Chihuly at the Biltmore

The boys like the Chihuly at at the Biltmore so much that they wanted to take Josh to see it.

These jokers

Not normal...

We had to make an abrupt exit when Emma thought it would be fun to throw rocks at the priceless, breakable art.  Never the less, we enjoyed it.

Accident Prone

It was round two at the ER for Emma.  This time she was swinging in a tree and tried to jump off onto a rock.  The rock won.  Unfortunately, it happened in the car rider line while they were waiting for the middle schoolers to get out of school.  I wasn't there but Kirsten and other parents helped out.  I was driving home from work at the time and picked her up on their way back to Black Mountain.  She was more scared than hurt.  We went to the urgent care and they sent us to the ER.

Luckily, my friend Melissa, was working in the ER and hooked us up with a private room.  

Waiting for the doctor

After one round of cleaning out the cut. The Dr had to clean it out with a syringe full of saline.  Emma hated it so the doctor gave her a full syringe too.  Guess what she did with it??? Squirted the doc in the face.  She doesn't mess around and that Dr was insane to give her a syringe.  

The doctor said, "we will put a pretty bow on it".  Emma replied, "You mean a stitch?"

The doctor said, "a sutuer".  Emma replied, "You mean a stitch?"  You can't trick this girl.

It needed 3 stitches.

 We were waiting for a sedative to arrive so they could stitch her up. 

She was given a sedative....it did nothing!  Nothing.  

She refused stitches and they ended up gluing it shut.  

After 5 hrs in the ER, here she is telling us to "come on".

The next morning

What a mess!!!

When we left the ER, Emma said, "bye hospital, see ya next time".  Ummm, not what I wanted to hear but she might be right.

Kindergarten

Holy Cow!! The time has come!!  Emma is joining the rest of the kids at Evergreen for Kindergarten. I can't say I shed a tear but gave her teacher a high five and whispered "good luck" under my breath.  Haha! No really, she was ready and excited to head to school.

On the first day, I asked her if she wanted me to walk her into her classroom (she always has an opinion).  She said, "NO! I am a big kid and I can walk by myself".  She didn't even want the boys to escort her to her room.  She was determined to do it alone.  I have never in my life met a more independent, fearless child.  Maybe that's why we butt heads so much.  I was a little nervous just letting her out of the car but Grady watched her walk into her classroom and made sure she was ok.  All went well and she is loving it.  

The first real day of school

She chose the outfit.  I'm pretty sure nothing she is wearing is the same color or matches but there was lots of glitter and sparkles.

Her teacher is wonderful!  She sent me these photos on the first day.

Josh took her out to dinner for the first day of school

Evergreen has the cutest program called Kinderbuddies.  They pair 6th graders up with Kindergartners and they read together.  All of Grady's friends wanted to be Emma's kinderbuddy.  She ended up with Gaelen and Bridges, two of her favorites.

Some of the things I won't miss while having her home...

She can make a mess like no other

Before I noticed, she had squeezed glue on her head, then added copious amount of glitter to her hair and finished it off with colorful paper

Playing PJ masks

I have to save Sachi's life on an hourly basis

She gets bored pretty fast

Sometimes Pip is her target

I would bet this child will have a tattoo at age 18.

She's a mess and one of the most powerful beings on the planet.....maybe the universe.