Talking

Emily is talking more and more every day. Some of the things she says are hilarious. She also mixes up French and English, but that's to be expected. Here are some of my favorites (with translations for some):

Baby eat
Baby down (she says this whenever I'm holding a baby now)
What a doing?
Uh-oh.
Baby stink (or ka-ka)
shhh... go sheep (for go to sleep when the boys are screaming)
go way
I no wanoo (I don't want to)
Boing, boing (jumping on the bed)
brush, brush, brush
(Insert name here), come!
Emmy, no, no, no. (she says this when she knows she's in trouble)
ok
I's a moo! vache (it's a cow. then she says the french word for cow)
nigh-night
mok pees (milk please)
go, shoes, buh-bye!
chiao Chiao
danke schoene (no joke. she says it perfectly)
serie (cereal)


And her favorite word: MOVIE

PS. I just want to show everyone the most awesome shirt/onesies!

Fun on the 4th!

On the 4th of July, to commemorate the birth of the US of A, our friends -the Shontz family- threw a backyard BBQ party, with (limited) fireworks in the park. It was so much fun to see everyone, and Emily LOVED playing with all of her friends.


Grilling in the backyard


The non-meat spread


My patriotic boys


Didier and Liam outside, waiting for the food to be done.


(This is for you Jess) Emily's other family. She calls Jess "mommy" and Tally "daddy". It's probably since she and Kelsey spend so much time together and that's what Kels calls them.


Emily Eating chips


Our own little parade up to the "Flag Park"


Me pushing the kids up to the park in my new Phil & Teds stroller. You can't see Dominic (he's in the back) but Emily is sitting in the front seat with Kelsey on the foot rest.



The kids playing in the park


Didier carrying Liam


The only "flag" we had was a kite.


Sitting around the campfire in the park. You can't see it, but we were being ATTACKED by locusts.






Emily putting her marshmallow on a GLOW-STICK. Luckily we caught it before she tried to put it in the fire.


Kelsey Eating her marshmallow BEFORE roasting it.


Brooke with a sparkler. Emily was afraid of them, so she just watched the other kids play with sparklers.


Kids with sparklers


Its a little blurry, but Emily watched the other kids wave around sparklers from her Papa's shoulders/

Smilies

So the boys have started to smile REAL smiles -not just "I'm falling asleep" and "mom, I just pooped" smiles anymore. But I can't seem to get any good pictures of them smiling. so here are some half smiles and blue eyes.

Dominic's pretty blue eyes


Dominic smiling at me


Happy boys


Emily loves this hat


Liam has a funny smile in this one

Misc.

I finally emptied my camera. There's no real rhyme or reason to these pictures, so just pay attention to the captions.


Here's another Kelsey and Emily picture. Kelsey stopped by to play with Emily and they kept giving each other kisses

Liam fell asleep while I was changing him.

Spencer, Ester and Family came and visited us a couple weeks ago. Actually, they went camping with the Kovac's and stopped by on their way home.
Here's Ester and Corinne with Dominic and Liam

Here's Corinne with Dominic


Emily has recently decided that Liam's car seat was hers first and so still belongs to her. She sits in it when ever possible, as well as their swing and their bouncy chair.

Say Cheese!

Emily testing the new bouncy

The boys hanging out after eating


Happy Boys

Emily asleep on the couch. She didn't want to take a nap in her bed but she was tired, so I told her that she could watch a movie, but she had to lay on the couch and couldn't get off until the movie was done. Needless to say, within 5 minutes she was asleep.

Trip to the Tierpark

We went to the Wild Animal Park in Arth-Goldau last Saturday. Emily loved it until the deer and goats tried to come close to her! Every time they came close to her she ran and hid behind Didier. Didier showed her how to throw the food to the deer, but she couldn't throw very far and freaked out when they got close to her. Here are some pictures.





So sweet


There was a fountain near the exit of the Park and a bunch of kids were playing in it. Emily saw them and really wanted to go in too, so we took off all her clothes (well, just her pants at first, but her shirt came off later) and let her go in her diaper.


Getting ready to go in the water

Happy Birthday to Me!!

I really wasn't looking forward to my birthday this year. First of all, turning half a century old didn't sound that fun (even if it's not all that different from being 24) and secondly, Didier wasn't going to be here. But on the 19th, my friends, Jess and Tally, and my brother- & sister-in-law, Michael and Martina, threw me a surprise birthday dinner. The weather was so nice and we grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and bratwursts. They brought so much salad and fruit as well. Plus Martina made me a cake, which is something I didn't get last year. It was so great! I really had an unexpectedly enjoyable birthday. Thanks so much!

Party!


The boys just chillin'


Eating and talking


My cake


Emily and Kelsey in their masks