Oh my sweet Emery Kate! Five years old? How can it be?? You’re growing up fast, little miss.
This was a fun (and at times challenging) year watching you mature and become your own person. You love fun, Em. You're always down for dance parties, joke telling, parties, adventures, messes, traveling, and all things SILLY and I think you're part fish. You’re definitely a summer girl just like your Lala. I'm pretty sure your love language is quality time because you love when the whole family gets together and just hangs out. At Thanksgiving you were just giddy and told Uncle Uncle, "I just LOVE everyone all together!!"
You started pre-K in the fall and have loved it for the most part. You started freaking out at school drop off in November for a couple weeks in a row and left us both in tears. One day I got so upset I sat in the parking lot and sobbed for so long a mom stopped asked me if I was okay. We finally figured out it was because you didn't want to get on stage for the Christmas performance. You never even made it to the stage and we left during the first song.
You love books and dress up and our Friday night movie nights. You've recently gotten interested in bugs (and catching them) and one day came running inside telling me that there was "some kind of snake!!" that turned out to be a worm. You thrive off of routine and the smallest hiccup can throw you off big time and Lord knows you won't change your mind easily. You're still just as stubborn as I am so we butt heads about that pretty often. But oh, you are so sweet.
I love listening to you pray and how you talk about God so openly. Even sometimes to strangers. While getting your haircut yesterday you told the stylist, "Did you know God counts every hair on my head? And he has the whole world in His hands." You also told her that you live in America... haha!
You keep us guessing with your introvert/extrovert style. If we ask you to perform it's always a hard no. You shut down in large group settings, but, if you feel comfortable you shine and won't stop talking/singing/dancing and just hogging the spot light in general.
