Lots of Fun Stuff!!

Mommy and Daddy keep telling us we're pretty lucky girls and we agree, here are a few of the fun things we've gotten to do lately: two weeks ago, Daddy took us to see Disney on Ice-Toy Story 3, last weekend he took us to see Miranda Cosgrove (ICarly) in concert and this weekend, we had breakfast with Dora and got to see the new Dora exhibit at the Children's Museum before it opened to the public. Here are a few pics from our adventures with Dora:

Crabapple Creek Christmas Program 2010

We had our school's annual Christmas program the week before Christmas. We demonstrated our "circle time"-the songs we sing and our routine each morning at school and then each had a role in acting out the birth of Baby Jesus. I was an Innkeeper and Delanie was an angel. Here are a few pictures from the program and one of us with our good friend from school, Emme Scott.

We love our school and our teachers, Miss Kathy, Miss Nancy and Miss Lori. We are going to miss our school next year when I go to Kindergarten and Delanie goes to a pre-school closer to my school. We feel really blessed to have had Crabapple as part of our lives the last two years.

Christmas 2010

Mommy has been slacking in posting about our latest adventures...we'll apologize for her. So, here is a post on Christmas 2010. We had an amazing holiday...xmas eve spent with Gammy and Papa, xmas eve mass, xmas morning with mommy and daddy at Daddy's house, xmas afternoon with Bella and then a trip to SC to see Papa Jim and Miss Becky. We must have been really good because Santa brought us the things on our lists...most importantly, our American Girl Dolls: Lanie and Bitty Baby (who Delanie calls Michelle). Here are a few pics from xmas morning.

Emme is 5!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately.....lots going on. One of the biggest events, has to be Emmerson's 5th birthday on January 21st. I was lucky to have the day off and spend the whole day with the new 5 year-old. We celebrated with her teachers and friends at Crabapple Creek, did a little shopping and had a birthday dinner at Bella's. Emme got to request her favorite dinner and she requested Red beans and rice. We enjoyed her "American Girl" cake and ice cream and she opened her gifts for our generous friends and family.

So hard to believe my first baby is 5! She has loved every minute of her 5th year so far and loves telling people how old she is (her new hair cut also makes her look so much older!). Every year of her life has blessed ours and I know she will continue to make us smile, laugh and thank god for her every day.

We've been busy!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately....we have been busy!

Here are a few snapshots of what we've been up to:

We traveled to Fort Wayne a few weeks ago to watch our cousin Joshie (Josh) and the Rensselear Bombers play in the 2A semi-state football game...sorry for the blurry pic. It was pretty chilly, but so fun to cheer on our Cousin. He had an interception (whatever that is) the very first play of the game...but, we were really sad to see them lose the game.

We made our annual trip to "jolly days" at the Children's Museum

this past weekend to

enjoy the exhibit and see Santa....

We've been busy making our lists for Santa and being extra good, because

as mommy reminds us a lot, "he's watching"!

Fall Break 2010-Uncle Banana in Baltimore

The second part of our trip east was spent in Baltimore with Uncle Banana. He and Aunt B moved to Baltimore in June, so they could both work at Johns Hopkins, Uncle Banana as a internal medicine resident and Aunt B as a nurse, while she finishes her Nurse Practitioner degree. Mommy and I arrived in Baltimore on Saturday afternoon. Uncle Banana showed us around his new neighborhood, which is right by the harbor so we got to see some boats. I didn't really understand why we couldn't ride any of them, something about us not knowing the owner of the boats...bummer! After our walk, we went to "Mathew's Pizza" for dinner...it is a famous pizza place in Baltimore. After our yummy pizza, Uncle Banana shared mint chocolate chip gelato with me..YES! It was a quick visit, but Mommy and I are so glad we got to see Uncle Banana and where he is living now, although we secretly hope they move closer some day:)

Fall Break 2010

Emme and I and mommy were all on Fall Break last week. Mommy planned a trip for she and I to go out East to visit our friends, the Jordan's in the Washington DC area and then Uncle Banana in Baltimore, MD. Emme stayed home with Daddy for some one-on-one daddy time and because she is going to Baltimore with Bella in November to visit Uncle Banana when he has some time off from his residency.

So, mommy and I rode from Indianapolis to DC with Miss Jasmine and Clara on Wednesday. We spent the day doing girl stuff on Thursday (i.e. checking out the local Target, shopping mall, COSTCO, etc) and then on Friday we drove into DC...wow! I loved it. I had a great time learning about the monuments, we rode the Carousel at the Smithsonian, saw the White House and took tons of pictures so I can remember everything we saw. Mommy is really impressed with how much I learned and remember about the monuments. She bought me a book with pictures of all the sights we saw, to help me remember. Here are some pics from our day in DC:

Afternoon at the Children's Museum

Mommy, Bella and Mr. Jim took Delanie and I to the Children's Museum after church today. Actually, before we made it to the museum, we ate breakfast/lunch at Einstein Bros. Bagels. Delanie and I have both been begging mom to eat there and since it's one of her favorites too, it's hard for her to say no. So, today from 1p-3p while the rest of Indianapolis was watching the colts, we were at the museum. We did our normal: Egypt exhibit, carousel ride, planetarium, Barbie exhibit...and we also checked out the newly opened "Penguins and Polar Bear" exhibit. My favorite part was the new exhibit, where Delanie and I slid down "ice" like penguins and sat in a Polar Bear's den. Enjoy the pics!