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!