Emma turned 6 this past month! She had only been planning for 364 days and so every meal and activity was exactly as she wanted it. I spent the last 364 days trying to keep her expectations as low as possible and reminding her that if she changes her mind every day, I can't plan anything in advance. Each of my kids have a flower associated with their birthday. Daffodils were in bloom when Emma was born, and each year since her birth, they haven't disappointed. Here is Emma below on her birthday, amongst the daffodils in our yard that Will planted this past fall.
Emma loves to snuggle, and so we made sure to get plenty of those in on her special day. Her birthday dawned bright and early, as all holidays do in our house since we had kids old enough to know it was a holiday and it was made even more exciting by the fact that Emma's birthday was the same day as Easter.
After the girls found their Easter baskets, Emma opened up her birthday presents. Highlights included a Lego set, the Moana soundtrack, The Aristocats on DVD, Little House on the Prairie books and a bonnet, a balance board that Violet bought her at the Salvation Army for $1 and Lucy gave Emma her bike that she had outgrown.
Emma had planned her birthday food since she had turned five, and so for breakfast we had cinnamon rolls and sausage and then headed to church. After church we did an Easter Egg hunt, and then Emma got to finally play with her birthday presents.
Emma had requested an Easter themed birthday dessert and finally settled on Easter cookies that she could decorate.
We all had fun decorating them and realized that they are more fun to decorate than they are to eat.
For Emma's birthday lunch she requested tuna sandwiches, chips and pickles. Will and I had to laugh when she told us tuna sandwiches as she is the pickiest eater we have and no one in the family likes those sandwiches except Will, Emma and our cat.
For dinner Emma wanted chicken from a local restaurant that was closed on Easter, so we had to buy carryout the day before and reheat it for her birthday dinner. Dessert was double-stacked Easter shaped sugar cookies with lots of sprinkles, two kinds of ice cream and a side of chocolate bunny. Phew! What a sugar-loaded day! We all went to bed with stomach aches to be honest.
Before bed we measured Emma on our growth stick and then tucked in our nearly turned six year old who was sad that her long awaited day was over.
Emma is the most easy-going sister of the bunch, and most of the time will do whatever it takes to make her sisters happy. Every once in a while she holds firm on what SHE wants though, and Will and I do what we can to help her hold her own. Emma's appetite is tiny, and she worries me on what she eats and causes me no end of stress on what she refuses to eat, and her disgust at my cooking. Emma is small for her age and this adds to my worry about what she eats. Because she eats so little, when she is hungry, she gets hu-motional (think hungry plus emotional) and melts like a chocolate bunny in the sun until she is fed something. Besides her picky eating habits, she is my most active child and has boundless energy and loves to run, jump, bounce, bike, skip, dance, swim and just plain move. Emma has a love for numbers and math and can often be found playing on our old graphing calculators or counting out loud to whatever set number she has decided on - usually 100. She also loves playing with other kids, and can play easily with any age and any gender. She is a middle child through and through and we love our sweet, cuddly, energetic, friendly and playful girl who plays an integral role in our family! Emma, thank you for reassuring me that you will still snuggle me now that you are six, and that no matter how old you get you will always be my baby!
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