Let's go fishing

I had seen this magnetic fishing puzzle game at a bookstore and almost bought it for Emma but was hesitant she would be too young to understand the concept. After hearing a friend of mine who has a little girl Emma's age rave about how much she loves it, I decided to get Emma one. When I saw that Michael's had them for 5 dollars I went ahead and bought her two. I was a bit disappointed when I saw that once you take the pieces out, the matching image is not printed on the bottom of the board. I knew it would make matching back the pieces harder for Emma. Well I was wrong and Emma amazed me yet again. She was putting back the pieces after only seeing me do it once. Mastering the whole fishing pole concept took her longer, but after 2 days she had it down and even knew to hold down the piece with her other hand to release it from the pole. She really likes it and I'm glad I kept the second one. She is too much and tho she wears me out and I can't take her to indoor places without causing a scene, I love her and she makes me proud.

Vamos Mexico!

grrr, that was so off sides!

lemme book it before my bookie comes a lookin' for me

i've got the fever!!!

World Cup Fever, Go Germany!

in your face England!!

nuttin to see here.

Gol!

So I have turned somewhat into a sports fan, gasp, but only for World Cup Fever. I used to only watch Mexico play and the final game of the WC, but something happened and I have been really into watching most of the games. I especially enjoy the games on lazy Sundays. I even get dorky and try to eat or drink something traditional to the country playing. This weekend was Germany vs England and Mexico vs Argentina. I dressed my little girl up in some liederhosen that were once my brothers and then switched her to a little Mexican dress. She was really into the Mexico game, eating chips and salsa but after a while, she got a little scared with our constant yelling "NO!" and even felt a little jealous. After 15 mns she started bringing all her toys up to us with the hopes of getting our attention off of the tv, it was really sweet. Anyway, here are some pics of her in her "native" gear! I love Germany and was so happy they won, and tho Mexico lost I cant wait for Germany to avenge us and destroy Argentina....I tend to have a flair for the dramatic.

COLOR!

check out her guns.

Emma loves to color. That and reading are the two activities where she seems to stay seated for more than 5mns. She is starting to learn the names of colors and has said azul and purple but i don't know if she is able to connects the words to the actual color. I think I have heard her say amarillo and orange but it is still too early. She does say the word color and finally understand what coloring books are for. She knows the difference between coloring and reading books and loves to just go crazy on her pages. She also loves the cup I use to store her crayons. She always puts back all her crayons after she is done, which is strange considering she leaves everything else sprawled out.

Bubbles

Emma loves bubbles. She loves to say bubbles and she loves to play with bubbles and take bubble baths. I tried to get a pic of just her head floating atop the white sea of bubbles but she is never still long enough. Either way she loves taking bubble baths and is real good at not putting up a fight when it is time to get out.

Emma and the swing

I knew that the day Emma watched these older kids ride the swing belly side down, Emma was taking mental note and the day has come where her limbs are long enough for her to do just so. She is so funny, as she lays on the swing wrong side down, she goes "weeee, weee". Punk.

emma loves to read, part I lost count

it looks as if she really is reading