Emily

Emily, age 5

This is a post I started a couple months ago that I was planning to post for Emily's birthday. On July 11. As you see, time has gotten away from me, but better late than never.

The best word I can think of to describe Emily is "spunky." This girl just cracks me up. You may remember the "grandma" post from December. Well she is full of these little gems. Here are a few of my favorites:

• "I just can't stop thinking about Ad! He's so cuuute!" (she will just randomly spout this off)

  
  
• "Liah always treats me like dirt. And she treats me like a shovel."

  
  
• "Mommy, what did I saaay??" (One time she said "Mommy, everytime I give you a kiss, you give me a kiss." So then randomly she would give me a kiss and if I didn't kiss her right away, she would say this.)

  
  
• Today we were feeding lunch to Addison, and we always call him a little piggy because he eats so much, and Emily started singing "He's a piggy" to the tune of "He's a tramp" from Lady and the Tramp.

I love this girl. LOVE her. She can definitely be opposite ends of the spectrum from one second to the next, but how she keeps life interesting!

Here are some pictures from her birthday party. She was very specific about who she wanted at her party (all THREE people) and what she wanted to do. I was happy to oblige.

Liah and Emily even made the invitations for Emily's party. It was pretty funny actually. Emily took a piece of paper off of her notepad and colored some rainbow stripes on it, and wanted to go give it to her friends. She was disappointed when I informed her that the invitation probably ought to have some words on it to let them know what, when, where, etc. "But I don't know how to write!" Liah stepped in and offered to help, and together they made invitations. They tried to have the party start at 9pm, but oddly enough I wouldn't go for it. So they eventually came up with the time 11:15am, and I allowed that. Funny girls.

She wanted 2 piñatas. Instead of saying no, and because I am cheap, all I did was staple together some pieces of cardstock and put snack bags of m&ms in them that I got couponing. Either way, she was delighted.

She also wanted to have lunch and watch a movie, so we made mini pizzas and everyone got to make their own. They watched the movie while each person made their pizza.

She wanted a cake in the shape of a heart. There was half a cake left over from my birthday party the night before, so I cut out a heart shape of cake and stuck it on a plate. She was thrilled with that as well.

The other activity she had planned was to "play in her room." This was by far the easiest party I have ever done.

Books from Aunt Lorie. Each page is a puzzle!

Princess castle sculpting set from Gramma Mac.

"HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!!!" pajamas from Gramma MacGregor. She was just a little excited... and by little I mean a lot.

Seriously, this girl wanted an 8 pack of olives from Costco for her birthday. She was talking to Grampa later on the phone and she goes "I got OLIVES!!! 8 cans!!!"

Froggy purse from Liah

A fabulous make up job.

Happy Birthday little Emily! I love you!!!