Quick Check In

Yes, it has been a long time between posts, so I thought it would be good to do a quick check in, particularly since last week was a week of check ins for Emily. We had her 14-year check up with the pediatrician and her fall parent-teacher conference with her advisor. Not surprisingly, she is doing great on both fronts. She is officially 5'3" which is over an inch taller than last year at this time and she is expected to continue growing, so there is no doubt that she will be taller than both me and Abbie. School-wise, she is doing well in her classes. However, the workload this year has been significantly greater than the past few years, much to her dismay. Also disappointing, she feels like she hasn't really connected with any of her teachers this year. In past years there has always been at least one teacher that she really liked and that seemed to really like her. That definitely makes classes feel more like drudgery.

Emily has taken an interest in learning to sew, so I found a woman that she can take sewing lessons with. We had one lesson a few weeks ago and she took to it really well. Unfortunately, school has kept her so busy that she hasn't been able to practice with it since then. Hopefully she will still remember what she learned when she finally gets a chance to work on it again.

She is also busy with babysitting gigs. She now has two families in the neighborhood that she babysits for. The one job just requires her to play endless hours of dinosaurs and transformers with a 4-year-old boy. The other job is a bit more demanding in that there is a 6-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, both of which sound pretty active. It tires her out, but both jobs are walking distance and both pay very well, so that is good.

Emily's favorite holiday, Halloween, is just around the corner. She has a prison inmate costume that she is planning to wear. She is considering splattering it with blood (red paint, obviously) and wearing a tiara with it, which would make her a Killer Queen. LOL. She has a party that she is planning to attend, but she isn't sure how late she is going to stay out on Thursday, as she has been so busy and tired lately. Regardless, I will be sure to get photos!