Emma you are amazing. You are full of sweetness and joy and you love to laugh. You are not easily persuaded, in fact, if you are going to do something it must be your idea. "Oh I know! If I brush my teeth than we will read a book before bedtime!"
You're incredibly smart. You know and understand basic principles of the gospel, finances, hard work, gardening, cleaning, public education, etc! When you are taught something you can repeat the lesson word for word (if you choose to) weeks or months later. Not only that but you strive to live the principles.
You like to tell us your 'dreams' in the morning. This is an opportunity for you to have undivided attention so you just make up a story and go on and on and on...
You are able to start and stop your own Netflix cartoons. You have learned the triangle means play and the 'one one' means pause. You also understand that the big rectangle will change the screen size.
You love preschool, you jumped in at the tail end of last year and were able to make huge leaps in learning and social skills. This year too, the excitement you have for school and the joy you express when I come pick you up is heavenly. You are smart, funny, creative, and observant in the classroom and at home.
What a great big sister you are! You help Parker with most everything: getting a binky, making him laugh, picking out clothes, singing songs, sharing toys, keeping him safe etc.
You learned how to twist the top off on your sippy cups and you can fill them up at the fridge by yourself.
Your once epic tantrums have currently faded to a normal outburst on rare occasions (usually Sundays)!
The level of maturity you possess is slightly above that of a brand new 4 year old. You are reliable, responsible, and capable of many things: staying in the house alone while Mommy is outside, you bathe with little help, dress by yourself, meet people with finesse and grace, you are capable of being in charge of Parker's whereabouts now that he rolls all over the house; and the list goes on.
Some of your chores: put clothes away, clean up play room and bedroom, wipe off tables, put diapers in trash, make your bed, put clean silverware away, help with sweeping and moping, put dirty dishes in the sink, pull weeds, gather chicken eggs etc.
Current favorites:
Song: ABC
Physical Activity: Dancing
Animal: Horse
Food: ...is candy a food? OH! Chicken nuggets
Game: Paper Dolls
Cartoon: you love them all, but Thumbelina and Tinkerbell movies are high on your list right now.
Friend: you love almost every child you meet. We've been at a public event where you spotted two girls (about 7 years old). You looked them up and down and said, "mommy, can I go sit with my friends?"
Sport: Catch or Running in the backyard
Book: ANYTHING, you can look at books for an hour or more if that's what you set your mind to.
Here's a quick look at the last year in pictures!
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| 3rd Birthday |
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| 5th Sept 2012 |
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| Sept 2012 |
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| Oct 2012 |
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| Nov 2012 |
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| Dec 2012 |
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| Jan 2013 |
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| Feb 2013 |
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| March 2013 |
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| April 2013 |
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| May 2013 |
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| June 2013 |
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| Sept 2013 |
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| 4th Birthday |
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| 5th Sept 2013 |
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| We all love you Sweetheart. |
awww! She's so big now!And I promise I haven't forgotten about coming to visit you guys, Nick just has a tricky work schedule for the next couple months, so he's still trying to figure out when we can get away :)
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