Yes, I suck... But, give me a break; it's only been a little over two months sicne I did a post. Okay, so that's a bit long. I'll admit it. To make it up to you, I offer this catch up post. Well, this is one part anyway. I'll do like one recap of June, one of July and then a qucik on of August to get us back up to date. So here goes...
Part One was June, so since June...
With me still out of work (lots of promises, lots of "we want you"s, no funding...), we decided to go to Myrtle Beach for the week of 4th of July again this year. Emersyn was really excited and had even more fun than she did last year! I'd have to say that one memory I'll always have from this trip was when we went to see the tigers - you can take a picture with a baby tiger (for a fee of course) to help benefit a huge local rescue; we were all excited, but then Emersyn didn't to hold an animal for the group shot and the pictures are hysterical watching her look at Cameron (with a monkey) then Chris (with the 6 week old tiger) and then slowly start to get upset. It goes so fast though, so within about 20 seconds, the keeper was handing Emersyn the baby tiger and her smile says it all!! But anyway, Emersyn was totally into the beach and water - jumping waves and "riding the boogie board" - this year. We got to go to the lake and feed the ducks again (my favorite MB activity!), and Emersyn discoverd a little faux-rock area to play on. We also did the Old Tyme pictures, but instead of all of us, we continued the mini-tradtion by just letting the kids do it. The whole trip was pretty great and Emersyn's STILL talking about going "next weekend" or "in a few days"!!
On the 9th, Emersyn had her very first offical day of Pre-K at Slade! I couldn't believe how excited she was to go to school. I mean, I could hardly get a picture of her because she was just so ready to go. To this day, Emersyn still thinks her "school is fun" and "the teachers are [her] favorite". They have bike day once a week, water day two or three times a week, and it's just wonderful knowing that Emersyn likes it. I know all to soon we'll be posting about her first day in Kindergarten, but I'm still in a little bit of a shock that my baby is big enough to go to school. I couldn't be more proud, especially when the teachers tell me how smart she is or how good she is. It's really great!
Emersyn's also been spending even more time in the "big pool" at my parents' house. I don't think she got in the little pool at all in July, and I know the last week or so the little pool hasn't even been out. She just is really starting to gain some confidence and some trust in Chris. It's incredible to watch how she grows and learns just from week to week.
June 14th had us taking a trip (back) to the Zoo... this time with some new friends. Unfortunately, poor Ally had a reaction to the petting-zoo area and only Cameron, Emersyn, Chris and I were able to finish the other half of the zoo. But everyone's still ready for another trip... minus the petting of course!
As a kind of random note, by the end of July we were certain of one present Emersyn would get for her birthday... She has totally become addicted to Maw Maw's iPad. My mom won it in a work raffle or something, and she's loaded it with fun things for Emersyn and Cameron. I kid you not, if she's not in the pool, Emersyn only wants to play with the iPad. So yeah, that will explain why she's getting a Leap Frog LeapPad Explorer - basically an iPad for pre-schoolers!
Well, surprisingly, I think that gets us up to August. I will say that I have a literal butt ton of videos to go through, much less to upload for you. But, I'm trying and I'm getting there. At least we're at the right month now! So, head over and check out Emersyn's beach fun - or at least just go see the series of T.I.G.E.R.S pix to get the full scope of the story - and all of the July adventures. No, seriously... why are you still reading... ;)
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