Colyer World

Emily’s 1st day back @ Little Oak Preschool as a Green Frog.  She is going two 1/2 mornings per week.

Max gives Emily a hug

Welcome Green Frogs!  Emily will be following in Max’s footsteps as a Green Frog (one of the 3 year old classrooms).

The cute green frog on the front door

There are 3 Emily’s in The Green Frog classroom so they have to differentiate therefore Emily C.

The class pet … a turtle!

Her name is Princess Shelly

Emily points to Princess Shelly.  She is a snapping turtle therefore the tape on the top of the cage.  Not the greatest pet choice!    LOL!

It’s been a loooooooooooooong 10 days without our camera!   We lost our camera at Gilroy Gardens on August 15th & unfortunately nobody returned it.  Our new one arrived today!  I feel happy & normal again with camera in hand.

I remember my mom every day, but on this day in particular.  This was the day, two years ago, that she was freed from the pain of ovarian cancer that inevitably took her life.  Although I feel immobolized at times with sadness, it also brings back incredibly strong wonderful memories of a person that lives on through me, my dad, my sister, her sister and many many others.

Mom & Dad

Mom & Suzanne

Mom, Brynn & me

Grandma Jane & Brynn

Grandma Jane, Kedryn & Suzanne

Nana & Max (she asked for my kids to call her “Nana”)

Meeting Emily Luisa for the first time (July 2007)

Mom, her sister (Margie), niece (Kim), & nephew (Jeff)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin in Lake City, Colorado

Emily Jane celebrating Emily Luisa’s 1st Birthday (July 22, 2008) in Los Gatos, California

She traveled from Pennsylvania to California even though she wasn’t feeling well and put up a good front

In memory of a wonderful mom to me & Suzanne, a loyal & loving wife to my dad, a generous & giving Grandma/Nana to Brynn, Kedryn, Max & Emily, a kind & caring sister to Margie, a special Aunt, an honest, true friend to many and a best friend to those lucky few.  Today and every day you remain a strong presence in my life and will always remain in my heart. 

We went to Oak Meadow Park this morning for a playdate and Emily insisted on wearing her red Christmas dress with purple shoes! 

Christian invited us over for a Slip ‘N Slide playdate at his house last week

Here he is showing us how it’s done

Of course, you must wear goggles when on the Slip N Slide?!?!

Emily dancing around in the sprinkling water

Watching Christian slide down with ease

Emily decides to give it a whirl

Max getting the hang of it

Cricket enjoyed her time slipping ‘n sliding

What an adorable Janie & Jack ruffle bottom swim suit.  Couldn’t resist!

Olivia didn’t want to be left out of the fun so she came out in her swimmers hanging about on raft with a matching ruffle bottom like her cousin Cricket

We went to Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills today for a Farm Tour

Sarah, Alex & Sarah’s mama, Gwyneth joined us.  Gwyneth is visiting from Wales.

The first part of the tour was the garden which didn’t hold a lot of interest for Max!  He just wanted to see the ANIMALS!  He’s not much into trying out the fruits and vegetables.

Emily enjoyed petting the sheep

She even said to me, “Take my picture, mama!”

Max really enjoyed the sheep too

He obviously got very comfortable with this particular sheep.  Max was tickling the sheep’s hind legs.  I told him that he could get kicked.  The tour guide explained that he was in the right spot to get peed on and that would be much worse than getting kicked so he went towards the front of the sheep and just leaned on her. 

Emily gets a little kiss from this sweet sheep

Couldn’t seem to capture Alex petting a sheep, but she sure did look pretty in her hot pink ruffled shirt, matching hat & necklace

I did however capture her taking lots of pictures of the chickens.  She enjoyed using Sarah’s camera!

Cock-A-Doodle-Do!  One gorgeous rooster!

SOME PIG

All and all, it was a great time for the kids & adults too.  Hidden Villa is, in my opinion, a hidden gem!

Emily was so excited when the Disney parcel of gifts arrived for her, under the name of Princess Emily, this afternoon from her cousins Nick, Alex & Charlie!

This particular gift was from Alex and the card said, “Happy Birthday to my favorite Emily”

OH PLEEEEEEEEASE let me open it!

A beautiful light blue glitter Cinderella crown!!!!!!

Emily said, “I LOVE IT!  I LOVE IT!  I LOVE MY CROWN!  I LOVE MY SNOW WHITE CROWN!”  I didn’t have the heart to tell her that it was a Cinderella crown.

Emily asked Big Brother, Max, to help her open the next gift from Cousin Charlie!  The gift tag read, “I love you Emily.  I hope you had a happy birthday”

WOW!  This was the most beautiful Wedding Cinderella Nightgown I have ever seen.  Very soft & fluffy!

Here she is jumping up and down with joy because she loved it soooooooooooooooooo much!!! 

The last and final gift was from Cousin Nick.  I was hoping that she would wait until the morning to open it ’cause it was past their bedtime so I didn’t document the opening of this gift, but it was a Swirling Ariel Nightgown and she was equally as thrilled with this as she was with the Cinderella nightgown!  She insisted I take the Cinderella nightgown off immediately and replace it with the Ariel nightgown. 

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL AND THOUGHTFUL GIFTS!  Our Princess Emily is 3 now and boy does she LOVE PRINCESSES!  I have absolutely no idea where this came from?!?!

Emily getting ready for the Ariel Tea Party

Princess Alex (Cinderella) being carried into the Tea Party by her Grandpa Bee

Princess Alex & Princess Emily

Cinderella & Ariel

All the pretty princesses watching Ariel sing songs & entertain them

Princess Abby puckering up!

Princess Emily

She just got a pink butterfly painted on her cheek by Ariel herself

Princess Alex all made up

Coloring a princess

Alex & her beautiful mama, Sarah

Emily showing off her pretty pink butterfly

All the girls had a great time at the Ariel Tea Party this afternoon

Kathy & I took the kids to Morgan Hill Aquatic Center today.  This is just one shot of the water park.  There are several different areas.

Emily going down the slide

Christian wallowing in the shallow pool

Max heading to the ladder and up to the water slide area

Emily must’ve gone down the slide at least 25 times!

She was a little maniac

Emily snuggling with Kathy