Easter 2015

Easter this year was so fun! Emery is at such a great age where she's starting to get into holidays and get excited. I don't think she quite understood Easter Bunny yet but she sure did when she saw what the Easter Bunny left Sunday morning. It was also nice that General Conference was on Easter Weekend. It helped us remember the real reason why we celebrate Easter, plus it allowed us to have a nice, relaxing morning. 

Coloring Easter Eggs (Saturday). Last year we did this while Emery was napping and then gave her a plastic egg. This year she got to participate in the fun. Green is her favorite color so that was her first choice. 

Easter Morning. The Easter Bunny definitely delivered. There was a lot of candy along with things that helped us celebrate the Savior. Emery got a couple new shirts and headbands, along with 2 new quiet books for church. See that cute Easter Bunny on the right? All of the Clark cousins got together the weekend before Easter and made them. 

I think this chicken was her favorite thing from the Easter Bunny. It's one of the ones that you wind up and it hops. She still loves it. 

Sharing her jelly beans with the chicken.

Once Conference came on, we settled in to watch and listen to such beautiful messages about the Savior, Easter, and how we can improve and draw closer to Him. Emery and Dad also had a makeshift fort out of her blanket.

Our Busy Week

Man, this last week has been so busy but so fun! Here's the run down:

-Wednesday: My littlest brother, Garrett, had his 8th grade promotion so we hung out with them for the day/evening. Swimming, eating, celebrating, and a lost binky while driving home wore both of us out.

Thursday: We went to our friend's son's First Communion while Emery hung out with Grandma. They played at the park and played at the house. We got to bed a little later that night too but all for a good cause and a fun time.

Friday: Another friend's daughter had her graduation party. There was delicious food and, Emery's favorite, a bounce house. She has never been in one before so she was hesitant at first but then she loved it. She kept saying "thank you! thank you!" when I would tell her good job. Another late night for us.

Saturday: In the morning I had a Primary Water Day so Jeff and Emery cleaned the house and I went off to get attacked by children with shaving cream and soaked by the fire truck. A good time was had by all. Then our friends, the Farr's, came over and had pizza, dessert, and just hung out. We had a great time with them. Emery actually went to bed fairly on time Saturday.

Sunday: Church, nursery (which she now loves), and Graham/Grandpa's birthday party. I made the mistake of trying to blindfold her during Pin the Nose on the Monkey and she wanted nothing to do with it (sorry, Em). We had a blast hanging out with family and eating delicious treats. Emery got to bed a little late but it was the easiest bedtime we've had in a long time. That girl was worn out.

Monday: I think the events of the previous week caught up to her when 9am looked like this....no she's not sleeping, just watching Daniel Tiger....

I think this week will be a little slower and that might be a good thing. Have a great week!

Spring Break 2015

We were lucky enough to have Jefferson home all week for Spring Break so we had our list of things that we were going to see and do, along with our days to hang out around the house and relax while enjoying modern day things such as Netflix.

The first thing on our list was building a garden. We have been talking about doing one since the fall but didn't get on it fast enough to plant for fall so spring planting, here we come! Jefferson had been bringing old pallets home from work and then ripped out some of the boards, put them together, lined them, and voila! garden boxes. They turned out great!! We decided to plant tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, cucumbers, carrots, and broccoli. After a fun trip to the store, it was time to start planting and Emery loved helping! She also thought that Dad was making her a Trolley like Daniel Tiger so she was a little sad when we kicked her out to pour in the soil. Maybe another pallet project is in order.

Emery really loved her frog that she picked out to help hold up the tomato plant. She would run up to him and say "thank you for taking care of our garden!"

Next up was the Zoo. Emery loves it and we enjoyed seeing it together. It was a surprisingly nice day for March and we had a great time going, doing, and seeing whatever Emery wanted. She made sure to wear her giraffe pants.

I found her sleeping like this at nap time. Spring Break must be wearing her out.

Emery loves to paint so I found one of these wooden planes with wheels for $1 at Walmart and Emery had a great time painting it and playing with it afterwards. It's the little things in life.

It was a great week with the perfect mix of fun and relaxation. Emery was definitely not ready for Jefferson to go back to work on Monday and we were counting down to his next break.

While Emery Wasn't Napping

Oh you all know those days...or maybe you're lucky and you don't...the days where your 2 year old refuses to nap. After a half an hour of laying in her bed on Tuesday, I got Emery out and thought, "what on earth are we going to do and how are we going to stay sane?" Then came the Super Emery cape. I had seen multiple versions of making your own super hero cape on Pinterest and had looked at the dollar store to see if they already had one. Em has been pretending to be Super Emery lately. Up until now we had just been horribly tying a blanket around her that fell off while she was zooming off to "save the day." Tuesday I decided that that would change. I pulled out one of my shirts that bleach had splashed on and some green felt. 5 minutes later, Super Emery had a super cape and I was enjoying a happy girl again.

Oh yeah, here's what was happening around 2:15 when she should have been napping but I was being a nice mom and letting her have a couple more minutes...that turned into all afternoon.She looks tired, doesn't she?

Now she can zoom off and save the day whenever she wants. She particularly likes to have us pretend to be falling off the couch so she can yell "Don't Worry!" and save the day.