It's amazing how much Emily changes over the course of a month as I look back on the list of notes I've jotted down throughout the month. With such an active and lively imagination, there are always new things popping up in Emily's fantasy world. The imaginary friend-of-the-month was named Lily. Lily lives in a pink and blue house in Vivanda, which is apparently a faraway town even though she's around a lot. Lily's mom also had a new baby they named Macy (which happens to be the name of Emily's newest and only girl cousin).
In addition to her imaginary friends, Emily also started playing more with a doll from my childhood named Felicia. It's a girl doll and not a baby doll, so she's mostly a companion. Emily sometimes has "meetings" with Felicia and her other friends at night after we put her to bed. They can get quite rowdy and run quite late. All of this takes place with either kids' songs or Curious George read-aloud CD's playing continuously in the background. She has been listening to Curious George Learns the Alphabet for three weeks now.
One major developmental thing this month has been sincere apologies after incidents. If Emily gets angry and yells or misbehaves in some way, if you remove her from the situation and/or let her go collect herself, she will come back in a little bit with a sincere apology naming whatever she did wrong. She also apologizes to Lincoln or others for things. I'm not exactly sure how this came about, because I've never been one to force kids to apologize for things when you know they either don't understand or mean what they're saying, but I sure appreciate it about her!
Emily's appetite has sharply increased this month. I'm not sure if it's all the summer activity or if she's getting ready for a growth spurt. One thing we have been working on is trying to consume more liquids--mostly water. Emily will often go a whole day not drinking more than 4 oz. of milk (with a lot of negotiation/prodding) and maybe 8 oz. of juice. In an effort to increase the fluids without resorting to lemonade or other sweet drinks, I bought a fun clear water glass with a straw and an M&M's character on it. When I remember to fill it up and it stays visible during the day, Emily has been pretty good about drinking more water. Unfortunately, she's also quickly discovering that drinking more water means you have to go potty much more often than you're used to. This has led to a few accidents this month, but nothing terrible.
Emily has definitely inherited a distaste for bugs from her mother. I hate the "buggy" feeling in the summer--especially around sunset when the wind dies down and the mosquitoes come out. It's one of the big reasons I'm not a camper. Not only is Emily concerned about bugs biting her, she also is almost afraid of flies. She once hid completely underneath all of her bedding for 20 minutes and emerged all hot and sweaty because she spotted a fly buzzing around her room. She immediately notifies me if she sees any kind of flying insect inside the house. She enjoys eating meals on the picnic table on the deck, but doesn't like it if flies come around. It's a good thing we don't live on a farm with animals. Flies were just a part of summer growing up. We hardly ever have them in the house now.
A couple quick quips--Emily calls tank tops, "tanker tops" and don't try to convince her otherwise. She also often misuses "sounds like" when she should be saying "looks like." For instance, "It sounds like it's going to rain" (just because it's cloudy). Or, "It sounds like the garden is growing." Or, "It sounds like a good day to go swimming."
Emily's Poem
Meat say Moo
Buns say Meow
Milk say Neigh
Ice cream say Oink
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