Emma is 6!

Thursday was Emma's sixth birthday. I can hardly believe she is 6! She is such a fun kid, who really enjoys life and wants to sing about it--all the time!!

Thursday morning Emma woke up to a donut and a breakfast bar prepared just for her by her loving siblings. She then spotted the brightly colored wrapped gifts that her siblings had transferred on to the kitchen table for her. Quickly the questioning began. "Is it a guitar? because it is long and narrow just like a guitar is shaped." Emma kept questioning and I kept answering, "I don't know if it is a guitar. We will have to wait until Daddy gets home to find out." Emma has been wanting a guitar for a while now so we thought it would be the perfect gift.

I came in to Emma's classroom to celebrate her birthday at school. I brought in chocolate rice crispie treats for her to share with her class. It was fun!

After soccer practice we went home and much to our surprise daddy was home...this meant she could open the present! She loves the guitar. She loves to sing and playing the guitar is the perfect accompaniment. Of course she doesn't really know how to play it but she strums away and her songs sort of remind me of Phoebe on Friends...whatever is on her mind is worth singing about!

After a few practice sessions on the guitar Emma also remembered that mommy had promised she could have her fingernails painted for the first time ever! Emma has not sucked her thumb for about 3 weeks and this is a prize for making it so long. This is a huge accomplishment for her. More to come on this!

After all these festivities we went out to eat at the "Green Roof" (Emma's fave chinese restaurant). Our waitress was a lovely chinese woman who taught all of us how to say Thank You in Chinese "Shi, Shi"--I am sure I am not writing this correctly, but those of you who are up on your chinese can correct me. It was fun, the kids loved saying this and she would make them say it every time she would bring them a plate, napkins, etc. The restaurant was nearly empty so we could be loud and giggly!