4 years + 10 months

The kids had a pajama theme with pictures this month.  :o)  Emily's imagination continues to flourish.  Her imaginary friend of the month was named Amy.  Amy is 8 years old and has some magic powers--including being able to open doors with her magic wand.  Emily also expanded into the animal kingdom.  The legend of the "grima" grew over the course of the month, taking on many characteristics of the animals on Emily's favorite episodes of Wild Kratts.  Eventually, she named a grima "Sally" and tried to point her out when we were driving or playing outside.  For a complete description and picture of a grima, please see the next post.

Emily got on a "healthy eating" kick this month, although it was mostly just talk.  She would point out that milk and water are healthy drinks and pretty much everything else is not.  She decided she was going to eat sliced apples and raw carrots, but has only had a few bites of each (she has never really cared for crunchy fruits & vegetables, although she'll eat the cooked versions just fine).  She'd ask for "healthy" snacks, which usually ended up being yogurt or cereal, but still ate a lot of popsicles, crackers and cookies.

Emily also got on a sports kick.  At the beginning of the month she was all about practicing her "soccer skills" with her pink princess kickball.  She said all her friends play soccer.  Really?!?  Are we starting that already?!?  BTW--I don't think she knows anyone who actually plays soccer.  She also ran three laps around the high school track in flip flops while out on a walk with Austin & Lincoln once and continues to love running "races" both outside and inside the house.  Toward the end of the month it has been more about baseball (i.e. plastic bat & ball).  She is actually really good at hitting a ball as long as you give her a decent pitch.  I hope we can get to a WSR volleyball game this fall.

In the drama department, Emily has started calling me "Mother."  This seems to make whining all the more annoying.  "Mo-ther, I'm hungry!"  This was particularly true at the air show.  Emily also just recently put two & two together that when you go to kindergarten it's all day--both morning and afternoon.  Upon realizing this fact, Emily got all dramatic and declared, "I can't control (she meant "handle") both morning and afternoon.  I can only control the morning."  Thank goodness we have another year of preschool!  She's super excited for that to start again! :o)