Children's Garden

This past week I was feeling a bit stir crazy and thought we needed to do something a little different than the "norm." I follow a blog that has tons of great activities and events in and around Lexington and stumbled upon the UK Arboretum and Children's Garden website. It was a beautiful day and so I decided to call my friend Megan and invite her and her son, Nathan, along for some fun in the sun! It was a GREAT morning! We stayed for about 2 hours and practically had to pull the kids out of there. There were so many things to see and do. When the kiddos got disinterested with one thing there was always something else to run and do. I love activities that are so hands on....perfect for this age!! The staff was great, too...always around to help engage the kids in learning. Emily's favorites were finding worms in the worm compost, watering the plants, playing in the stream, and playing in the sand. Nathan loved digging in the dirt and playing in the stream!

Grandma...

I had a wonderful conversation with my grandma (Hi Grandma!) yesterday and she informed me that she knows how to get to our blog all on her own. She talked about "google" and her "favorites," etc...I was SOOOO impressed! Did I mention she will be 90 years old next week!!! Even more impressing!! Let's just say that was enough motivation to keep updating my blog as much as I can...Love you grandma! Thanks for checking in on us and your sweet great-granddaughter who adores you, too!

Making a meal with Em

Step 1: Go shopping...


Step 2: Get the kitchen ready...
Step 3: Time to cook...
Step 4: Get your napkin and plate set...
Step 5: Unload the prepared food...

Step 6: one by one...
Step 7: Spread it all out...
Step 8: Start stacking...
Step 9: Keep going...
Step 10: All Done!

She keeps us smiling...

Tonight at dinner Emily counted to 10 (in English)....following her accomplishment, daddy tried to lead her in counting to 10 in Hungarian, then German....this is how the conversation went:

Daddy: Good job, Emily! Do you want to count to ten in Hungarian?
Emily: Noooo
Daddy: What about in German?
Emily: No!
Daddy: Do you want to count to ten in English?
Emily: Yep!

If only you could hear her attitude along with reading this conversation. Thankfully she does seem to show interest in Hungarian and speaks a few words to her Nagypapi and Nagymami when we Skype with them.

Happy Tuesday from our little cheeeeese!

Summer time!

June is quickly moving on and it will soon be Emily's birth month! I can't believe I will have a 2 year old!! Oh, how I love her! We are enjoying the summer with a lot of playing, swimming, baking, potty training, etc. The days have been warm, but that doesn't seem to stop my sweet girl. We are so thrilled to be living in our little community of other seminary students/families. My guess is that on this one street we have 10 toddlers (between 18months and 2 years), which means there is always a friend for Emily. She has enjoyed playing with her buddies and often asks for them by name. Her vocabulary has really taken off and she is now singing complete songs on her own. Pretty much the cutest thing to hear, ever!
Here are just a few pics to share....

She loves to help me bake!

Loving her homemade Rubbermaid sandbox...a great size for the back porch...and enough room to share with a friend!

This picture cracks me up! Emily only gets her paci at naptime/bedtime, but she thinks Elmo needs the extra comfort, too. I walked in one afternoon to find her putting one in his mouth.

She loves her new baby stroller that her little friend, Janna, passed along to her.

Snack time with baby Kate.

My baby is getting so big. Mimi recently bought her this new backpack for church/travel. She loves it and ask to wear it all the time.

That's right, friends...we have successfully potty trained! :) Phew! Emily picked up on it like a champ and has been doing great!

daddy time!

Viktor has a two week break in between his spring semester classes and summer classes...and we are enjoying every minute of it!