Dana Ellis: learning life's lessons the hard way so you don't have to: The Second Day--Emma's First

Friday, August 19, 2011

The Second Day--Emma's First

Well, we got off to a rocky start in more ways than one. Emma missed her first day because she was running a fever and in the chaos of taking care of her, I forgot to charge my camera battery. But, we got back on track and staged these pictures after school and that's why they're so bright.. I mainly wanted to capture the smart fashion sense that she's developed. The outfit that she settled on wearing her first day of school was actually a dress of Chloe's that she wore as a shirt with a pair of capri pants. I'm not sure if she realizes what this will obligate her to later down the road in the little sister department but it works to her advantage for now.

Anyway, Emma bounced back just fine and absolutely loves the 3rd grade. She will switch classes for Math and Science this year and loves both of her teachers. She will also be in the gifted and talented program and is so excited to see what that is all about. She ended up with several of her friends in her class and it appears to be a formula for a great year.

As far as extra curricular activities go, she talked about doing cheerleading but eventually landed on taking guitar lessons. I was excited about that decision because Chloe is playing soccer and I wasn't looking forward to spending every day at the Rec. Center. And, we all know that Taylor Swift was cooler than the cheer captain because of the fact that when she was on the bleachers, she was also holding a guitar.. Emma will also continue to do Jazzercise at school like she did last year.

Here is my age progression storyboard that I like to do every year... It can also serve as an advertisement for True Green Chem lawn and a sprinkler system. We ditched the lawn service to make room in the budget for Chloe's preschool and our sprinkler system broke. I'm pretty sure it's a simple fix that Adam's done before. But he's ended up having to mow the grass less and our water bill has been lower.. So, I think we inadvertently kept pushing it to the bottom of our To Do list... Even though our yard looks like a brown mess in the middle of all of our neighbors beautiful sea of green and we are "that neighbor", it does have it's positives...

I came across some fun treat ideas to put in her lunch box for the first week of school.. I think it got me major "fun mom" points. She even said that some kids were saying she was lucky. Go me :-). I still remember random little things that my mom did for me to let me know that she thought I was special like baking miniature cakes for tea parties with my dolls so I always look for ways to imprint those kind of memories in my girls.

Cupcake shaped sucker, "3rd Grade is a piece of cake".