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Okay - to start. Wo Olympics!! Ben and I are loving it over here! And I'm staying up way too late every night because of it. As with
Amanda, we were screaming at our television last night when the men's relay team won!! Wasn't that amazing?! The swimming is by far my favorite to watch - probably because it's easy to understand.. the fastest wins!! The gymnastics is fun too, but I wish I understood the scoring a little better. Tonight we're looking forward to more swimming (hooray Michael Phelps!!), men's gymnastics, and beach volleyball. Woohoo! Go USA!! OH, and a shout out to China for the most awesome Opening Ceremonies EVER!! Incredible!! :)
So, Emma has more or less stopped taking her afternoon nap (she'll maybe still fall asleep 1 or 2 times each week). Well, to keep my sanity, I've done what many other moms have suggested and instilled Quiet Time into our routine. Becca still naps in the afternoon, of course (but no longer in the morning, which is actually kind of nice, as it opens up our day a little better). Emma doesn't have to sleep during Quiet Time, but she has to spend one hour (from 1pm-2) in her room. She can play with her toys or look at books, or whatever - as long as she's relatively quiet about it. I shut her door either way, so I don't hear much of what she's up to in there. Well, as a result, Emma's room is getting TRASHED! So, first is a picture of Emma's room when it is clean:
And second, a picture of her room after quiet time:
AHHHH!! I get to the point where I don't even know where to begin with cleaning it up. First of all, I feel like Emma has too much stuff in her room. I really need to get on a rotating system with her toys. And she has so much little stuff - dress up, makeup stuff, kitchen stuff, coloring stuff, etc, etc. What to do... any suggestions? Should I just throw half of it away? I guess, I feel like she has so much going on in her room that Emma doesn't even know where to begin herself, in helping me clean it. What a chore!
We took a little break from Olympic watching and spent Saturday morning mini golfing. Haven't done that in forever! It was fun - the place was a little ghetto - I was just trying to find an indoor mini golf place that wasn't too far away - but the kids really loved it. They gave Becca a little plastic putter and she devotedly carried that and her little green ball around. She decided that the key to mini golfing was to collect and return as many balls to their owners. So, it kind of turned into a race to get your ball into the hole before Becca grabbed it and handed it to you. She's so funny.
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Last year, I remember thinking that the summer just never ended. It was nearing the end of September and we were still having temps in the 100's. It will be interesting to see how it goes this year. The high temps are at least nice for swimming, so we will continue to do so as long as possible! Below is Emma with some of her friends at Taya's pool. They kept holding hands and jumping off the side of the pool like this.
Emma started up with school again yesterday and she was so happy! She really loves her teacher, Miss Lorene. It's only been a few weeks since the summer session ended, so she hasn't been out for that long. Emma said the cutest thing before leaving for school yesterday. I asked her if she was excited to go back and she proceeds to tell me "Miss Lorene's sad". I asked her why she would be sad and she answers, "Because she misses me". So funny! I know I've already said this before, but this girl just LOVES school. She gets so sad when her homework is all done and can't wait to get some more. She always wants to do it first thing when she gets home. Anyway, I'm trying to really appreciate that attitude while it lasts. :) Her teacher emailed us these pictures from their first day back and I thought they were so fun. She has such a cute class! I can tell this will be a great school year for her.
