Emma's Santa Visit 2 days early

We had a very special visit from Santa and his helpers early, and since Emma was shy while they were here she wanted to say thank you. They brought her a princess dress up kit that she absolutely loves AND she has tried on all of the dresses and jewelry since they have left which was about 20 minutes ago... THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH SANTA!!!

The Woes of the Terrible Twos!

So lately Emma has gotten into this habit of, if she gets told no she can't do or have something, she says " PaaaaLEASE" as drawn out and whiny as possible. If that doesn't work for her (which it usually doesn't) she will proceed to cry and whine and follow me or Spencer around all the while saying PLEASE and she is relentless she NEVER STOPS.. and as of late the ONLY time she stops (and it is only long enough to tell us) is when she has succeeded in peeing her pants. And having accidents is REALLY uncommon for her, when I potty trained her she didn't have any accidents that first week and has NEVER wet the bed. To say that I am getting a little tired of these tantrums is a HUGE understatement. I don't know what I am doing wrong or if it is just that she is a two year old. It makes me feel like a failure as a mother because I can't handle my child. I have tried every thing to get her to calm down short of strapping her to the top of the van and going for a little ride. It is just all very frustrating and tiresome. If anyone has any brilliant ideas to help with my dilemma please tell me!

Emma and Brooklyn playing

Brooklyn Loves her big sister and Emma sure has fun playing with her and she likes to make her laugh.

Sick Girls

I am sitting at home for the second day in a row with very sick children. They both have a really bad caugh and Emma has lost her voice. It is also snowing so we are stuck inside so they don't get any worse. I think that Emma is getting tired of being inside, she wants to go to grandmas house and to go play in the snow. We have practically watched every pixar movie there is in the last two days. I would bake BUT I think that I would probably eat what ever it is that I bake and seeing how my pants have fit the last few days ( is proabably not the BEST idea). I am hoping that they get better in the next few days so we can go to chruch and not have to tell Emma she can't go to Nursury.
I other news Emma is getting very excited for Christmas We have put up our Tree and she LOVED helping decorating the tree. She has also informed Brooklyn that she cannot open the presents until Santa Comes. She has told us that Santa is bringing her " Pink presents"
She is very intrested in the nativity scenes that we have laid out in the house.