the name of all of her friends at school.
- Gaby is who she mentions the most.
- She has tattled on them before. The first real sentence she said busted a friend. The daycare told me she got bit by 'a friend'. When we got in the car she told me "Carter bit my finger".
- Emerson is OBSESSED with Lightning McQueen. We have watched Disney's Cars more times than any movie I have ever seen.
Which brings me to her birthday party. We had a little birthday party for her on Easter weekend. Because she loves McQueen so very much we could not do anything else for her birthday. I went a little Lightning McQueen crazy at Party City. (On a side note my students told me Party City had a great candy supply and they DO. If you are looking for an interesting candy, try there) Emerson had been talking about her "McQueen Party" for several weeks before her birthday so it was really great to get her up from her nap and have the house decorated in Lightning McQueen. She was super excited.
I decided to try to make her cake on my own. I bought a McQueen mold cake pan and went at it. It actually came with directions of how to make the cake look like Disney's Lightning McQueen. I have to say I was pretty impressed...4 hours after beginning to frost the cake.
Thanks to you guys that came to help us celebrate Emerson turning 2!!
Emerson, Daddy and I love you so very much and are so blessed and thankful to have you in our lives.
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Wedding in Houston
This past weekend we loaded up the girls and went to Houston for a wedding. A dear friend of mine got married on Saturday. My family has known the Scotts since my sister and Denise Scott were in their mommy's tummys. They are family!! Denise asked Lindsey, Stone, Emerson and I to be in her wedding and of course we wanted to!!
Friday morning I taught Physics then ran home to pack up the car. My wonderful husband pretty much had everything packed and the girls fed and dressed when I got home at 10:30. We made sack lunches and headed for Houston. We got to Houston just in time for the rehearsal. Emerson was soooo excited to see Stone.
The rehearsal was pretty funny. It was an outside wedding at a country club. Apparently the club forgot to tell the golfers we would be there. There were men hitting balls over our heads!!! The maid-of-honor had a skirt on and Emerson and Stone thought it was cute to find sticks and bother Jessica with their new found toys. They were a hoot. The rehearsal dinner was at Dave and Busters. We didn't stay long because our kids were exhausted from a long day and were ready to go to bed.
The wedding was really sweet and the kids did an excellent job. Every time I looked at Emerson she melted my heart. She was a dream in her white flower girl dress and sweet headband. (Thank you caryhairbows!!!) We are so blessed to have such sweet and beautiful daughters.
This weekend, on Easter Sunday, Emerson will be two years old. I CAN NOT believe she is two already. It was just yesterday that BJ and I walked into the hopital on a Wednesday for a regular OB appointment and they decided to induce me that day. April 12th is a very special day. Check back this weekend for pictures of the wedding and Emerson's you-guessed-it-Lightning McQueen themed birthday party.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Spring Break so far...(Warning, Really Long Post)
St. Patrick's Day 2009!
Well it is finally Spring Break. I feel like we have been waiting for this week to get here forever. But then again it seems like just yesterday that Ella was born. She is now 4 months old. Time is weird. Sometimes it seems to go so very slow and other times it flies by. We should definately make the most of every minute. Anyways, so far Spring Break has been great!
London turned one on Sunday so we had a little birthday party for her. She is such a sweet baby and it was fun to watch her eat her doll cake. (When Lindsey and I were little, mom and Mema made us doll cakes for most of our birthdays. So now we get to enjoy our daughters eating their own doll cakes)
Monday the girls went to daycare. I know it seems kinda cruel to take them to daycare when we have the week off of school, but Emerson is so hard to get back into the swing of things when her routine is broken. BJ and I spent a much needed day working in the yard and on our house Tuesday. We tore up a flower bed and got it ready to replant new flowers. Wednesday BJ and I went on a date. I really can't remember the last time we did that. As much as we love our girls, it is nice to be together as a couple. We ate lunch (with a coupon) at TGI Fridays and we went to the movies. Before we went to pick the girls up from daycare, he took me to the Cupcakery and got a yummy cupcake. What a fun day!!
Tuesday was St. Patrick's Day. Emerson has her finger in Ella's mouth for a reason. We found a tooth. She wasn't even 4 months yet when it popped through. My baby is not supposed to have teeth yet!!!
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