Emily has reached a new phase in her development again. She has become more complex in her thinking, more mature, and more talkative. She has started to embrace the idea of being a "big kid" and asks us almost every morning to check and see if she grew while she was sleeping. "Let's size up," she'll say, and she'll stand right next to us to see if she is taller than the day before.
Clearly, there is still much love for Woofy, but she also frequently makes plans for our next pet. "When Woofy dies, can we get a cat?" she'll ask. What? we just got this poor dog, and you're already waiting for him to die? Craziness.
One of her make believe themes lately has been to choose a couple of her stuffed animals and to label one as "the big sister" (usually the taller one), and label the other "the little sister." Then, she usually plays the role of the mama. Of course, sometimes one of the sisters is mean to the other one, which is something that she helps them resolve. I'm sure that part of this comes from having a big and a little sister in our family, but I think it also comes with her recent obsession with Frozen, in which there is a big sister (Elsa) and a little sister (Anna).
In fact, Emily has decided to be one of these two sisters for Halloween this year. We started out with an Elsa costume but she was wearing it so much that Chad was afraid that it wouldn't make it to Halloween, so we had to buy a back-up - this time an Anna dress. Good thing that we bought them when we did because apparently most stores are already sold out of Frozen costumes.
Anyway, regardless of which one she decides to be, both dresses are very fancy. They light up, and the Elsa dress plays an excerpt from Let it Go, while the Anna dress play an except from For the First Time in Forever. Check out the link above for a video of Emily trying to sing along with the Anna dress.
Emily also seems to be displaying great project management skills, with the ability to conceptualize a project and take it from start to finish. One of her recent projects involved making a bowl out of play-doh, waiting a few days for it to dry, painting it, and then using it to eat out of. Another one involved decorating pieces of paper and then taping them together to make a basket for collecting Halloween candy.
Finally, I was surprised the other day when she asked me, "When can I start doing math?" I explained to her that she already does math, she just doesn't know it. As an example, I said "If you have two oranges, and you get one more, how many oranges do you have?" She thought for a minute and replied "Three." I explained how that is addition, and she was all pleased with herself.
