A Day at the Museum of Natural Sciences

Today we spent the day at the Museum of Natural Sciences.  What a treat!  The exhibits were phenomenal.  Emma didn’t like the dinosaur roaring sounds they had playing in the background of the dinosaur exhibit, but she enjoyed touching the live Madagascar hissing cockroach, python and alligator.  She also loved the butterfly garden.  I enjoyed the entire museum, except for the hissing cockroach:)
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Emma’s Ballet Recital

‘Dance Magic’ class began last August, but Emma didn’t join until January 5th, 2009. The class was for 3 & 4 year-old kids. Emma was only 2 at the time, so we waited for her to turn 3 before beginning ballet. In January when I mentioned it to her, she seemed very excited to begin. I wasn’t sure she would go for it once she found herself in a room without me so we did a “trial” class. She did great! I was so proud of her. She went right in and sat down on the balance beam along with the other ballerinas. Before long, you couldn’t tell she was the new ballerina…she really caught up quickly. Now, here we are at the end of the semester and Emma has completed her very first ballet class.

Ms. Megan, her ballet instructor, was such a great teacher. Emma spoke very highly of her and would even pretend to be her. She really looked forward to every single class. The part I have enjoyed the most has been watching her beautiful smile as she dances and twirls all around the studio watching herself in the mirror.

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Emma Has a New Hairdo

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On Monday I took Emma to get a haircut. Her friend Alex just got her hair cut short and it looks so fresh and cute for the summer. I thought Emma would be excited to do the same, so I mentioned it to her and she was on board with the idea. Because Emma has SOOO much hair, it is puffier now than it was while it was long but, she is comfortable with the new length and it makes washing it and brushing it MUCH easier.

Emma Showing Off Her New Bathing Suit

Emma was very excited to receive a box full of goodies this Easter from Tio Fernan and Tia Jen. She immediately wanted to try on her new bathing suit and flip-flops. Here you can see her modeling it. In the second photo, she is pretending to be at the beach. She finds a sunny spot by the French doors and sits in that spot pretending to be sunbathing.

Soon it will be summer, and she will be able to enjoy it for real.