I don't know what it is about these photos, not frame worthy, but they totally make me laugh

in the mood for a puppet show? there is singing...

all about Emma

There once was a girl with a curl, right in the middle of her forehead....

when she was good, she was very, very good and when she was bad, she was horrid.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way about their 2 year old. And luckily most of the time she is very, very good, but other times....

well, isn't she darling?
She's trying to grow up so fast. In January she started a little preschool where 2 other friends attend. It's pretty low key, but she loves it, the teacher is wonderful and she comes home tired and happy.
Emma is getting excited about barbies. For some unknown reason, she calls them "barbecues" which is just way too darling to correct.
She's really interested in sitting on the potty, but not really ready to train yet. A few of her friends have just learned to use it and Riley is super excited to potty-train Emma, but with a new baby and a move on the horizon that will most likely equate regression. So until she's showing every physical sign of readiness, we're not starting that process.
But she did claim independence from the crib. One night 2 weeks ago she starting climbing out, over and over again, luckily without injury. I guess we had to graduate from the crib sooner or later, I just thought we'd have a little more time to prep. So now one side is off the crib so it is like a toddler bed and she can climb out and in and in and out over and over again. We tried keeping her in her room with a baby gate; she climbs over, she climbs under and occasionally knocks it down. We tried night lights and lamps so she can read books for a while; she takes them apart. We're trying a sticker chart to eventually earn a reward; she's earned 1 sticker out of 6 opportunities. Now we also have a lock on the door, but I feel like she might be able to bust it any day. Anyone have any tricks up their sleeve?
The girls share a room, so we've been putting Riley to sleep in our room until Emma's completely asleep, but just this last week due to sickness or what ever, she's waking up in the middle of the night and waking up the entire house and has a hard time going back to sleep. Michael and I are starting to get sleep deprived and grumpy about it.
Some suggest a crib tent, but that feels like it would just delay the inevitable with the next baby coming and all. We're considering getting bunk beds for the girls and they seem pretty excited about it, but I have a hard time believing that would magically solve our problems. But it would be nice, huh? maybe worth a try...But she is so DANG cute, during the daylight hours anyways...