Emma Ninja Warrior

We've been watching a lot of Ninja Warrior on TV lately, and I wanted to try out some of what I've learned on the playground. 

A toad, a seal, and some circles

We've been on a lot of carousels, but I think this is the wettest options we're ever had. Still fun though. 

Stuffed animal attack

OK, it's not quite as cute as that old Jonathan baby picture, but it is just as comfy. 

Dinosaur lillies

Seriously, this calla lily is the same height as me. It's not as tall as cousin Lily, but then again it doesn't eat as much. 

Zoo dinosaurs?

We took a trip to the Washington DC national zoo this weekend and, well, um ... 

Yeah, they had dinosaurs there. I mean, they weren't real ones, but it was still surprising. That parasaurolophus looked pretty convincing. 

And we were both worried that dilophosaurus might spit on us. 

And the stegosaurus was moving around a little bit.  

Emma was the one who identified the quetzalcoatlus first. Then again, it is the largest-known flying animals in Earth history, so it was kind of obvious. 

And the T-Rex was ... wow. Just wow. Maybe it's for the best they weren't real. 

Duel with Ollie

Lexi had her birthday party this month at a jump zone, which gave Ollie and I a chance to duel for supremacy on the narrow bridge. We were pretty evenly matched, but we also both wanted to fall into the foam square pit, so I'm not sure it was really a good judge of our battle-ready skills. 

Emma's Pre-K graduation

Oh boy. 

Today was my graduation from Pre-K at Celebree, which mean a lot of marching, acting fancy and watching Mom try not to cry. 

It also was a chance for us students to show off a little of what we've been learning. I think everyone was expecting the colors song and the days of the week song, but probably not this presidents song. 

We also memorized a poem about getting ready for kindergarten.

And we got a chance to see just how much we've grown since we started coming to school here.

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The whole thing felt really official. Grandmom and Pop Shane seemed really impressed, but honestly they seem impressed with most of what I do. 

I'm sad that after the summer, I won't see some of my friends again every day. But I'm making sure Mom has their phone numbers! And Ellis is going to be going to the same school as me next year, so...

Fishing derby 2019

It wouldn't be an official end to the cub scout year if we skipped our fishing derby!

The fish skipped it this year: With everyone here we only caught 4.5 fish (Emma got one out of the water, but it jumped back into the water before we got it in the bucket.) But we'll be back at it again next year. Those fish should be worried.

Sitting on the dock of the bay

We got a chance to check out the boats in Annapolis recently. It reminded Jonathan of all the times he got to do that with Pop and Grandmom Doyle. I wanted to bring one of the ducks home to help me remember this nice afternoon, but Mom said that wasn't gonna work. Maybe next time. 

Goodbye to third grade

Here's what the first day of third grade looked like:

And here's what the last day looked like.

You may think that we both grew up, but actually we're just standing up straight here. Common mistake. 

What is the nature of man?

It started with a joke about Emma talking to her food and ... well ...

 

Our garden friends

Dad always says we're gonna eat worms for dinner, so I dug one up to help him with the cooking tonight.