In love Thanksgiving! We woke up and watched the parade and some football. After naps we went to the Haun's house. We got there just add dinner was starting. Yummy.
Emmy and Xan had fun playing with their cousins. Cora was playing with a ball with Xander and made him laugh and laugh. Arden helped Emmy to get every toy out of the bedroom and bring it to the living room with everyone.
Of course I didn't take any pictures. Oh well.
We went to the Ogden Christmas parade on Saturday. It was way more crowded than I expected, but not too cold and lots of fun. We met summer friends from our neighborhood (Porters) for the parade, and then actually ran into my friend Emily there too. Emmy loved to see the marching band and Santa. She thought the fireworks were loud. Both kids seemed to have fun. We will have to go back and see Christmas village soon.
We bought a beautiful holiday dress for Emmy. It is white and silver with a glittery design on it. What we didn't know was that the glitter was going to fall off and go everywhere! Out entire house, the church, all of us. I think we will sparkle for a few years to come.
Xander made a new sleep record last night. He went down at 8:00, woke up about 10:00 for a little more food and then didn't get up until after 6:00am. That is the most sleep either of us have had in 10 months.
Both kids wanted to help me empty the dishwasher tonight. Xander took the silverware out and put it on the floor, Emmy picked it up off the floor and put in randomly in the drawer and I then arranged the drawers. Such good helpers.
Emmy was so excited when it started to snow last night she could hardly sleep. When she woke up this morning and saw the grass was white with snow she was ready to go build a snowman!
Xander wasn't too excited to be in his snow suit, until he was outside and playing! Then they both had fun.
Emmy is learning to count. She is getting really good and knows her numbers, but not always the right order. We were at the pond feeding the ducks and I asked her how many ducks there were. She replied "1,2,7,8... All of them!"
I am always curious where the kids fall on the growth charts and how they compare. So, here are the official numbers.
Emmy
Height: 36.5 inches (97th percentile)
Weight: 30lbs 12oz (94th percentile)
Xan
Height: 31 inches (99th percentile)
Weight: 24 lbs 3oz (95th percentile)
Xan is about an inch longer than Emmy was at this age.
Emmy had her two year digit appointment in Friday. We knew she would be getting at least one shot, so we tried to prepare her by talking about it and watching the episode of Daniel tiger where he gets a shot.
We told her over and over that the doctor would look at her and then she would get a shot. After the shot she would get a bandaid and a sucker.
During the appointment she kept asking when she would get her sucker. Finally the nurse came in to do the shot. Emmy exclaimed "I excited!" The nurse chuckled and said she didn't think Emmy really knew what was going to happen. So up on the table she went and got her door without flinching! Then asked if it was time for her sucker! Brave girl.
Come to Sunday night and she is in the bath and realized her bandaid was gone. "Oh no" she said. I asked what was wrong and she pointed to where bandaid was. Then she asked if we could go to " doctor ah-red" and get a shot and sucker. Cute girl.
