Chronicles of John Peter Way

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Happy Birthday, Randy!

Randy!

Randy reads my Second Grade blogs every week and has visited the classes on different occasions. The kids sang "Happy Birthday" to him.

From Mrs. Fink's Class

From Mrs. White's Class

From Mrs. McLaughlin's Class

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Emma Update

Emma started Jazz and Tap dance lessons this week. I can't wait to see her in action.

Steve reports she had a blast making noise with her shoes in tap.

She also got a new bed with Minnie Mouse bedding. From the look on her face, I'd guess she likes it pretty well.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Well, Grandy decided Emma needed to go to Chuck E. Cheese. Perhaps he wanted to go and taking Emma was a good excuse. :)

We met Meredith, Steve, and Emma at the Chuck E. Cheese near Firewheel. The food was good, and the company better. The restaurant wasn't nearly as loud and crowded as I remember it being when I took my kids when they were little.

Sweet little Emma went from game to game with Grandma and Grandy in tow. There were only a few things she couldn't do. Probably one of her favorite things to do was organizing her tickets and putting them in the redemption machine! Of course, she's adorable.

Their expressions say it all.

Grandy's help with the game

All the tickets Emma won went in her Daddy's pocket.

She put the "monies" (tokens) in games herself.

Skee Ball

Gotta do it herself

No game was too big for her to try.

Just adorable!

Watch this video for live action shots of all the fun!

Hard to tell who's having more fun, Emma or Grandy! :)

Driving Chuck E. Only 13 years till she has her real driver's license!

Intent expressions

Pulling tickets out

Driving games seemed to be a favorite.

She's already got the pedal and wheel coordination down.

Whack-A-Mole toddler size!

Going down the slide in the toddler area

What is Grandy pointing to on the ceiling?

Oh, the looks Emma has!

:) :) :) :)

Where's Grandy?

Ponytail in flight

Beautiful little girl

Future Diva

Push the bone to make balls go into the dog's mouth. Look how hard she's working.

More tickets for Daddy

Putting the tickets into the counting machine

Fascinated with putting tickets in the machine

Intent!

Imagine that look in about 10 years!

Through the eyes of a child...

Decisions, decisions....

What do I get with my tickets?

Patiently waiting her turn

A wonderful evening with our wonderful Emma!

Smart Phones

Last month I invested in an iPhone. I'm really liking it. The App Store is exploring a forest of technology one tiny leaf at a time.

After having my phone for a month, Randy made the leap into the iPhone hemisphere, too. Thank goodness we had Daniel James for setup and instruction for both of us. There's no better teacher of technological devices than a teenager. :)

Probably the most fun thing we discovered is Words With Friends. It's a remote scrabble type game. We have games going with each other, Andrew, Heather, Meredith, Steve, Sarah, and Daniel James. I also have a few games going with other friends.