A week of favorites.

The last week has been full of all my favorites: park time, giggles, play dates, dinner dates as a family, and a little girl time with my bestie and other old friends I don't see very often.  

We haven't had a chance to get out to the park much this spring, er, extended winter.  Everyone has been feeling the blues lately.  Strangers share sympathetic nods while they button their jackets and pull up their hoodies before going out into the cold.  Sunday was a perfect day for everyone to put on their sandals and enjoy the rays before the expected snow begins this afternoon.  We are squeezing Emma into her winter attire that she barely fits into these days.  We refuse to move backwards in the progression of seasons by buying more boots and coats.

May is just around the corner, so we have been busy preparing our schedules for all of the upcoming weddings, graduations, and our favorite girls SECOND birthday!  I just don't know what I did before Emma.  She has become such a little girl.  She still loves to snuggle, which I hope she keeps for always.  She talks like a person.  It's crazy.  Everyday her words and sentences get more clear.  The other day she whispered "I of ooh, Papa" while talking to my dad. When she laughs, her whole body laughs.  It's perfect.  All of her stuffed animals are her "babies".  She has a couple of dolls she is really attached to.  She has us haul all her "babies" (eight stuffed and her dollies) up and down the stairs for every nap, bedtime, and awakening.  She won't let you forget a one.  It's pretty sweet :)  We dance around here a lot.  We will turn on Pandora while preparing meals and jam out.  Our favorite dancing stations are Cyndi Lauper, and The Temptations.  She loves to give hugs and kisses, say "bless you" after a sneeze, and she yells "AMEN" at the end of prayer.  Oh, and she really has a thing for shoes.  She will request a shoe change multiple times a day.     

Oh dear.

Have a great week!