Busy Week...lots of pictures!

What a busy week and weekend we've had!! Tony has been back to school working on curriculum so Emma, Bradlee and I have been hanging out together at home. My blood pressure check last week was good, so I didn't have to go this week, which was nice! Emma also had her last gymnastics class of the summer last Wednesday. We will definitly be signing her up again for classes...as well as swimming classes! It's going to be a busy fall!! Here are pictures of her on the bars:

This was CRIM weekend in Flint, and Emma participated in the Teddy Bear Trot (1/4 mile) on Saturday. Friday night we picked up her registration packet and had some fun on the bounce slide and children's tent and Saturday afternoon, Emma and Tony ran in the race. She did really well and only had a hard time when she saw all of us (grandparents, Aunt Karyn and me!) towards the end...Tony carried her a little bit, and then she walked over the finish line. She did such a good job and then enjoyed a piece of pizza to get her "energy back". Bradlee slept through the whole thing...both days!! Emma talks about her race all the time now, and I think we've started a good thing here!!!

On Sunday, Tony's school secretaries hosted a "summer school" session for the teachers and their families...they had the pool open, open gym and bounce house and tons of food for us to enjoy, plus each other's company! It was a lot of fun and Emma had a blast playing with her friend, Katie, whom she used to go to school with (Katie's 2 years older than Emma, so she's going to be in Kindergarten, while Emma's only in pre-school!).

On Monday, Emma and I talked Tony into staying home from school and the four of us took a trip to the Detroit Zoo! What great weather we had...and it was a great day! We started by saying hello to Stosh and Sophie (two King penguins...if you want to know the story, let me know!) who were, of course, waiting for us when we got there!

You could tell it was a great day, because a ton of the animals were out moving around and such...Emma's favorite was the tigers, so she HAD to bring home a stuffed baby tiger...she named it Emily! LOL Bradlee was so good...slept the whole time, except when he woke up for lunch, which happened to be the same time we were enjoying our picnic lunch that we took! Tony and I have decided that this will be a yearly tradition...it's such a nice zoo and we had a great time!

Other than that, we've been just hanging around. I've notified my boss that I will be returning to work on September 17th and Tony and Emma start school on Monday...this weekend we will also be able to visit with Tony's friend, Steve, and his daughter, Kaiya, who live in Florida. It should be a nice closing weekend to the summer!

Here's the "Emma-ism" of the week....

We were at my parents' house this week and their cat, Basal, was sitting in the window in the living room. As Emma walked by, Basal started to jump out of the window and startled Emma. Emma ran around the couch to where my mom, sister, Karyn, Tony and I were sitting and said, "Guys, Basal 'fweaked' me out!" LOL