little miss emma beaner

We took the girls to the state fair tonight. They had a blast. Both of them went on the trampolines. Emma thought it was the coolest thing ever! Daddy also took them on the space needle. We go to see and pet brand new (born this morning) baby piggies, cows & a sheep. Miss Em indulged in onion rings, a foot long, pineapple/"mommy" (raspberry - everything that is pink is "mommy") dole whips, sweet martha's cookies, roasted corn on the cob, cheese curds, fried pickles (except when she realized they were pickles she wanted nothing to do with them!), kettle corn and fruit kabobs. She shared most but insisted on having her own corn on the cob with "spicy" black pepper. And she snuck most of a 33 ounce cup of mountain dew. EEK!! We thought she'd never fall asleep, but she showed us...asleep before we hit the truck! Guess caffiene does not affect my child. We had three separate groups give the girls stuffed animals from the midway. And lots of drunk people saying that they had the biggest brown eyes. We hung out for a little bit outside of the grandstand so we could hear Jewel and Brad Paisley. After the concert, we watched the fireworks and headed home, with two very tired little girls!

We had the girl's Camp Rock CD playing on the way to my mom and dad's this morning. Emma said something in the back seat, that I didn't understand. I had to ask her to repeat it 3 times. I finally got that she was saying Jonas Brudder (Jonas Brother) I acknowledged it and said yeah, it's the Jonas Brother's. Her response, no, I said Jonas Brudder. It's one Jonas Brudder. And Demi Bottle (Demi Lavato). She was right. It was just Joe Jonas & Demi Lavato singing "This is Me". She's 2. How in the heck does she pick up on these things?!

I have a feeling that I am going to be screwed when they get older and want to play music trivia...they are clones of their daddy in this respect!

Emma asked for it again today, but has been ok when I told her that the puggies went bye bye. Had we known that she was going to do as good with this as she has, we probably would have gotten rid of it a long time ago. I am so impressed and very proud!

We went to meet baby Avery today. Emma thought she was just the coolest thing. She kept walking up while I held her and gently touched her head. She loves babies!

Emma asked for the plug today. It was at nap time. She asked Grandma where it was. Grandma told her she didn't bring it today. She then asked, "Can I please have my puggie?!" Grandma didn't cave. Emma asked for it again at bedtime. When I told her it was all gone, she was fine with it.

Emma woke up happy and didn't once ask for her plug. When we were getting out of the truck this morning, she stopped to look around, like she was missing something. She went the entire day without asking for it. She didn't even ask for it at nap or bed time. Bed time was a breeze!

So, we decided that we were going to try to get rid of the plug on Saturday. Emma fell asleep right away, but had a really hard time staying asleep. We caved and gave it to her at about 2am. I think her tummy was also upset, so she was pretty miserable anyway.
Tonight we tried again. It didn't go as well getting her to sleep. She threw a MAJOR fit for about 20 minutes. When she knew I wasn't giving in she laid down and went to sleep. She slept great. One night puggie free!

I asked the girls this on the way home from work tonight. Miss Emma's response, "Throw it in the garbage!" For being so little, she's got the right idea...I just haven't reached the age where I am just ready to throw it in the garbage