My most recent favorite pic of my happy girl.
January was full of visitors and play friends! Emma spent some quality time with a couple of her friends this month. John Karlgaard came over for a play date and the kidlets had fun tearing around the house. One of their favorite spots was a cardboard condo (read: box) that I had made for Emma.
We also had a fun time with another one of Emma's BFFs Kya Birkenholz. We took a trip to a local indoor kid play area and Emma had a blast. The place was teeming with kids but that didn't deter Emma from running all over the place, hopping on and off scooters, playing with basketballs, and having a grand time. There was a large bouncy house structure in the corner of the gym that she grew a fondness for as the afternoon wore on. Before long, she led us over and wanted help climbing in. It was all she could do to stand up and walk, but that didn't stop her from giggling the entire time and full out belly laughing a couple of times!
We also had a short visit from Auntie Megan. Emma loved cuddling up on her lap and reading lots of books.
While she was here, Megan showed Emma some new dance moves. Emma loves to doot doot (dance) with her Auntie Megan.
Push it down...
...raise the roof...
...high five...
...no pictures, please!
Our dancing diva! Megan fixed her up with all of the latest fashion.
We also took a trip to see the Ice Castle. That's right, a castle (kind of) made of ice. It was a really cool man-made ice structure that was probably 25 feet tall and spread out over half of a parking lot. While there, Emma learned a new word: icicle, pronounced by Emma as ike-ick-el.
Brought to you by North Face jackets.
Emma didn't want to smile so I didn't either.
Here are some other random pictures from January.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Emma is showing me how to use the iPad.
I saw this halo while I was out running errands on a sunny Saturday morning and thought it was pretty cool.
That's all for now. Stay tuned for more to come, including a pretty cool home improvement project and fun in the snow!
With love from Minneapolis,
Jason, Melissa, and Emma
