Evermore.

Last week Emerson started saying a new word that has become his standard word to end a phrase about something he doesn't want to do.  This word is evermore.  Meaning forever and ever.

He uses this word in sentences that sound like "No _______ evermore.  OKAY mommy?"

Here is a list of things that Emerson has said to fill in the blank:

Dinner
Lunch
Breakfast
Chocolate milk
water
nap
bed time
kisses
pooh pooh on potty
diaper changes
go bye bye
bathtime
playing with toys
read books
clothes on

This list continues, but you get the point.  Apparently Emerson wants to live a completely unsanitary, starving, and bored to death life.  Luckily when he says "okay Mommy?", I say "No Emerson".

Game

 I love this game.  Such an awesome computer game!

A Day at the Fair

In lieu of a vacation this year, we are doing some fun things around our home.  So we went to the Oregon State Fair as one of our adventures around town.  We had a lot of fun.  We went to a magic show, a Lets Pretend Circus, and a petting zoo.  We at our $5 hot dogs and $6 cotton candy (which is totally worth the money).  We played carnival games and rode rides.

We bought tickets all at once because they were half price before 5 and we wanted to do most of the rides and games in the evening.  So we bought as many as we thought we would want to use that evening.  After we bought the tickets, we found out that you have to be 36 inches to ride most the rides, where online it just said two years old or older.  So, there were just a few of the kiddie rides that Emerson could go on.  He is like 35.5 inches currently, so just barely too short for the majority of the kiddie rides.  Needless to say, we bought way to many tickets, so Emerson just got to ride the rides over and over.  Jason did go on a couple of rides himself.  The first ride that he rode on he said is the first ride to ever make him remotely sick.  It made me sick just watching it go. 

Emerson loved all the rides that he was able to ride.  He rode each one like 5 times each.  I think that the workers knew him by the end...except they have to keep checking his height.  They didn't believe that he was tall enought even for the 34 inch tall rides.   I think that he was so cute on all the rides.

We had an awesome time at the fair.  I think that it is going to be a yearly activity from now on. 

Big Boy Room

I have been wanting to make Emerson's room into a big boy room for a while now.  I have been slowly changing it, and I am finally happy with the result.  There are a couple of things that I still want to do/change, but this is pretty much the end result.  I love how BOY it is.

I got the vinyl alphabet from Tasty Suite Esty Store.

I cut all the other vinyl with my Silhouette Digital Cutter.

I love these guys.

10 Year Reunion

We went out to Rexburg for Jason's 10 Year Reunion.  It was fun seeing all of Jason's friends from High School.  They had a water fountain right next to the pavillion we were in and of course it was Emerson's favorite part.  He just sat there and played with it most of the time.  I don't think that the other parents liked it because their kids wanted to run through the puddles as well.  At this park they have a big splash park too, so I took him to that after about an hour and he loved it.  I am glad we went out to Rexburg to go to this.  We all had a bunch of fun.

Fourth of July in Sugar

The fourth of July was so fun.  We went out and played balls and frisbees all morning.  Then we had a delicious dutch oven dinner that Bruce made. We played some Dungeon Lords.  Then we went to a park to watch the Rexburg fireworks.  It was a lot of fun. 

Water at the Park

On our way to Jason's parent's house, we stopped at a park in Rexburg to see my mom.  Emerson found the water fountain there.  All he wanted to do the whole time we were there was turn on and off the the water.  He created such a big puddle.  He loved it.

Helping with Grandpa's Yard.

The first night in Sugar City, Emerson went out with Jason and Grandpa Bills to help moving rocks off the grass.  Emerson loved being out there.  He found a stick that he called a kite and was flying it up in the sky.  Too cute!  Later they turned the sprinklers on and Emerson ran through them.  He loved having a place to go out and play. 

New Bedtime Routine

We have this picture hanging just as you walk out of our bedroom just above the light switch.  Every night Jason lifts Emerson up to have him turn off the light.  Usually he points out this picture and says "Mommy, Daddy" while pointing at us. 
The other day, I was over by them for some reason and he said "Mommy kiss", so I kissed him.  Then he said "Daddy kiss", so Jason kissed him.  Then he said "Mommy Daddy kiss", so we kissed each other.  Then he said "no no, Daddy kiss face" and pointed at the picture.  So we realized that he wanted us to reinact the picture.  It was too cute.