A Visit with Emily Rose

After a difficult day on Saturday, I was so looking forward to a visit with our friend Emily Rose. She came up from Orange County to Jack's house for a fun-filled morning. Here I am giving Emily a hug. So nice to see you again!
And she came bearing gifts! She and her Mommy, Allison, made Jack and I home-made graham crackers with the letters of our name. Nice!

Here I am checking out my cookies. N-O-A-H...that spells "Noah!" Neat!

Emily had some that spelled her name, too.

Jack ate most of his and even tried to negotiate some letter trading. Silly, Jack!

Then we ventured outside before it got too hot. Here's Emily calling us to play.

I found this football in the wagon.

Emily rode Jack's tricycle.

And we all took a walk on the artistic side. I drew with some chalk.

And Emily and Jack did some drawing with markers with Aunt Jenn on the other side.

Emily and I especially liked the sand box. I, of course, found a whole in the middle and poured the sand out. That's how I roll. Sorry, Uncle Jon.

Then we moved inside. Emily and her Daddy, Paul, tried out Jack's Yo Gabba Gabba computer. They were counting beats in this picture.

And I grabbed Uncle Jon's nose with this grabber toy.

Emily and I also had fun cooking different things in Jack's Elmo microwave. The chicken was delicious! Not so sure I care for airplane fritatta, though.

Then it was time for a walk. We held hands to be safe.

Allison lead the way.

And Mimi, Pop-Pop and Daddy held up the rear. We were quite a sight. Hey, is that a paparazzi? Those guys are everywhere!

Unfortunately, all good things have to come to an end. We said good-bye to our beautiful friend Emily, as well as her parents Allison and Paul, and promised to see each other again really soon. What fun to have Emily so close by. I predict many more play dates in our future.

As you can see, my friends wore me out and I was out like a light by the time we hit the freeway. Hee, hee!