Ballet Recital

It is no big shock to anyone that Emerson will probably not be a ballerina when she grows up.  She has taken Ballet for a few years now and she is done with it.  She has been done for weeks, but in our house we finish what we start.  So, after weeks of begging me not to go, we are finally done.  Don't get me wrong, she is VERY comfortable on stage. Just not being a ballerina.  She did inform us last night that she would be interested in giving Hip Hop a try.   

 Em and Lila

 Emerson and Camille

Julian came to cheer Camille and Emerson on.  He also brought them flowers.  What a gentleman!



Her sisters

Bella, Avery, Scott and Amanda came in for a quick trip to attend the Dixie VIP Party.  We surprised Emerson with the girls and they rode rides all evening and had a blast.  The girls got to spend the night with us and headed back to Jackson early the next morning.  Emerson was so glad to spend that time with her "sisters".  Not sure if we will see them again this summer.



End of the year

Another year has flown by and we now have a 1st grader living in our house.  Emerson brought her book sack home last week spilling over with art work, papers and end of the year prizes.  I am convinced more than ever that she may be exhibiting the beginning signs of hoarding.  This was in the front pocket of her book bag...  Rocks, a barrette, rocks, a google eye, rocks, a marble, rocks, some random first aid magnet, rocks and a pink ring.  Oh, did I mention rocks. When asked why she felt the need she said it would help her remember school during the summer. 



I love to get her art back.  These are my 2 favorites from this year that I plan to frame at some point.  This is her self portrait in watercolors.

And this is an owl she did with pastels.

Emerson and Ms. Romero.

As part of our end of the year festivities, I threw Emerson's teacher (with the help of some other parents) a surprise "End of the year wedding shower"  Ms. Romero is getting married in 2 weeks and of course we had to celebrate her wedding with her kids.  I made the boys card stock bow ties and the girls had veils (Denny's idea, so he gets the credit...I just had to execute the idea...of course!) The kids totally got into it.  I thought the boys were going to refuse to wear their bow ties, but they loved them. And what little girl does not love a veil!

What a good year and an even better teacher. Now, off to First Grade!  YIKES...

Tooth Tina

**WARNING**  This post may contain content only adults should read, so parents, please pre-read this post before allowing kids to read it.

Emerson lost 2 teeth yesterday.  Her first 2.  And in typical Lazarus fashion, there was much to do around these 2 teeth.  The dentist had to remove them.  Her adult teeth decided it was way too normal to just come up and push the little teeth out.  So, they went around.  By around I mean behind and decided that would be a great spot.  In order to make room, the baby teeth had to be removed.  She did great at the dentist and did not feel a thing.  I, on the other hand, was extremely nervous about the whole procedure.  She was so excited about the tooth fairy coming and writing a letter to Tooth Tina.  For those of you with girls, I am sure you have heard of the book, Silverlicious.  It is one of Emerson's favorite and this is where she gets Tooth Tina from.  Check it out.  By far the best of the Pinkalicious series of books.  Emerson wanted to write a note to Tooth Tina.  She pointed out that she lost 2 teeth and asked what she did with all the teeth.

Tooth Tina left Emerson this... a $2 bill folded into a basket, 8 chocolate gold coins and a note.  A note the size only a Fairy would leave.

This is the adult portion of the post where the kids should stop reading and leave the room.  Parents, adults or kids over the age of 10 may read on.  The Tooth Fairy (Denny) is a little crazy and must have entirely too much time on his, I mean her, hands.  He spent an hour watching You Tube videos on how to fold origami bills. And then to top it off, he made me type the letter in 6 point font and cut it small so it would fold into a little envelope.  We proceeded to have a 30 minute discussion about closing the letter with glitter.  I had had enough and stopped consulting him and found a jewel sticker to close it up. 

The letter said, "Dear Emerson- WOW! 2 teeth at once is exciting. I left you this $2 bill for the 2 teeth you lost. I also left you some chocolate gold coins, in hopes you did not loose your sweet tooth. You asked about what I do with all the teeth. Very good question. I use them as bricks and build things with them. I am sure I will be seeing you again soon. Your fabulously fantastic tooth fairy- Tooth Tina".

Emerson woke up this morning thrilled to find the itty bitty letter..."because fairies are little" she said. I am not sure she thought the $2 bill was real, but we told her how rare they are and she is fine with it now.  Of course, She asked to have a chocolate coin and it was only 6am, why not.
This milestone complete. 
Until next time, Tooth Tom has lots of thinking to do as how to top this!

The last few days in Kindergarten

Monday was the Kindergarten Field Trip to a Strawberry Farm in Holden.  This first picture of Em and her buddy Siya was taken by Em's teacher, on the bus, on the way there.  Yes, we had a very busy weekend, but she went to bed at 6pm the night before and slept for 12 hours.  You would think she had caught up. 

The berries are beautiful this year and so sweet.  I have no idea how many we all ate, but Emerson got a bucket full.

Needless to say, we ate Strawberries for dinner Monday night.

Emerson's class just wrapped a unit on the rain forest.  It was Emerson turn Wednesday night to take home the Safari Sleepover bag. In the bag there were items found in the rain forest, as well as 5 books to be read and some safari gadgets to help with the assignments.  Can you spot some animals found in the rain forest in this picture?

Busy Birthday Saturday

This past Saturday was the Kentucky Derby, Cinco De Mayo, Fest For All, Tour of Homes and most importantly, Denny's Birthday.  The three of us spent a great day together.  We went and had breakfast, hung out at Fest for All, toured some homes we wanted to see and then went to a Kentucky Derby/Cinco De Mayo party at some friends house. 

Beautiful weather + Being together = A perfect day!

Emerson always loves going into the Old State Capital and insists on doing so every time we are downtown.  I am not sure if it her age or the fact that she can read now, but she really takes her time and looks at everything and reads the exhibits. She noticed the beautiful features that make the Capital.  I thought this was a pretty cool pic!

AgMagic

Emerson loves Ag Magic!  So, we go once a year when it comes.  This year we took her on a Saturday afternoon and it was quiet and almost empty. She really got into looking, reading and learning about all the exhibits.



Dress Up Party

Emerson and Isabelle attended a neighborhood friends Dress Up party.  The party was held at this adorable little cottage style house  The house was filled with vintage hats, jewelry, purses and lots of dresses.  The girls had their make-up, hair and nails done. I spent the whole party flashing forward to Homecoming Dances and Proms that are in our future and the clothing choices Emerson will make.  More worried about Denny than I am Emerson...



 Emerson, Isabelle and the Natalie, the birthday girl.

Church Fair

The church fair was a few weekends ago, Emerson and Isabelle had a great evening of rides and "fair food".