Annual Check-up

Just a quick update - Emily had her annual check-up last week and she is now 4 feet, 3.75 inches tall. That puts her in the 30th percentile and means that she grew just over two inches in the past year. She also had a dental cleaning last week and I was really hopeful that she would ask the dentist to pull out her crazy baby tooth that is sticking out at an angle. The permanent tooth has already come in behind it and it seems like this crazy tooth would be annoying to her because it looks like it is poking into her lip or cheek. However, she doesn't seem bothered by it and didn't want the dentist to pull it, so there it sits. I guess maybe eventually the roots will disintegrate and it will fall out.

The Other Mother from Coraline

The other big item on the agenda is Halloween, of course. Emily has decided to be The Other Mother from Coraline. As you can see, there is the less scary version and the more scary version. I think that she is aiming for the more scary version, but my guess is that we will end up somewhere in between. We ordered a black wig and a polka dot dress, so now the issue will just be the makeup, including the button eyes, which are probably the creepiest part. Of course, this is just her trick-or-treating costume. She wants to be scary for trick-or-treating, but she doesn't want to scare the little kids at her school, so the costume for the school party will just be your basic witch costume. Stay tuned for pictures of both!

The (Not So) Usual

Donuts with Dad Day

With the exception of Donuts with Dad Day, life at school has mostly been business as usual for Emily over the past month. Her week days are filled with school, reading, and violin and her weekends are filled with play dates, swimming, and birthday parties.

One rather unusual event was that our work hosted a family party a few weeks ago and it was really impressive. The whole party had a Frozen theme, which the kids loved, and an open bar, which the adults loved. As you can see, there was face painting, movie characters, cotton candy, balloons, etc. Emily has a blast and was in a ton of photos from the event. All of the entertainment for the kids made it much easier for the adults to socialize.

In her spare time, Emily has been making rainbow loom necklaces for herself and the kids in her class (who are all putting in their requests for specific colors). She has also become interested in writing stories and she wants to get one (or more) of them published someday. She wrote a story called My Dog the other day and then worked really hard at searching the internet to find exactly the right images to illustrate each page of her story.

Having things "exactly right" is a big thing for Emily these days. She has some perfectionist tendencies and her clothes have to be "just right" as does her hair. It has to be parted perfectly, or if it is in a ponytail, there can't be any lumps or bumps anywhere. Its a rough life for sure. What has not been "exactly right" this week is the pimple that appeared on her cheek over the weekend. Needless to say, that was not in her plans and she is mortified. She came home last night upset that "everyone" at school had commented on it. Poor thing. All she can do is wait for it to go away and it just isn't happening fast enough! Little does she know that this is just the beginning!