When Mommy is away, you know what they say ...

... us kids,
we shall play,
and play and play and play,
all night and all day!!!      - Emery

Mommy had to fly away for a boring work trip and we kids got stuck behind with boring old Daddy, so we just had to make the best of it ... here is a sampling of how it went ...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emery likes to lift weights with 

Daddy early in the morning ...

... and then decorates her face, 
just like Mommy does each and every morning!!!

Next up is playing fun Daddy games! Here's a video of how Daddy likes to "play" with us ...

At the end of the day it's "bath time" ... well, 
this is how Daddy does baths when Mommy is away ...

... good thing there is an extra hair dryer 

to use when Mommy isn't around ...

 

... and right before bedtime we like to 
read stories to each other ...

... and because of Mommy's absence, we deciding 
that the middle of the living room was a better 
place to sleep then our boring old separate bedrooms!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emery takes a trip to Avery's school!!!

Emery and Avery love running all around the school playground ...

... sliding down all the slides ...

... meeting all of Avery's fun friends ...

... playing all sorts of schoolyard games ...

... and especially hanging out with best friend Chiara!!!

Next it was time to watch Avery in her big musical debut ...

... she was an eagle and had a great one-liner 
to the wild jackrabbit when he was talking tough ... 
"Prove it!!!"

Then after school we went roller skating ...

... and 4-wheeling ...

... and made friends with famous people like Elmo ...

... and ended the day hanging out with 

good friends like Sophie!!!

Here's a video of Avery hula-hooping at Sophie's house ...

Then at the end of another day, bath-time 
(in the house this time) ...

... before heading straight to bed after the long day ... Emery opting 
for her bed this night after feeling "too squashed" the previous night ...

... where Avery still loved the pillow-bed 
much more than her own bed!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAY 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last full day without Mommy was absolutely outrageous ... 

we went to a huge birthday party for Abir ...

... then to storytime outside in the cool shade ...

... then we started an impromptu music circle ...

... then invited a bunch of friends over to the house to play ...

... where it got sort of rowdy ...

 ... like, really REALLY rowdy ...

... where Emery even got a very nasty boo-boo ...

... so we spent the rest of the time Mommy was away 

mostly relaxing and reading good books, like the blog!!!

Spring Break!!!

Avery had a whole week off from school for "Spring Break" or "Easter Break" or something like that ... we had tons of fun times together ...

 Emery loving that Avery can do fun things during the week

with her instead of going to boring old school!!!

 There was arts n' crafts Emery and Sora go to 

where Avery and Chiara could come along too ...

... and pool parties during the weekdays ...

 ... and fun times at the mall ...

 ... and hanging out with Avery's class outside of school ...

 ... with long drives to see the ostrich farm ...

 ... and birds that will eat right out of your hand ...

 ... tons and tons of great times with best friends 

(Chiara and Harper)!!!

 Then at the end of the week it was time for an Easter 

Egg hunt at Grandma Wendy & Grandpa Charlie's house ...

 ... Emery amazed herself with her keen egg finding abilities ...

 ... but Avery wasn't really all that impressed!!!

 There were tons of great new toys and books 

from the Easter Bunny and all the Grandparents ...

 ... and as usually, someone had a boo-boo!!!

And at the end of the super fun week together, 

Emery and Avery just wanted some alone time 

before Avery had to go back to school!!!

One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish, Four ...

Today, Avery and I had a very VERY important task ... to help Mommy find some great fishies!!!

Emery and Mommy heading out to the fish store ...

... so many fishes, so many conflicting opinions,

  so little time for compromise ...

 

... but we did it anyway!!! We use common sense and pure reason 

to come up with the perfect fish tank equilibrium algorithm!!!

And my how well they all get along together ... 

even Buddha still enjoys the peaceful atmosphere ... 

... along with that big bad sucker fish!

They all purely enjoy the pleasant company!!!

Happy Morning To You!!!

Emery and Avery having a morning 
coffee with their good friend Hayley

Reading Is Super Fun!!!

Emery really loves to read ...

 ... and listen to new stories at story-time with all her friends ...

... especially when she gets to meet her favorite author!!!

The Very Fashionable Emery Lucille ...

 Emery always loves dressing up and posing for pictures, 

no matter if she's on the go out to somewhere ...

 ... or twirling around and around and around ...

 ... or just lounging on huge turtles ...

 ... or playing all over a playground ...

 ... or backpacking out to somewhere ...

 ... or getting her groove on with a good beat ...

... or while having a yummy snack ...

... she just loves loves loves to strike-a-pose and smile smile smile!!!

Rocks-for-sale, Super Cheap Prices!!!

One day while we were playing at Grandma Wendy's house, we realized that there was a huge commodity just lying all around under our feet ... tons and tons of ROCKS everywhere!!! So Avery and I jumped in to action ...

Emery and Avery building up their Rock Store inventory  ...

... and our very first customer was actually someone 

that had a vested interest in out profitability 

(remember we were actually using Grandpa Charlie's rocks) ...

... and then our second customer had a similar vested interest 

in our business model ... Mommy, just GO HOME!!!

Emery and Avery re-evaluating their master business plan, 

when Emery all of the sudden came up with a great idea!!!

Everybody loves music, right?!?!? 

So let's bring in the customers by playing some great music ...

... master piano player Emery tickling the ivories!!!

And as Emery played and played and played, 

the customers came mesmerized from everywhere!!! 

Even our good friends like Joan and Bob made 

their long trek from the far off lands of California!!!