Family Campout

All 6 of us slept on the deck per Eric's idea to "Cowboy Camp".

The next night....."Can we sleep on the deck again?  That was so fun."

Sunday Playday

Emmie had a playdate with Dawson scheduled.  Oliver rode his bike down and joined.

Making Bubble Gum from a Kit.

Earth Day

In celebration of Earth Day, we picked up trash while on a dog walk:

Easter Morning

Geodes

Grandma & Grandpa brought Geodes for Emmie and JT to break open as part of the festivities:

Easter Egg Hunt

G&G put together an Easter Egg Hunt for Emmie, JT and Sophia:

Controlled Chaos

3 Dogs + 3 Kids

Crosley Time

D&E

On Dawson's 9th Birthday:

Cruisin'

JT Soccer

Harlem Globetrotters

Emmieism's

In walking past Emmie's room near bedtime:

Eric:  Emmie, turn off the light.

Emmie:  You're supposed to be the light guy.

Randomly said to Mom while waiting for the bathtub to fill up, "I love your ring.  It's got bling."

Emmie:  I'm kinda stuck in the mud.

Mom:  Why is that?

Emmie:  My birthday is so far away.  I wish it would come sooner every year.

Emmie made a comment which drew Eric's response:

Eric:  That makes sense.  You're just like your Mom.

Emmie:  No I'm not.  She has brown hair, green eyes and NOOOO sense of fashion.  I mean I'm not Mia.....(insert Mia comments).....but I know what looks good.

Grandpa attached a shoe horn to the end of a yard stick such that he could take off his shoes without bending over.  He asked Emmie what it was, "the thing you stick in the ground to measure how high a plant is."

While playing a game on the iPad:

Emmie:  Look.  Now that I've passed, I can sit here and watch everyone else try.

Mom:  See, they are struggling to pass it also.

Emmie:  They're failing too.  Everyone fails.  I get it.  I understand all of the lessons you try to teach me now.

Mom:  That's good to hear.

Emmie:  Yeah, so you don't have to tell me them anymore. 

(Mom also smirked at her self-talk while playing, "It's just a game, it's just a game.")

Later in the same game:

Eric:  Time for dinner.

Emmie:  You said I could pass this checkpoint, and now you're stressing me.  I don't want to be stressed.  I'll never pass.

After Fed beat Kyrgios, Fed was throwing towels into the crowd:

Emmie:  Yuck, I hope he didn't use those towels.

While watching a YouTube video, "I'm not sure why these videos are so appealing to me."

School Worksheet:  My favorite PE activity is....roller skating.  First, my Mom comes.  Next, I'm the 2nd fastest in the class.  Last, it's my 3rd hobby.  What is your hobby?

While playing a game on the iPad:

Emmie:  Mom, choose a skin for me in this game.

Mom:  OK, let me see the options.

Emmie:  Just don't choose the Hulk.  He has really bad weaponry and it looks like his abs are outside his body.  It's weird.

Mom:  Some people have abs that look like that.  Like your Mom.  (said in jest)

Emmie:  You never told me you have secret abs like that.  You're weird too.

After having parked, and while unloading....

Mom:  Watch your door (so as not to hit the car next to us).

Mom found herself waiting behind the car before peaking her head around to look for Emmie, who was staring at her door.

Emmie:  What?  You told me to watch my door.  That's what Amelia Bedelia would do.

Mom:  If you could elect anyone to be President, who would you choose?

Emmie:  Charley.  She is really nice, and really good at math.

Mom:  Good choice, but I think you have to be 35 years old to be President.  Is there an adult that you would choose?

Emmie:  Chavah's Mom.  She's a really good Mom, but I don't know if she is 35 years old, or not.

Emmie:  Chavah's Dad pretends to be the tooth fairy at their house. 

Crosley's Birthday

Grandpa found a biscuit gingerbread kit that Emmie and Mom put together: