Lost

If you know me well, you know how I am about TV. I'm not a big TV-watcher and I'm pretty selective about what shows I get into. Ben started watching Lost about a month ago (the first season, loaned to us from a friend) and has been trying to get me to watch it with him for weeks now. I kept saying "no, no, I don't want to get into it. It takes so much time to catch up--five seasons of episodes at 40 minutes each? Where am I going to dig up that kind of time?" Well, one bored night, I started watching it. I didn't particularly enjoy it for the first several episodes, but watching it made me want to watch more, just so I could see what happens. They leave you hanging at the end of so many episodes!!! Now that I know the characters better, I'm enjoying watching all the relationships develop. It's a very interesting show--a very intense show. My heart races sometimes while watching it--my blood pressure's probably through the roof! But I must admit, it's a good show and now Ben is happy that he has a Lost buddy.

Daddy

Some daddy/daughter time

Preschool Graduation

Emma graduated from preschool tonight. There was a program where the kids sang a bunch of songs and recited poems. It was adorable! There are so many darling kids in her class. And it was so fun to see Emma sing--it's one of my favorite things about Emma--how much she loves music.
The "doggie" song. Too cute!

Emma's teacher taught the kids how to do a special graduation walk (like a wedding march--left together, right together, etc.). It was so hilarious--I was dying laughing as I was videoing all the kids. Emma's walk was especially funny because her stride was so long. Look how far apart her feet are!

Family picture

Emma and her cute friends, Kelty and Lauren

Emma's wonderful teacher, Miss Melva

Can't believe she's off to kindergarten next year! I will miss her so much! Letting go is hard to do.

Emma's five-year-old pictures

I decided to take Emma's five-year-old pictures myself this year. We had a blast doing it together!

Ray-Ray

Wanted a picture of me and Ray-Ray today. Thought it turned out alright for taking it myself.

Shopping

We played "store" today and it was so much fun. Emma really gets into imaginary play--I love it.

Hmmm...what do I need for dinner this week?

Loading the food on the "conveyor belt"

Credit or debit?

Thank you for shopping at the Bergins and have a nice day!

Proud

I'm so proud of this kid. We started potty-training (for real this time) 11 days ago. The first two days were awful and I thought, "what am I doing???" but I stuck with it and here we are, just 11 days later, and she has been accident-free for several days! Still having issues with Number 2, but that will come. For now, I'm just elated and so proud of my little sweetie! She's growing up so fast! Her reward for filling up her potty chart is a trip to the Lehi "bucket" pool tomorrow. We cannot wait!

I love sister, she loves me....

Love my sweet girls...

I can hear the ocean already....

Do you see what Rachel is holding? A picture of a kid at the beach! And we are headed there in August!!! It is official. We are actually going on a beach vacation! We surprised the kids with this news tonight through a treasure hunt, with the treasure being pictures of the beach in a wrapped-up box. The girls were so excited they could barely contain themselves! And I am right there with them! We are in for a solid week of sunning, swimming, sleeping, sand, and shells in Dana Point, CA (between Laguna Beach and Newport Beach). The beach is calling my name, baby!!! Anybody want me to bring them back some shells?

Hobo Day

My little hobo.
It was hobo day at school on Monday. Try explaining to a five-year-old what a hobo is in non-derogatory terms. I didn't quite know how to dress her, so we opted for an old holey t-shirt of mine, a cap that sort of resembled a newsboy cap (although Emma informed me after school that it was an artist's cap, not a hobo cap), dirt smudges on her face and her lunch tied up on a stick. She was pretty cute, though.

Do you see the dirt smudges on her face? She loved having an excuse to get dirty!

Teeth

Two weeks ago Emma lost her very first tooth. It caught me completely off guard because she had just BARELY turned five. I wasn't expecting the tooth fairy to visit our house until 5 1/2, at least. But alas, the tooth was wiggly and came out in just a few days. My baby really is growing up! That baby tooth was so teeny I almost cried. And you know what the weird part is? The same week Emma lost her very first tooth, Luke's very first tooth cut through the gum. It was a weird circle of life moment. Here's my toothless wonder:

And here's my babe sprouting his first pearly white. See the teensy weensy bit of white on the lower gum? I promise you it's there (just let him chew on your finger and you'll believe me).

A question for all of you bloggers: should the tooth fairy save all of the lost baby teeth or is that weird and gross?