Emma Claire at 4 Years Old

Emma Claire loves to live life and live it to its fullest. She gets so excited about everything she does and puts everything into what she is doing. I love to watch how excited she gets! She also has a HUGE imagination and delights in serving her brother. I am in love with this girl and love being her mommy!

   

Likes:

• Emma Claire loves to play in her room with her barbies, dress-up dolls, and dollhouse. Often times she will ask to close her door so that Camp won't bother her.
• Art. Emma Claire loves to do any kind of art. Especially when she can do it on her own and create what she wants to!
• Helping cook dinner. Emma Claire loves to spend time with me cooking in the kitchen. She will put on her 'cooker bib', grab a chair, and ask "What can I do?" I love having her in the kitchen with me too.
• Playing dress-up. Most days you can find her with her some type of 'spinny' dress on and her high heels.

• Movies. Emma Claire is really into Toy Story 1, 2, & 3 right now. Her friends even call her Jessie at school.

• Emma Claire LOVES her brother. She will do or give him anything to make him happy. I have seen her many times give him her last treat or break her cookie in half so that he can have some. There have even been times when we wanted her to do something and she wouldn't want to do it, but if Camp wanted her to she would jump right on it. She loves him so much, takes care of him, and has never been jealous of him one time. Their relationship has been such  blessing.
• Emma Claire's teacher said that she thrives on learning. She loves to learn in class and really enjoys it. She said that I definitely need to have her in a classroom next year that is really academic. She really seems to soak up any learning opportunity.
• Emma loves to help around the house. Just today she has loaded/unloaded the washing machine and then loaded/unloaded the dryer all by herself. I was even impressed with how much detail she went into her work with cleaning out the lint catcher before starting the next load. : 0 She also folds the towels and refills Camp's diaper holder.
• We have begun to let her play games on our computer and that is a true delight for her. Although it's just for special treats it doesn't stop her from asking us pretty much every day if she can play on the computer.
•  Emma Claire loves to sing and sing to the top of her lungs. Sometimes it's on key and sometimes it's not.
• She loves to be outside and to go exploring. She is so eager to learn about the things in her surroundings.
• Emma Claire loves to ask questions and lots of them. She really wants to understand the reasoning behind everything and sometimes that gets her in a little trouble with mommy and daddy. : )

Dislikes:

• The great thing about Emma Claire is that there is not a lot of things that she does not like. She gets overly excited about anything whether it be a new pair of socks or a dessert.
• She still does not like water in her eyes. We have to be careful bathing her because she flips out if we get it in her eyes.
• Shots! The last several times we have been to the doctors office she has either gotten a shot, a flu test, or a strep test which have made doctors visits even that much harder. She hates anything they do that has to do with them poking something at her. When she got her flu shot it took 2 nurses and Benjamin and I to hold her down.