Five and a Half Year Old Emma

You guyysss! Emma is five and half (it's been a little while now) and she is obsessed with being five and a half.  Ask her how old she is and she will instantly respond, "I am five and a half and my sister is four.". This is the first half birthday that she has ever cared about so it came as kind of a surprise to me! Five and half has been so much fun with Emma! I love having real conversations and hearing about the ins and the outs of her days - she has been such a joy lately!!

Here are some things about Emma at five and a half.

... she is so brave, seriously nothing scares this girl.
... she bounds and jumps and leaps and skips everywhere she goes; she is never not moving.
... she loves loves loves her Nonni
... she is rocking kindergarten, seriously her teacher sent me a note and it started with, "Emma is a superstar at school" - so proud of her!
... she loves creatures of all kinds (minus spiders) and she asks Wes and I for a pet nearly every single day (we are firmly standing our ground with an adamant 'no')
... she still has the best imagination; even though Boca (her imaginary friend) only makes a few appearances a year, she stills dreams up all kinds of scenarios for her and Everly to play
... she loves princesses; Rapunzel and Cinderella are her favorites (she still adores bopping around in her princess dresses every day)
... she has never met a hair accessory that she does not like.  the bigger and more sparkly the better!
... she loves/craves alone time with me and Wes; it is hard for us to do here but we are trying to make a point of it since she looks forward to this time so much
... she can swim! and do twirls in the water and if you are lucky she will show you her 'finn outtie' move (basically where she swims like a dolphin)
... she is such a good eater - she will try almost anything and mostly likes what she tries!
... she has turned into a great sleeper! I don't talk about this much anymore, but there was a time (a very long period of time) when neither of the girls would sleep through the night! hooray for good sleep now!!
... she loves to draw/craft/paint and makes us new creations nearly every.single.day
... she is a great baker and she cracks an egg like a boss (no shells!); her favorite to help with are banana bread, brownies and cinnamon rolls
... she loves to go away on holiday and often asks about where we are going next (I hope she grows up to be an adventurer)
... she likes to have a plan and would strongly prefer to be the boss of that plan ;)
... she gives the best squishy hugs a momma could ask for!

Emma, you are the best!, we love you to the moon and back and back and back!!