Future pastry chef???

Emma was begging to bake cookies. She enjoyed cutting out the cookies, but was in her element when the sugar sprinkles came out. Here is the artist with her works of (culinary) art.

Banana warrior!

Emma has mastered the butter knife, and conquered the banana. Watch out world!

My Best Buds!

Emma was thrilled to have her two best pals over to play....it had been much too long!

The little mermaid

Emma was a bit timid in the water at first, but then, with direction from daddy, found it ever so fun to dunk her head in the water.

The descent

Emma wasn't a huge fan of the beach this trip---might just have been there was a swimming pool inside, and she just didn't have the time in her schedule to do anything else. She did climb up all these stairs on her own, thankfully, after I subjected her to the torture of the beach!

Aquarium

We decided to take a quick trip to the coast this weekend for a little R 'n' R. Ken and I got married near Newport and haven't been back there since our first anniversary. It was fun to be back in Newport again--and very relaxing to be at the beach. Emma enjoyed our trip to the Newport aquarium. Our favorite sea creature was the jellyfish (or balloons, as Emma liked to call them). However, Emma did rather enjoy getting a high five from the Japanese spider crab---so I guess it was a toss up on who was tops on our list.

Like father, like daughter...

it sure is fun to be a kid again!

Fall Days

Fall is upon us now, and we decided to get out and collect a few colorful leaves before they all wash away in the rain. Amazingly, Emma decided to appease her mother by looking at the camera instead of running away from it. Miracles do happen!

English Muffin Anyone???

Emma thought we were being too silly, calling this bread a "muffin". She just kept laughing, saying..."these not muffins, mommy". They sure were yummy though!