Not only is Esme learning to spell, she's learning to be a true Gopher fan! Enthusiasm is key!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Blogging is hard these days
Ok, ok. I hereby solemnly PROMISE to blog soon. Two things have happened recently that make blogging a lot harder.
First, Esme is all about the computer. If I'm on it she wants to be on it. I sit down to work on something and she yells "me help!" and jumps in my lap. Then she types and clicks and puts hersticky beautiful fingers all over the screen.
Second, Esme's transitioning from afternoon naps to no naps. When there's no naps, there's no blogging. Also, on the days she does nap her bedtime is later. She was a solid 7:30pm for the first two years of her life and now bedtime is usually between 8-9pm. This means less computer time also.
Overall, blogging right now is tough! At some point, I will do some catch-up posts but until then, here's a cute story.
Yesterday Esme didn't get a nap and at about 5pm she wanted to eat. So I put her in her high chair in front of the TV (yes, we all eat in front of the TV most of the time) and I gave her a snack while I worked on dinner. About 5:30 I looked over and she was out, sleeping with a piece of cheese in her hand.
I let her sit there for awhile and then we tried to wake her up, but she was not interested. It didn't help that it was lightening and thundering really loud outside. She just clung to me. So I rocked her and put her to bed.
She has had nights like this before where she slept through the night but I didn't really feel like that was going to happen. Sure enough, at 8:30 she woke up and wanted "play time!". So we let her play for awhile, but by 9:30pm Aaron and I were both tired. So we went to bed and took her with us. This is the first time she has ever slept with us at home. Once in a hotel and once at my parent's house, but never at home. She played for awhile and sang for awhile and finally fell asleep. At 10:30pm I picked her up and took her to her crib. She woke up for just a minute and said "playtime?" and then she wanted me to "sit" because I usually sit with her for a few minutes after she lays down. But I was too tired so I just told her that I had to go to bed. She was fine with that. After a quick "nigh night Mommy", she was off to sleep and so was I.
First, Esme is all about the computer. If I'm on it she wants to be on it. I sit down to work on something and she yells "me help!" and jumps in my lap. Then she types and clicks and puts her
Second, Esme's transitioning from afternoon naps to no naps. When there's no naps, there's no blogging. Also, on the days she does nap her bedtime is later. She was a solid 7:30pm for the first two years of her life and now bedtime is usually between 8-9pm. This means less computer time also.
Overall, blogging right now is tough! At some point, I will do some catch-up posts but until then, here's a cute story.
Yesterday Esme didn't get a nap and at about 5pm she wanted to eat. So I put her in her high chair in front of the TV (yes, we all eat in front of the TV most of the time) and I gave her a snack while I worked on dinner. About 5:30 I looked over and she was out, sleeping with a piece of cheese in her hand.
She has had nights like this before where she slept through the night but I didn't really feel like that was going to happen. Sure enough, at 8:30 she woke up and wanted "play time!". So we let her play for awhile, but by 9:30pm Aaron and I were both tired. So we went to bed and took her with us. This is the first time she has ever slept with us at home. Once in a hotel and once at my parent's house, but never at home. She played for awhile and sang for awhile and finally fell asleep. At 10:30pm I picked her up and took her to her crib. She woke up for just a minute and said "playtime?" and then she wanted me to "sit" because I usually sit with her for a few minutes after she lays down. But I was too tired so I just told her that I had to go to bed. She was fine with that. After a quick "nigh night Mommy", she was off to sleep and so was I.
Friday, July 15, 2011
On our way to ND
Heading to North Dakota for the All School Reunion and Papa Rex's birthday party.
We usually leave pretty early in the morning thinking that little Miss Esme will sleep a bit. I don't know why we hope for this because it never happens. We left home around 5:30am. By the time we got to Fargo, Esme needed to get out of the car so we stopped at the mall in Fargo. It wasn't open yet, but the little play area for kids was open and no one else was there! I took a few pictures of the play area because I think it's very cool!
After we left there we went to Starbucks for me and to the empty lot behind Starbucks for the dogs to run around a bit. Then we were back on the road to NE.
Esme did really great the entire trip. She never slept though, that is until we had about 10 minutes left of our almost 9 hour drive. Right by the Dickinson Airport she finally fell asleep.
Oh well, some sleep is better than none, right?
We usually leave pretty early in the morning thinking that little Miss Esme will sleep a bit. I don't know why we hope for this because it never happens. We left home around 5:30am. By the time we got to Fargo, Esme needed to get out of the car so we stopped at the mall in Fargo. It wasn't open yet, but the little play area for kids was open and no one else was there! I took a few pictures of the play area because I think it's very cool!
Esme did really great the entire trip. She never slept though, that is until we had about 10 minutes left of our almost 9 hour drive. Right by the Dickinson Airport she finally fell asleep.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Minnehaha Falls
Today we had lunch with Aaron in Minneapolis. Esme and I had to run an errand and decided to meet Aaron at Minnehaha Falls to eat at Sea Salt. They have such good food and it's a perfect place to spend a summer day.
After we got done eating we walked over and looked at the Falls.
Then we said goodbye to Daddy and went back to our car for the ride home. Daddy went back to work.
Lunch in Minneapolis is fun!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Thirsty 4th
I'm not sure why, but I didn't take a lot of pictures on the 4th of July. My parents were here and we went over to Dan and Barb's house.
She thought Annika and Laurel looked thirsty too!
The girls had fun with a slip and slide. Esme figured out that you could drink the water and after that there was no stopping her.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
New utensils
Esme's been doing great with a spoon for a long time now. But recently she's been working with a fork.
And trying her hand at a glass instead of a sippy cup.
Sometimes she has to wipe up her messes.
And sometimes she just has to make funny faces.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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