Planet Wilder

Emma is a copycat. Her daycare provider, Ms. Mandy, has a baby boy. He is about six months and he is breast milk baby like Emma was. So now, her baby dolls do not drink formula anymore, they have switched to BM. Just like a mommy Emma would lift up her shirt and she would nurse her babies. Sometimes her babies will drink juice but if it’s eat, it’s the BM.

Emma nursing

The other big thing for me is: Emma loves cake. I have no idea how she became like this. I think it was after a cake baking day at Ms. Mandy. Whatever it is Emma loves cake. Today Drew made her cake while I was cooking. The cake turned out awesome. Then Savitri had the idea on icing the cake. So she put the two cakes together with icing in between and what do I get? I brown volcanic looking cake. So Drew, with graphics and everything, had to explain to me why my cake came out like doodoo. He knows I suck at physics so he had to incorporate all that into the drawing and explaination. So not only do I suck at baking, I also suck at putting them together or just icing them.

That’s the latest in the house.

I use to think that stay-at-home moms will have this issue but nope, I was wrong! Drew and I would be at work and we’d have the dang Dora theme song or Elmo’s blanket song in our head. Drew was signing the Elmo song while fixing the B2 and his co-worker thought Drew was high on jet fuel.

It doesn’t matter which top-40 or some classic oldies that I listen to. In a little while there will be the Silly Pizza Song or I would find myself say, “Carebear stare.” How messed up is that?

Then why can’t kids move on? Why want to watch the same movie over and over again? Is that why many kids movies have a repeat play? It’s kind of messed up when the repeat play in on videos like Baby Einstein since babies or kids in general should not watch more than an hour of TV a day.

Anyways, Emma is brain washing us with silly songs. We’re just glad we don’t have TV. I can’t imagine how Drew would be if he had the Barney song in his head or I’d be singing along with the Wiggles.

Talk about going to gymnastics with somebody who could not listen. Emma had a great time (too great of a time) at Spirit Express gymnastics tryout but she will not take turns. She’ll be on the trampoline jumping while other little girls were doing their routines. Emma was suppose to sit on the sideline till it is her turn but nooooo, she had to jump on the side with the girls. Then of course, when it came time for her to do it, she wouldn’t. When asked to get down or to quit jumping she would just look at me and she’d say, “no.” Urgh! Imagine how many time outs she got that hour!

Emma did learn though. She wouldn’t do them in class but at home she’s been walking backwards and also trying to do the splits. She loves gymnastics but I think we’ll wait another few weeks. We’re going to try practicing taking turns and just listening in general. She’s very stubborn. I think she got that from her daddy. I will try dance class… or hip-hop class. Emma loves hip-hop, and pop, and rock, and country, and jazz, and oldies. She doesn’t care. You should she her dance. She looked like a robot moving from side to side. If not she’ll run around in circles while moving her hands and head. Mom usually has to join so if you were a fly on the wall you’d see these two girls, a little one and another one too old for those kind of movements, dancing like crazy to Dora the Explorer.