Two Year Birthday Bash

Emerson turned two on May 4th and on that day we went to the zoo with our friends Tammy, Abhi, and Ella, ate lunch with Zack and then made a special pancake dinner.

A few days earlier we had a party at our house for our big two year old. She totally got that the party was for her and she loved all the attention! We had family and some good friends over so it was a full house of adults and kids.

Here's sassy little Emmy getting ready to party...


Birthday hugs


I made flowers out of cookies, marshmallows, and candy to put on top of her cupcakes. Her and Zane loved eating the flowers after their cupcakes.

Eating brunch...
Lot's of babies and toys


Emerson and Zane look so serious watching me light the candle.


Blowing out the candle...

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Pappy put her her up on the fridge - silly girl
Opening presents...

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Emerson got a Dora dress and shoes to dress up in and she liked to twirl around in it.
Zane couldn't resist trying it on himself. LOL.

Future Movie Star

We put Zane in the best acting class. Basically every minute of every day, he wants to pretend he's someone else and loves imagining everything, so it was the perfect fit for him. He got to practice specific acting skills and then each week he got to play a character from a story and act it out with the other kids. I think we'll sign him up again for the next one in the fall.

Here's Zane introducing himself at the beginning.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Then they did some activities - here's him pretending he had a balloon.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

The teacher read "Town Mouse Country Mouse" and they got to pick which character they wanted to be.

He wanted to be a mouse.

Some acting from the little dude...

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Pretty much my favorite part - when Zane and his friend got the giggles at the end.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Here's Emmy, as part of the audience.

Easter 2011

Our Easter Saturday and Sunday were busy and a lot of fun.

We started by dying eggs on Saturday morning. We made some crafty ones too, which were especially fun for Zane.

Emmy with her "Emmy egg"
The Egg family - Mom, Dad, Zane, and Emmy

Rice Krispie Treats

Here's Zane and Emerson doing their "Egg Dance"

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

We went to church Saturday night...

Sunday morning, the kids woke up and followed the jelly bean trail to their baskets.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Opening their baskets

Later on, the kids and I went to a friend's house with some other moms and kids to eat brunch and hunt for eggs. I was glad to be invited since Zack was working all day.

That day was so freezing and overcast, that I didn't put them in their actual Easter outfits. We went with warmer clothes instead. The funny thing is that I never ended up having them wear them. They're still just hanging in the closet.

First egg hunt


Later that night, we had family over for dinner and an egg hunt.
Here's Zane giving the last of his directions for the big egg hunt...he loves being in charge.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Part of the hunt...

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

At the end of the night, they were both worn out and decided to color in their new coloring books - they sat quietly and contently for about a half an hour.

Videos

I've been horrible about taking and posting videos the past couple of months, so I just decided to slap a few on all together from most recent to oldest.

Yesterday, Zack took Zane and Emmy on a run. He's been running most days on his own, but they really wanted to go with him this time. I like Emmy's running outfit - Watermelon PJ pants.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Emmy is seriously so sassy and quirky. She has a great sense of humor and makes us laugh ALL the time. This was just her being silly on the potty.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Zane and Emmy like to play this game where someone comes of up with something yucky and the other two say "EEEWWWWW" really loud. They crack up most the time. Usually Emmy scrunches up her nose and really goes for it and she didn't as much in this video, but I still think it's cute.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Here's Zane acting like "Mr. Alligator," who loves to tell jokes. Mr. Alligator always wears his glasses and tries to make people laugh. Just another random character among many. :) You can definitely tell he's a 3 year old making up ridiculous jokes.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Emmy's low, silly voice - in our old house before we moved...

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Just a cute counting and jumping video. It's crazy because since this video, Emmy can count much better and can say her long e sound so she's easier to understand.

Untitled from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Weekend With Family

My sister-in-law Becca, brother-in-law Chris, and nephew Fisher came to town from Ohio for a few days this past weekend. We packed in as many activities as possible. Fisher is only 6 weeks younger than Emmy so it's so cute watching them play together. I wish we could see them more often.

We took the two little ones to our indoor play place at the recreation center.


Saturday, we spend the morning at the zoo. Here's Zack the kids on the train in front of Becca and Fisher. It was a process for them to decide where to sit. They started off sitting all together.
Then Zane decided to move back to his own seat...

Then, of course, Emmy couldn't resist moving back with Zane and leaving Zack by himself...
We got the see the Mommy Orangutan with her new baby on her back. Zane loved seeing the baby...we were lucky to get to see it.
Loungin on the gorilla
Emmy loves these new sunglasses and since she got them, she's barely taken them off.

Checking out the snakes (Zane's favorite).
Fisher and Emmy liked the turtles.
More snakes...
Alligators - with the sun shining on Emmy's hair, you can barely see her.
Silly smile...