Casey and Emma were playing in the basement last week. Emma has really been interested in her Fisher Price "People" lately and is always wanting us to play with her. So, the two of them are playing and she keeps talking about one of the girl "people" and keeps referring to her as "him." Casey finally says, "Um, I think that one is a girl, Emma." In true Emma fashion, she says, "No, its not - he's a boy." Casey checks out the people again and the little girl has red hair and two bows in her hair. He says, "Look, Emma - she has a bow in her hair. It's a girl." Emma replies, "No, its not - its a boy." So, Casey says, "But Emma, this little girl has bows in her hair. Little boys don't wear bows in their hair." Emma looks at Casey and says, "trust me - they do."

HILARIOUS!

Just the two of us!

Last night, mom and dad come over for dinner. They have been in Florida since the beginning of the year so we were all looking forward to seeing them. We had a nice visit. Mom brought back a tie-dyed Marco Island sweatshirt, a book and a hat for Emma. Very cute! So, it was nearing eight o'clock and Luke was getting fussy and it was time for Emma to get ready for bed. We said goodbye to mom and dad and then I took Luke upstairs to get him ready to bed. Casey tells me later that after everyone had cleared the family room, Emma looked over at him and said, "Guess it's just you and me!"

The Deer Hunter

For the past month or so, Emma has been obsessed with locking doors. Luckily, she would only lock them when we were in the room with her. We've told her time and time again that she shouldn't be locking doors. So yesterday, Casey had an inservice so we arranged for Emma to go to Jennifer's house for the day. That meant that I had to take both kids with me and drop them off on my way to work. We were getting ready in the morning in our bathroom area - Luke & Emma were both on the floor playing. I stepped around the side of the wall to put on some earrings and I hear the bathroom door slam. I look over and Emma had just locked and closed the bathroom door. I say to her, "Emma - what did you do?? You just locked mommy out of the bathroom. Why did you do that?" Her response: "I was running away from the deer." Huh?

That kid has a HUGE imagination. We'd better buckle our seatbelts...