January 31, 2009

Emmalyne is getting to be such a imaginative child with a tendency of Drama (more of comedy). She just may be a natural actress. She has decided that there is a ghost at grandma’s house. I tell her “tell that ghost to go away, no ghosts allowed at Grandma’s” So she tell “it” to go away. I said “did it leave?” She says “no” I asked what the ghost was doing and she replied “it’s crying” I said “why is it crying?” She answered “sad”. I asked if it needed a hug and she agreed so I said “well go give it a big hug” Her eyes grew very large and she said “NOO!” I really get to laughing at her imagination. She sits in the kitchen next to the little window that looks out into the dining room by the stove. She has decided there is a little man on the other side of the window. I am not sure if she is thinking it is like going through drive thru’s or what but she always says “Hi, Man” I know she thinks he is little because she looks down towards the floor when she says it.
She spent the night with us last night. Papa and Emma made chocolate shakes again. She didn’t forget when he spilled his because she warned him “remember, hold your glass like this” and showed him to hold it with both hands, then she said “see, no spill”
She also has picked up on the pouting. She doesn’t pout when she is tired or upset or not getting her own way like most kids. She pouts when she is teasing us. She will go to the stairs with her bottom lip out pretending to cry. When I say “oh she is upset” she laughs and comes back up and does it all over again. She was doing it one day because Papa patted her bottom very lightly. She turned to me and said “Papa spanked” and went to pout. Then she came back up and had him pat her again so she could go pout again. It is all a game for her. Tonight she finished dinner and went to sit by Papa because she always thinks she needs to try some of his too. Tonight, however, he had eaten it all and she went out of the room with her lip stuck way out, pouting all the way to the steps. I had to laugh because she was teasing her grandpa and really was putting on an act. I said “would an Ice cream cone make it all better?” She smiled and said “yes” So I fixed her a small ice cream cone and she took a small lick and smiled and said “see all better now”. I know that is spoiling her but then I am grandma and can do that!
Emma is pretty much potty trained now. She still has a diaper on at night but does very well during the day as long as she has a potty seat for the toilets. I have stickers that she gets one each time she goes. When she is here her legs are full of stickers since that is where she sticks them when she goes. She was very easy once she realized that she could go without diapers and realized what it feels like to have to go instead of how it is after you go.
With the potty training and the better use of language she is now a “big girl” and it bugs her a lot when Emilee calls her Baby Emma which was her nickname for Emma since she was able to talk. Emma tells her “baby no more… Big girl now!” It will be hard for Emilee to get use to calling her Emma without the baby.
Emma’s favorite movie is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang now. She loves the musicals. She sings the songs all the time. I think she is taking after me on carrying a tune though. I love her little voice. She gets to singing with the zest of all she does. I just laugh.
She is loving her doll house and plays with it the most. She also has Tara as a best friend who follows her everywhere. Tara will even go sleep next to Emma when I am not in with her, which she doesn’t even do with Kevin. I still have to threaten to spank when Emma starts chasing the dog around with her cars and such, but as soon as I tell her that she is scaring Tara and that she is afraid she is going to get hurt, Emma will stop and go give her a hug asking if she is ok. Emma really does have a lot of compassion for others.
It was finally warm enough to go out and play in the snow yesterday. Brianna and I had Emma out with the sled going down the little hill in front of the house. We also built a little snowman… an ugly one at that. Emma really enjoyed the afternoon. Afterwards we came in and had hot chocolate.
She still is the most perfect, sweetest, loveable, happy go lucky child there is. She is calling me Grandma Shari now and says it so cute. I sure love her.