10-year check up

Looking fancy

Emily had her 10-year check up with the pediatrician a couple of weeks ago, so we have some updated statistics to share! She is now 53.5 inches tall, putting her in the 28th percentile. From a percentile perspective, she is right in-line with where she always has been, so things are looking good.  

On the school front, things continue to plod along. Being online, and being the only one online, is not always easy, but Emily seems to be making the best of it. I had to meet with the teachers a few weeks ago to suggest to them easier ways to handle the logistics. Fortunately, they were receptive to my suggestions and things seem to be running more smoothly, which is good for everyone. Emily's 1st quarter report card came out last Friday and her grades are looking good. Now that she is older, she is getting actual percentage grades rather than just E = Excellent, G = Good, etc. Personally, I like the percentage system better!

Sporting her new Halloween sweatshirt

Given that it is Emily's favorite holiday, we are slowly gearing up for Halloween. We ordered Emily a new sweatshirt and a new t-shirt, both of which are loosely Halloween themed. The sweatshirt says, "Normal People Scare Me" and the t-shirt has potions, bats, and a spell book on it. We also ordered five huge pumpkins, which we are planning to carve the day before Halloween. Emily wants to make one scary and another not scary. We have also been trying to throw in some Halloween movies. We watched the Addams Family, and plan to watch the Nightmare Before Christmas, and Hocus Pocus in the coming weeks. Emily had never seen the Addams Family before, but I think that she really liked it. Hocus Pocus will also be a new one for us, but the Nightmare Before Christmas is an old favorite. 

Finally, Emily continues to entertain us with her interesting questions and her unique perspective. One day, she asked me, "Hey, Mom, is there a safe place for pigs?" I told her that I thought there were probably plenty of safe places for pigs in the world, but then she responded, "It seems like they are either on a farm where they get eaten or they are in the wild where they get shot." OK, fair enough, apparently there isn't a safe place in the world for pigs. I just hadn't thought about it before. LOL.