Guaranteed to Make you Smile

We did Aiden's 1 year pictures. There's also a shot of Sydney thrown in for good measure. (Her 4 year old pictures will be coming up in a week or so. Better late than never.)

How can you look at these pictures and not smile?

I do not like green eggs and ham...

Last night at dinner Miranda made a fantastic chicken enchilada casserole.

I plopped a loving spoonful on Emma's plate. Emma took a good long took at the casserole and then announced in her best big kid voice:

"Mom, I'm going to try one bite before I say 'Ewwwwww, gross.'"

For the record, Emma loved the casserole.

Say what?

I recently went looking for Emma, only to find that she had locked herself in my bathroom. Usually when the girls do this it means they have located the Barbie band-aids and are applying them all over the body like tatoos.

"Emma" I said, "Open the door."

I hear the patter of little feet and the sound of the door unlocking. Emma is standing there looking a little sheepish. There are no barbie band-aids in sight.

"Emma, what were you doing?" I ask.

"Ummmm.... "

"Emma, tell the truth. What were you doing?"

"But Daddy, I think you will get mad at me."

"Emma, I won't get mad if you just tell me what you were doing."

...short pause...

"I was howling like a wolf."

Ok, that's not the answer I was expecting. I ask her to show me what she meant, and she climbed up onto the toilet, opened the small window behind the toilet, leaned up to the screen and....

"AAAWWOOOOOO!!!!!!"

No. I wasn't mad.

Before the Game

We've got three things going on here. The first is Sydney laying out her soccer clothes so she will be ready when it is game time. The second is Sydney dressed and ready to go. The third is Emma's reaction as she realizes that only Sydney gets to play soccer and not Emma. (Emma is currently enrolled in dance.)