Winter Break

Annual School Photo

Emily has been having a good winter break, but it is going too quickly. She can hardly believe there is less than a week left before school starts again. She is definitely not ready to go back. She did get those two bottom teeth extracted, and has slowly adapted to chewing with even fewer teeth in her mouth. Other than that, there hasn't been too much excitement to report. Her face rash cleared up but she is still struggling with lots of acne. I suppose it comes with the territory when one is 13. 

Christmas Day

I think she had a good Christmas this year. It was a bit different without Santa, but again, that comes with the territory at this age. The elf didn't appear right away, but apparently she didn't want to see Frisbee anyway. Poor Frisbee. She also wasn't particularly interested in watching Christmas movies, complaining, "I have seen this so many times." LOL. She got lots of good bedroom decor this year, which I think she was happy about, and also received the above-photographed Moose mug, just like in Christmas vacation. Abbie received one, too. I think Chad and I thought it was funnier than either of the girls did, though. 

As for New Year's Eve, I think we are planning on a rather quiet night. Abbie will likely be out with friends, so it will be up to me and Emily to pick a movie. I have had such a hard time convincing her to try good movies lately. I practically had to beg her to watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off earlier this week. She ended up enjoying it, but it was a miracle that she even tried it. Yesterday I tried to convince her to watch Uncle Buck, but no luck. Instead, we settled on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which is good, too.

Thelma and Louise

Other than movies, Emily has been entertaining herself by playing with the kittens - Thelma and Louise - that we got in November, doing daily workouts with her friend Morgan, having the occasional sleepover, reading a little bit, and drawing. She continues to be a pretty big homebody. I often invite her to accompany me to the store or out to eat, but she usually declines. Fair enough. There will be plenty of running around when school starts up again.