Filled with Questions

Like any toddler, Emily is always full of questions. Unfortunately, many of her questions lately have been things like, "Am I better yet?" and "How did I get germs?" The poor little thing got a nasty cold right before Christmas. Then, shortly after the New Year she got a stomach virus that took about a week to resolve. Once she finally felt better, her appetite returned, and things were going great for a few days. Now she seems to have another cold, though. This one is much more mild but there have been a couple of days where she has had a fever, which is never fun.

Between all these illnesses, Emily does get a chance to have some fun and be her usual, adorable self. This is a photo from before Christmas, and is Emily doing her impression of a monkey.

She is really into animals and loves to go to the zoo. She was pretty happy to get back there after her stomach bug and visit all her old "friends" like her crocodile buddy (below) and her elephant buddy (both of which are statues that she likes to climb on).

Unlike Abbie, Emily was not too interested in the snow at Christmas. In fact, she informed me this morning that she likes hot weather. Fortunately for her, the weather has started to turn warmer here and she has been able to get back to some of her outdoor activities like playing with her water table. She was so excited to get back to this that she actually helped clean it out to get it up and running again.

Emily continues to surprise us with the things that come out of her mouth. One night as I was putting her to sleep she was telling me about how when she wakes up we never come to get her quickly enough. I told her that she should call for us more loudly - she is very soft spoken and we usually just assume that she is mumbling to herself. Anyway, she responded, "Yeah, I'll say, 'Get your butt in here!'" Funny.

Emily continues to enjoy going to preschool twice a week. Often in the mornings, she'll ask me, "Is it a school day for me?" Today was a school day for her and she was definitely looking forward to getting back (she had to take Tuesday off this week due to her fever on Monday afternoon). The kids were outside playing when we arrived and I was able to "spy" on her a bit before I left. It was so cute to see her taking pretend tools out of a toolbox and using them to fix a car. There was another little girl doing something similar. Emily pulled out a tool and said to the girl, "What's this for?" To my surprise the other little girl actually answered her. So fun when little kids are actually able to converse with one another - usually one or the other will just stare blankly. :)