Pistol

Delaney is a pistol. She is a climber, a diaper ripper offer and a runner. She loves to run from me and crawl under Emma's bed if I am trying to change her diaper, get her dressed, or take a dangerous object from her. Our bathroom, specifically the toilet, is her favorite place. If it is too quiet, I know where to find her. She is a busy girl, and she's wearing her mom out!

She loves to sing when the radio is on. She loves the bunny at Emma's school, my friend's dogs, our cat Hopper and petting them. She is learning about being "dentle", but Hopper is getting quite tired of her advances.

She still uses some baby signs. Here she is telling me she heard the paper getting delivered. Mostly she talks. Some of her favorite words...mine, stop, don't, no,no, Hopper, outside, hat, and weggie (drink). She is so much fun.

More Emma Funnies

Emma and I are snuggling at bedtime. She is drinking water and doing this irritating gulping swallow she does sometimes that fills her with air. I am trying my hardest to ignore it when she says, "Mom, I think hormones make me do that."

I am crawling on my hands and knees in the hallway killing ants and singing to Emma as I go (to keep me from going insane and entertain her at the same time). "Where are you going little ants," I sing. Emma says in an obvious tone, "Mom, they're just random ants!"

Sam went out to the living room to see what Emma and Delaney were up to. Emma was holding Delaney tightly, wrestling and pretending to bite and scratch her.
Sam: "That seems to be a little rough."
Emma: "We are playing dinosaur."
Sam: "I don't think Delaney knows how to play."
Emma: still chomping and scratching at Delaney..."She's the meat."

Emma Funnies

Today we were trying to figure out what animal was in the book we were about to read. I told Emma I thought it was a badger (actually a honey badger). She said, "I think maybe it's called the honey bear because that's what the ancient Greeks called it."

Yesterday I was talking to a neighbor about the current ant problem we are all having. I was saying I had some environmentally safe ant bait that they take back and feed to their...you know...whatever group they live in. I couldn't remember. Emma looked at me and said, "Oh, you mean their colony." It's a good thing I have her around.

Emma's New Song

I was in Emma's room tonight cleaning things up while she was getting ready for bed. She was singing to herself. It turned out to be a rather sad love song.


All I have is youou...
but you didn't want meeee...
So I wander oooooff...
in search of...
someone just like youou...

Bangs

Emma gave herself a new haircut yesterday at my mom's house. She actually did an amazing job, and got quite a few compliments on her new look from people today at the park, who didn't realize she had done it herself. I guess it is a rite of passage of sorts,and at least it looks good. Here she is getting ready to party in the living room today.

A New Pet

Emma found a snail in the backyard and made fast friends with it. She brought it inside and let it crawl all over her and down the hall. I did not want to kiss it as she requested. I appreciated her from afar. She even built her a little brick house.

Grueling Day

Here Emma is after a particularly grueling day playing with her best friend Aidan. We came home and all was quiet in her room. When Sam went to check on her she had keeled over on the foot rest and fallen asleep. Comfortable?

She fell in love with this outfit at Aidan's and asked to bring it home. She wore it to bed that night and part of the next day. It was hilarious because she looked so different, sort of like a really pretty little boy, and also because it was so out of character for the girl who only wears dresses. She kept asking if we could get her a tie of her own. She would have fit in really well at a school dance in the 80's.