friday the 13th

the only thing scary about today is how much I love him. every square inch.

Happy Heart Day

Emery and I were able to spend the afternoon at Brooklyn's class celebrating Valentine's Day.
Along with Grandma, we made a pit stop at Cafe Rio for lunch beforehand.

Poor Emery was teased with a big bite--


-- but really did enjoy his first taste of key lime pie, minus the crust.


He was satisfied, to say the least.


Brooklyn's class threw a fabulous party.
Grandma was in charge of the cookie station, where frosting and candy hearts were king.



There were two other stations for making valentines and decorating a special envelope to hold all their goodies.



Emery waited patiently for his cousin to finish.


During the down time, he caught up on a little reading


and practiced counting.
Brooklyn's classmates couldn't believe how smart he was.


Snack break.





He started to grow a little impatient-- the prince missed Princess B.









Luckily, she finished in the nick of time.
He got to spend the rest of the afternoon being pushed around by his favorite 9 year old.



Lots of treats later, we bundled up and headed home.

Visitors

Erin and Susannah went to the temple open house in Draper, and Jack spent the morning with us.
So that Erin knows I did a semi-decent job of tending her little one, here's what happened:

The boys got acquainted.


Emery zeroed in on a toy.


Emery tried to take that toy from Jack.


Jack tried to protect that toy from Emery.


He admitted defeat seconds later.


They had a staring contest.




And a headbutting contest.




But decided they were both winners. They hugged it out.


They relaxed.


Emery made his excited face.


They copied each other.




They wrestled.




They talked politics.


They got bored talking about politics.


Jack tried to talk me into being excited about Obama as Emery looked on.


Jack tried to talk Emery into being excited about Obama as I looked on.


Emery listened intently to Jack's take on the stimulus package.


Emery was excited to learn his parents might get a tax break and take him to Disneyland with the extra cash.


Jack wanted to go to Disneyland.


Emery wiped a tear that trickled down Jack's face.
He reminded Jack that they had gone to Disneyland together in uetero about three months before they were born.


They took a break from the heated discussion and played a bit more.


Max was jealous of Emery's play date.


And that was that.

Erin and the queen bee arrived in the early afternoon.
Susannah quickly got to work telling Emery what he could and couldn't do.


He paid close attention.


When I asked Susannah what her favorite part of the trip was, she answered "the bus". Erin was pleased that after all the things they saw on the tour, her daughter most enjoyed the ride to and from the temple ("the heavenly house" as Susannah called it).



Thanks for the visit, Baby Jack!