Emerson's special day

My dear friend and college roommate, Jen, and her son Sami met us at our mall. They came to town for the weekend and her hubby was off doing his thing. This gave us an opportunity to get together, catch up on things and let our boys meet and play.

Our children receive a magazine called Animal Baby. In this magazine is a little skunk named Sammy and at the end you are to go back and find where Sammy is hiding throughout the pages. Over the years, the kids and I have come up with a catchy tune to sing while searching for him. "Sammy...Sammy...where are you?" (Not a money maker of a tune; but, we enjoy it.) We ended up at the mall first. While waiting (not long Jen...don't worry!), we started singing this song.

"Sami...Sami...where are you?"

The boys had a great time playing in the mall's play area. Here is Emerson posing in one of the tunnels. It cracked me up because when I looked in, he was actually leaning against one side and had his feet on the other. As soon as I went to take the picture, he struck this pose. Go figure.

After playing for some time, we decided to walk the mall. We did not shop much. Actually the only things we bought were lunch and an ice cream treat later. We just enjoyed walking and talking. The boys were so cute together and I so wish we lived closer together! After we separated, Emerson kept singing the "Sami song" until he did this...

It was such great fun to see Jen and Sami. I am so glad they were able to spend some time down here in our neck of the woods.