Today we started off with our typical Saturday routine: Drop off Kate at Grandma's house, then Mom takes Emily to gymnastics class in Augusta.
But today we had a couple nice surprises. First, Nana and Sebastian showed up at gymnastics to watch Emily!
Em was excited that they were there to watch her. She told the rest of the class all about it during their circle stretching time.
And then she went through the class with a little extra energy!
She climbed mountains....
...did cartwheels (sort of)....
....did rope flips....
...and walked balance beams!
By the end of class, she was exhausted!
Then we went back to Grandma's to pick up Kate, and Em wanted to stay awhile and play.
Emily and her Pop Pop have a special game they play called Jail. Pop Pop will "break the law", and Emily has to put him in jail (the chair) and lock him up, until he breaks out and runs away. She then chases him, catches him, and puts him back in jail. Pop Pop usually sets a limit of 4 times playing jail (smart move), and Emily just loves it.
After the 4 times were up, Em and Kate settled down to quiet playing so the grownups could chat. Grandma and Pop Pop's playroom has lots of fun toys, like puzzles....
....cars and trucks....
....and books to read.
Then the girls got their second surprise of the day: A package of gifts from their Great Aunt Marilyn (Grandma's sister)! 
The first things they opened were bath scrubbers - a little reindeer and a little dog. The kids were thrilled with them!
Emily asked if we could take a bath "right now!", but Mom said we'd have to wait until later.
Then they opened the rest of the gifts, which included some great books....
....and this neat set of cards to play with. The cards have one part of a vehicle on them, and the goal is to put three cards together to make a full vehicle. The kids really liked playing with these, and they actually worked together on it, which was nice. Thank you Aunt Marilyn for the great gifts!
It was nice to have a couple of surprises today to liven up our regular Saturday routine.
We always have fun when the girls are at our house!
ReplyDeleteWhat is up with kids their age and wanting to play jail? Eli is the same way and we can't figure out where he even learned about jail. Preschool, I'm sure.
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