It's A Hard Knock Life!

Time to earn your keep around here!

Pooped from all that mopping!

Emma & I had fun today. We started off early this morning at a free mommy & me trial class. It was good, it was actually an hour and fifteen minutes long- which is the longest class I've seen for her age- and most expensive ($26/class!!!!!!!!!). The class started with playtime with toys, then a few songs, then snack & storytime, then Emma's favorite..."marching band" where she got to pick her maraca out of a pile and march around in a circle, followed by parachute time and bubbles. She was good, but she cried a few times (and gave me that face where she scrunches down her eyebrows) when it was time to put away toys she still wanted to play with. Slightly embarrassing, but she signed "more" so I was quickly beaming with pride!

We came home, had lunch and napped. Then played in the backyard for about an hour- I put her in a small blow up pool and she just had a blast playing with a little toy water can, and the kicker was when I set her new slide up so she would slide right into the water. It was great until the bees wanted to come over and see what all the commotion was about......so we went inside.

....and THIS is why we only have spaghetti & sauce topless and on 'tubby' days!

Speaking of tubby.....new milestone for today- Emma had her very first bath without using the bath seat (not the infant seat..the little chair thingy)! In the past when we have tried it she was way too squirmy and major head injuries were highly likely, but she now listens to me when I say "sit on your tushie"....so I thought I would give it another shot, and it worked wonders! She still pulls the knobs off the spout and tries to dump her squirty toys between the tub and the wall (love those clawfoot tubs), but all in all I think it went well! I also think all the swimming this summer has helped her become more comfortable in the open tub water, and she was nice and relaxed when I had her lie down in the water to rinse her hair off. Yeay for easy bathtime!!!!!!!! I've been waiting a long time for this day to come!!!