First trip to the playground for 2009!!

Last week, as I wrote, Lynne took Emma to see The Wizard of Oz. She has been FASCINATED with this show ever since, wanting to watch it all the time, singing songs, etc. So I emailed my Aunt Laura, who works for McDonald's (corporate, in Chicago) and asked her if she could get a hold of the Happy Meal toys that were out last summer/fall from The Wizard of Oz...she wrote back and said she didn't even know they had a Wizard of Oz Happy Meal and that should see what she can do (and also thanked Emma for supporting the Happy Meal business!)!!! Well, didn't hear anything for about a week when Thursday when I got home from work, there's a box from McDonald's at our door! Aunt Laura found all 12 of the Happy Meal toys for Emma!!! She was so excited to get them all and we even got a little box for her to keep them all in. She's played with them all weekend...voices and all!!! Here's a picture of her with the dozen toys!

On Saturday, Tony was DJ-ing for the Flushing High School Athletics Booster's Dodgeball fundraiser...Emma, Bradlee and I all stayed at his parents' house for the evening and Emma, Lynne, Bradlee and I got coats on and walked over to the playground! Emma had a great time playing again...the swings, the slide, the "pony", the merry-go-round....ahhhh......she wiped out twice and had two black knees but also had the time of her life running around....and slept so well that night! :) Bradlee had a great time, too! I put him in the stroller in his little warm coat and hat and he was waving his hands and legs the whole way to the playground! He loved watching his big sister run around like a crazy woman and also slept so well!!!

We went outside again this afternoon....over 50 degrees! :) Emma played in her sandbox from the outside (so she wouldn't get completely filthy!) and Bradlee just watched everything around him. It's going to be so much fun this summer!!