Another first

It becomes a vicious circle, you buy velcro shoes to be independent at school but then there is no need  or little opportunity to learn to tie shoes.

At nearly six, Emma needs to figure it out. So, I made a deal with her. She learns to tie her shoelaces and I will get her a pair of TwinkleToes running shoes for school in the fall. Also, I wasn't replacing her pair with the broken velcro that were becoming the bane of her existence.There was tons of motivation. :)

It also helped that the pair of sneakers I bought her to practice tying were pink.

It took her 2 days... one weekend. We bought them Friday afternoon, practiced over the weekend and she wore them to daycare on Monday.

She is very proud of herself.

It's Shiny!

Emma got her first two-wheeled bike for her birthday. Much to our surprise she picked blue mermaid over purple fairies (good thing 'cause purple was out of stock). She is quite impressed with how shiny it is, especially the training wheels -- a point she is quick to tell everyone and anyone. When she is ready to lose the training wheels I expect we will need to add some bike bling just to keep up the shine. It is just crying out for handlebar tassels!

Off to daycare!

Last night she helped her dad put the bike together and we went for a ride up and down the block (she rode we walked). Today she was ready for the big time: riding to daycare.

Fishy Tales

Last month Emma and I went to the campground to visit family. She absolutely loved fishing, which could be done from the dock. The sunfish practically leaped onto the hook. 

Her first fish (ok I think 2nd but just as proud!)

Cousins chillin' on the dock.

First Letter to Santa

(as dictated by Emma)

Dear Santa,

How are your elves doing with making the toys? How is your mommy doing? How does your sled fly? How do your reindeer fly?

I love your elves making toys. For Christmas I would like a Cinderella doll.

Emma

First Trip to the Salon

Took Emma to my hairdresser last month for her first 'real' hair cut. She was very serious about it all, kept looking all over the place. Made it a challenge to cut her hair. Of course having mom hovering around with the camera didn't help either.