Emma's 2nd Birthday Party

What a fun day! We had Emma's big art-themed birthday party on Saturday, March 10th. Grandma Sherry and Aunt Tina flew in for the festivities!

My rendition of an art palette cake...

Treats were in small paint cans.

The tablecloths were drawn by Emma (and Grandma and me).

Addie, Avila, and Emma

Avila, Asher, Emma, Cole, and Amelia

Now, really...let's think about this...Do we have little kids' birthday parties for the kids, or is it really for the adults?!

drawing at the art table

opening gifts

The tunnel was a hit!

Aww...Emma loves her Uncle Ben.

Olive and Emma enjoying their cake and ice cream.

Emma with Grandma Sherry

Thank you Pinterest! To go along with the art theme, I made "paintbrushes."

Emma and Uncle Ben engaged in an in-depth conversation.

I think Ben and Larry had more fun with the blocks and tunnels than the kids did.

Now this is a fun set-up!

Emma feeding Avila her bottle. What a helper.

Yet Another Birthday Party

On Emma's actual birthday, we celebrated down at Grandpa Tom and Grandma Terry's house.

You've got to love 2 toddlers trying to give each other a hug, especially when Emma is on her knees.

Patiently waiting her turn to use the potty.

"Break"

Even though we had this past week off, we were busy, as usual.

Andy took Emma to the Museum of Natural History one day. It was more for Andy than Emma, but she still had a great time...

...using a magnifying glass

...calling the wolf "Cooper"

...looking at the reptiles

...and other animals

She really enjoyed watching all of school groups that were there, too.

We read books at the dinner table...

We met Emma's friend at Monkey Mountain for an hour of fun...

Phew!

Busy Weekend!

What a fun weekend...and it's only Sunday! On Friday, we went to our friends' (Maggie and Chad's) house to celebrate the weekend and our upcoming break. (We have next week off---it's a winter break but the locals call it ski week.) Maggie and Chad have a daughter, Olive, who is just a week younger than Emma. They also go to daycare together.

On Saturday, after Andy got in a little skiing, we went to Emma's friend's 2nd birthday party.

Andy and Chad, skiing in Summit Park.

Aww...hugs! Happy Birthday, Addison!

playing with Avila

making a mess in Addison's toy room

playing with Addison's new drum set

Today, we are off to an engagement party for our friends, Jensen and Amy.

Good News! (and What Emma's Been Up to Lately)

Phew! It has been busy and crazy around the Tullis household these past few weeks. Back in January, I started the application process for the Instructional Design and Educational Technology M.Ed. program at the University of Utah. What a process! My goal was to have everything submitted by the end of January. Done! I had to take the GRE. (Yuck!) Done. In the end, I have been admitted into the program and I go back to school in the fall!!!!! I will be taking 2 classes/week. Each class goes from 5-8 p.m. The program lasts 5 semesters (with one being a summer session). I am really excited about this opportunity, and even more excited to be able to utilize it in my classroom/day-to-day work.

We also had parent/teacher conferences this past week. We both had some pretty late nights but do look forward to our week off soon. We don't have any plans to go anywhere...hopefully, just get things done around the house and RELAX.

Now, let's get to the most important part--Emma.

I can't remember what we were making here, but she loves to help in the kitchen.

She has been using the potty lately. She's not consistent, but it's a start.

eating like a big girl

We had the 5th grade circus yesterday. Andy always juggles in the pre-show.

Andy and Emma went to the Daddy/Daughter dance at school last night.

This is what Emma likes to do on weekend mornings--practice her writing.