The entire family spent countless hours raking and bagging leaves. Emma and Analise were consumed by their leaf raking process of jumping in the leaves and running through the piles. Every once in awhile, after Mommy begged, Emma would take her mini rake and pick up a few leaves.
Emma took a tumbling class where she mastered the art of the balance beam
Emma and Analise loved spending time over at Grandma Kubacki's house. She tells them stories and gives them undivided attention.
Emma and Analise have been giving each other more hugs, pushes and pinches these days. If you catch them at the right moment, you might even see them whispering secrets to one another (probably related to how they are going to convince Mommy and Daddy to do what they want them to do)
Both girls have been in the pool almost weekly this fall. Emma loves wearing her goggles and swimming underwater. She can jump into the deep end and swim a few feet out to Mommy and Daddy. She can also float on her back and kick like crazy. Analise is still in the adjustment period with the water. She loves to walk around the shallow end and chase balls of different colors. The photo below was from the end of the summer when the girls enjoyed their own kiddie pool in the backyard.
Besides swimming, both girls have been fascinated with the art of dancing. Since the community center offers family hip-hop classes on Sunday afternoons, we have attended for the past few weeks. At some point Mommy will have to take some videos of the girls (and Daddy) in action. After class, we were given permission to let the girls run around in a small gym room. Add in a few basketballs, soccer balls and big bouncy balls and the girls are set for another hour of entertainment. The room is also lined with mirrors so the girls can often be found admiring themselves as they play.
Emma learned how to take her first selfie with Grandma.
The way to the girls' hearts...take them to the park. Both girls love the swings. Of course you need to find a park where they have two kiddie swings so that no one is left out.
Who could live without a reenactment of the the three little pigs at the library? Well maybe two pigs and a green pepper...It looks as though the third little pig has been swiped from the scene by a big sister. Analise and Emma have recently started to enjoy the art of the puppetry. Emma and Daddy have been seen rehearsing puppet shows in the basement.
And last but not least, who could live without knowledge of the light switching and door slamming incidents of November 2014. Emma has recently acquired skills in the area of turning lights on and off. She has also found entertainment in allowing someone to have- as she calls it -privacy by shutting them in a room. According to Emma, everyone needs a little privacy.
One thing she still needs to work on is forward thinking. Last week, she shut the door and turned off the light only to find herself locked in a dark bathroom. Daddy was taking a shower at the time and he was also locked in. Mommy and Ani heard shouts from upstairs followed by thumps on the ceiling signaling a need for help. Unfortunately, Mommy was laughing so hard that she couldn't get off the floor to help as quickly as needed.
Mommy had her own encounter with Emma's new talent when she was in the bathroom later that week. While she was in the bathroom, Emma turned off the light from outside the door and did not turn it back on. Note to self...never buy a house with bathroom lights on the outside of the bathroom door. Why did the builders put it there?
Now all we have left to do is combine our newly acquired talents. Presenting live this Thanksgiving the Emma and Analise Puppet Extravaganza! Be amazed as monkeys and princesses show off their hip-hop moves, lights flash on and off and ma-ma is shouted from behind the curtain. Tickets now available for purchase.
