Emily's 4th Birthday Party

On Saturday Emily had her birthday party with her friends. Here are some pictures showing off the fun they had.

Emily is 4 Today!

Hard to believe our little girl is four today! Time flies! She is growing up to be such an interesting young lady! Happy Birthday to our little princess who makes us smile and laugh every day...and also pull our hair out. :-)

Emily at 4 days old...

Emily at 1 year old:

Emily at 2 years old:

Emily at 3 years old:

Emily at 4 years old!

Just a Spot of Tea

Emily & Claire have a nice cup of (pretend) tea before bed. :)

Snow, snow, lots of SNOW!

While Claire took a good long nap today, Emily and I went to play in the snow outside. Here is a short video of her having FUN!

Last Gymnastics Class!

Emily has been taking Gymnastics class this fall/winter and the last day of the session was today. They got to show off what they had learned in front of their "audience" inside the gym. (Normally we have to watch from outside the room.) Emily did AWESOME! She went first for two of the three stations! For those that know her this type of situation usually ends up in her sitting in one of our laps and not participating. It probably helped that her friend Emma was there today.

At the end of class they had a ceremony and gave them medals, and here are pictures from that. See if you can spot Claire, she was trying to join in!

Getting her Medal

When asked to put her arms up for the photo she gave Mr. Nick a hug instead.

She has a HUGE crush on Mr. Nick. ;-)

Ta Da!!!

Group photo. Always fun to get a group of 3-5 year olds to pose and not fight over placement. Emily got a spot center in the back.

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Close up of her showing her medal off at home

When it's -7 degrees outside we like to paint!

With frigid temperatures outside, the girls and I have decided to have a fun inside day. Starting out by finger-painting at 8:30am! Emily doesn't like to get "dirty" so she did it with a paint brush. Claire had never finger painted before (with paint) so once we established the paint wasn't food we were good to go. :-)

Emily's First Haircut!

Today Emily went to have her first haircut! They had her sit on a big booster seat on top of the chair and she wasn't so sure about that. However, she was very brave and sat like a big girl for the hairdresser. She is so happy and excited to show off her new do! Mommy is recovering nicely. ;-)