4 years + 2 months

 

As the year comes to a close we celebrate 4 years + 2 months of Emily!  One of the things she continues to practice is writing.  We are forever spelling things as she tries to write things down.  She loves to "write directions" which usually just amounts to lines of mostly random letters.

Emily also really likes to play games even if she doesn't fully understand them.  One example is tic-tac-toe.  She can draw the board and understands taking turns drawing X's and O's but doesn't really have any strategies or understand how you win.  

An exciting thing Emily got to start doing this month is taking a "shower".  We put a hand-held shower head in the upstairs bathroom to use to wash the kids' hair.  It works much better than the scoop-and-pour method with a little cup.  On the nights Emily gets her hair washed she likes to stand up while I hold the shower head.  However, she still likes to sit and play in the bathtub afterward.

I have two funny quotes from this month.  When I told Emily we were going to meet Daddy at his office for lunch on his last day at Short's she informed me, "Mom, I don't eat at offices.  I only eat at home and Old McDonald's."  Another time when we were driving and discussing street signs she asked about the divided highway sign where the arrow jogs around the divider.  She said, "Why is that arrow pointing up, Mommy?  There's no driveway in the sky."