Guangdong Girls KNOW How to Party!

We were lucky enough to celebrate a dear friend's 5th birthday a couple of weeks ago. Her name is also Emma...so we call her "The Other Emma". It was a "Princess Party" & as you can see these four Guangdong Princesses really do know how to have fun together. :) I hope that this quad will remain friends forever. (Their parents are pretty cool too)!

(L-R)
Mandy Rose (4), The Other Emma (5), Emma (6) and Sophie (3).

1st Day of School for '10-'11

Emma's first day of KINDERGARTEN was on August 16th! I did not snap as many pictures as I would have liked to. As I recall we were running a little late. Man O' man....I really can't believe that my baby is NOT a baby anymore! :( Emma is ending her 4th week of school already. So far she has held her own in a "typical" classroom setting with support from her Para as opposed to being in a Special Needs classroom full time. She still has pull out time to visit her SN class...but, not really much so far. I know that it is challenging for Emma and it has not been with out bumps this year....but, we are finding our way. I am very proud of you Emma!

Double Cuteness....

Double Luckiness....Double Naughtiness....Double Trouble.....Double fun.....Double Blessed!

We Scored Bigtime!!!

This particular Friday was a very, very good one for Emma and Sophie! After running our ritual morning errands of the summer I surprised them with Mc Crap...I mean Mc Donald's for lunch. when we arrived home we had multiple boxes on our front stoop!

Lao Lao & Yeh Yeh had sent a letter & pictures of the girl's attic pals The Grinch & Santa (long story....). ;) AND, Auntie Molly mailed them souvenirs from her trip to Peru. (Greg and I got stuff too)! Lastly they received toys that their Daddy had ordered for them....simply because they asked....a baby doll for Sophie & a Grinch for Emma. (Do you see a Grinch pattern here)?

Practicing With Chopsticks!

Can you tell which girl is a little bit frustrated?! ;-)

Hmmmmm.......

I found some pictures on my (new) laptop that I *thought* had been lost. Thankfully they were not! I took these pictures of the girls at the beach while visiting family in Michigan.... Are they adorable beach beauties or what?!

Things have been....hmmmm...."busy" around here. I don't have the energy to go into specific details. And, to put it plainly I really don't care to relive our experience last week! To sum it all up; Emma was put on a new medication. It did not work. It actually had a paradoxical effect. She got pretty upset. She smacked her beloved little sister Sophie in the head with a wooden name plaque. Did you know that head wounds bleed lot? They do! Greg came home from work to clean up the scene of the crime and calm Emma down. I took Sophie to the ER. I consoled her. She understands a lot for a 3 year old. Three staples later along with a popsicle and hospital toy...she was as good as new. It took Emma longer. She is has a lot of physical strength for a 6 year old...I bet that she could have lifted up my mini van over her head. ;) She started to calm down-the next day. Not fun times around here. We have a lot of professionals trying to help Emma. We ditched THAT medicine (DUH) in lieu of a NEW one. This one seems to be helping-thank goodness! The girls are doing pretty good. I am STILL exhausted and it is 5 days later. So is Greg- guess that is what happens when you are 36?

Where Are My Peeps?

Here they are!
Literally...they are in the tub playing as I type! ;) Can you guess who did not want to wash her own body today? LOL!!