earning her monicker

Sassy pants. In the past TWO days Emory has managed to do the following things:

1. Threw my phone in the garbage can. It was on vibrate. Took 5 hours to find it.

2. Pulled toilet paper (still attached to the roll) from my bathroom all the way through the house into the playroom. Took an entire FULL roll to accomplish this.

3. Disposed of our main remote control for our television in the toilet. (she had to set it down somewhere while she was carrying the toilet paper throughout the house.)

4. Stood on her tippy tip toes to retrieve my eyeglasses off of the back of my nightstand (where they live when I am not wearing them so she can't reach them) and broke them into 3 pieces.

5. Retrieved two oranges worth of peelings that were on the kitchen counter and smeared them all of the kitchen floor.

Now, I know you are probably thinking, "Where is Jessica while all of this is going down"? Well, let me assure you that every single offense was committed in under 2 minutes. Usually while I was distracted with her big brother. She is sassy.

And the crowning jewel. This is where I found her this morning when I left the room for maybe one minute to get Ashton's clothes for the day out of his room. Yeah...

Lupita Strikes Again...

Man, oh man do we love our Tita. This was what sassy looked like when I got home today. Umm, not my personal fave, but I think it fits her personality quite well. Sassy!

Emory won't be able to wear these until...well, not sure how old she'll be when she is wearing a size 10 (children's) shoe. But when that day comes, she is going to be STYLIN'! I found these too too too cute Ugg's in the clearance shoe section at Marshall's the other day. Yes, Marshall's. They are fur lined and zip up the front. I paid a hefty price tag of $15. Like I said...she needed them.

rainy days...

call for raincoats!

I love waking up in total darkness to the soft methodical sound of drops falling. Rain. So soothing to us adults. For children? Well, as soon as Ashton's little feet hit the floor this morning, he ran to the front window and exclaimed, "RAIN, MOMMY!!! Rain boots! Pleeeaaaaasssseee! My rain boots AND raincoat! Yay!! Ashon so excited!" And so he ate his waffle, strawberries and banana this morning in his rain boots.

And because she gets all of her brother's hand me downs she can make anything look sweet and sassy...

Emory felt inspired to play with a more masculine toy in her camo.

Hope y'all have a dry day!

*BTW, I went back and added a few more pics from our trip to the park in the previous post*

fresh air.

We REALLY needed some today. It has been SO cold and windy in our northern southern state of Texas. Too cold to venture outside for more than a minute or two. Today the cabin fever built up to the point of explosion. We left our house and went to the park. Hallelujah.

Ashton was not at all excited to be there.

Our neighbor (and one of Ashton's favorite people in the world) Aidan.

Emory concentrating hard on getting dirt onto the slide that she parked herself on.

All three kids on the same ladder.

First Aidan. Easily accomplished it.

Then Ashton. He needed help.

Finally, Emory. She is too big for her britches.

I didn't get too many pics of the sassafras because she spent most of her time doing one of the two things pictured below. I spent most of my time redirecting her.



Hoping that this is our first of many more trips to come in the NEAR future...

plain jane

And I kinda like it!

I came home today to find my little sassafras with her hair like this. Lupita (nanny extraordinaire) or "Tita" as she is known around these parts, decided to take action against Emory's big, bouffant, bulky bows (say that three times). And I think I like it! She looks so sweet and dainty in her little barrette. This may not be the last time we dawn this look ;)

Go Tita!

Emory and her Tita...

clues and cues

My first clue that Emory was ready for her nap today was when her bow was like this and she didn't care.

My next clue was when she sat down like this and watched the weather channel for about five minutes straight.

And my final clue was when I was preparing her naptime bottle, (yes, she stills gets a bottle. I know.) she climbed up on the couch and did this.

When I came back out from putting Emory down for her nap, Ashton announced that he would like chocolate cake for lunch. This is his pleeeaaaaasssssseeeeee face.

I said no. That was his cue.

But, as always, this is what I will remember most about our day.

one of those mornings

Do you ever feel like this?

Ashton announced this morning that "Ashon sick". "Ashon go lay down in chair mom".


And he did. So pitiful. Please God tell me that we are not in for another round of illnesses.



Thankfully Emory was here to help this morning while I tended to the patient. Like her nightgown? It was my mom's.


Jackson decided to do this for the ten millionth time this week.

He then got the heck out of dodge.

Welcome to a morning at the Kerr household!

Wrapped

That is what Emory Anne has done to her daddy. Wrapped him around her little finger. Behold the sassy pant's Valentine's day present from her daddio.

After rigourous mechanical testing

she decided to try it out.

Jury's still out :) More to come later!
Happy Valentine's Day Y'all!!!

Whoopie Sandwiches

I started out making these for Ashton's class. Tomorrow is the Valentine's Party at his school. His *first* Valentine's party. (cue mommy getting so excited over Ashton's first V day party that she attempts something WAY over her head.) Everything started off great.

First, I mixed these up in a mixing bowl.

Then, I creamed these together in my standing mixer.

Next, I blended these in gently.


I then got festive and used this to pour in the buttermilk.

Finally, I squirted in a whole bunch of this and mixed it all up with the dry ingredients.

And then, disaster ensued. These were supposed to be hearts. After the first 5 weren't working out, and I was sweating, I decided to improvise. So I ended up with these. Yeah, I'm messy.

They actually came out looking pretty good! So, I decided to continue with my improvisation. I cut them in half and then cut off the edges to give them more of a sandwich feel.

Emory helped me discard of the little edges that I cut off. Yes, she was still in her pajamas. Yes, it was noon. It is pouring rain today and 40 degrees outside. Great day to stay in and bake in our PJ's all day!

After the "sandwiches" were cut, I "whipped" up (ha) the cream cheese icing. I added two drops of the red food coloring to it to give it this pinkish tint.

Then, I assembled.

And tried not to eat too many of the cut off edges.

They are all packaged up and ready to go for tomorrow!

When Ashton wakes up from his nap we are going to decorate and address Valentine's cards for all of his classmates. Not until I became a parent did I realize just how emotional the small milestones can make you.