The Ashler Family

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Roll Call.

These are Emma's "friends." I often hear, "Mommy I need all my friends. Couch. Please help me." Transporting all her friends from her bedroom to the living room requires the laundry basket that has a ribbon tied to it so she can pull them around. Once they have made it to the couch she takes plenty of time rearranging each 'friend' in the appropriate spot. This occurs a few times a week and I thought I would give a glimpse into one of our many routines.

Fairy Princess Emma

Emma was Rosetta the Fairy Princess. (I had no clue which Disney fairy this was until I googled it. Apparently she is one of Tinkerbell's friends.)

A big thank you to our cousin Dolores who brought Emma some fairy outfits to play with one day and we were able to choose a Halloween costume from those.

Our first stop was across the street. Emma's 2 favorite neighborhood dogs, Saddie and Mazie were out. Saddie is wonderful golden retriever and Mazie (pictured) was dressed as Cinderella. Our neighborhood seems to have a tradition where all the people giving out candy sit in their driveways and visit with each other. The girl helping Emma is Arianna, she is in the 1st grade (older and wiser). She loves to come see Emma. From the moment we moved in Arianna has always been very friendly to Emma. (I think Arianna just decided to put on every piece of pink clothing that she owned)

Whew...back home after a long night of candy gathering. (we only lasted about 2 blocks and that took about 30 minutes). Emma did well for her first time and she got used to seeing to all the older kids running up and down the street.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Pumpkin Carving

We carved our Jack O Lantern yesterday. This is the first year that Emma has been big enough to participate. "What are you doing daddy?"

Phil offered the pumpkin gutting to Emma and she said "Hmmm...OK."

"Ewwwww...No daddy, you do it."

Mr. Pumpkin is finished. Emma helped us decide what shapes were going to go on the pumpkin face. (Yes, he has ears)

Emma was very interested in the lighting of the candle and watching him glow. (We had a tough time getting her off the front porch.) Just before bedtime she said goodnight to Mr. Pumpkin and blew out his candle. "He going to sleep now mommy?"