Happy birthday Emma!
Emma was 12 today. Twelve! Um, hello? How did that happen? I have been looking forward to/dreading this day for what feels like years. It feels more momentous than 13 for some reason. I think it's because 12 was such a pivotal year for me. I want this to be a really great year for her.
I think she had a nice, loving birthday. I got her a Taylor Swift CD, a Cheetah Girls CD, new headphones for her mp3 player, a heart necklace, knock-off crocs. Tom got her incense and a burner. Soren made her a journal which Lucy dismantled during dinner so we'll have to break out the glue gun. JoAnn got her a vampire bunny. David got her a remote control airplane and built her a laptop! I just set up FireFox and thunderbird for her, so she's in heaven, and has wireless now!
She got to celebrate her bday at LCG and the kids made her a card with nice things about her written in it. So it was a good day.
I'm so proud of her. She's a beautiful, thoughtful, wonderful kid. I always, and I mean, always, get positive comments about her. She is trustworthy, helpful, and ... needs to take care of herself and be a kid for a couple more years. She has her whole life to be grown up ;). So I want this to be a year of play for her before academics become more serious and the teen years start.
I love her with every fiber of my being. She is like an extension of myself, but better. David always says that Emma is so much like me, but with the tools I never had. I hope that she has better parents that I had, that's for sure! She's funny, irreverent, creative, and loving. I'm SO lucky that this soul chose me to be her mom. I don't know what I'd do without her. I miss her so much when she's gone, and we have so much fun when she's here (even when we grate on each other's nerves).
Emma, thanks for picking me. You're the best 12 year old in the universe. I hope this is a great, fantastic, magical year for you.
I think she had a nice, loving birthday. I got her a Taylor Swift CD, a Cheetah Girls CD, new headphones for her mp3 player, a heart necklace, knock-off crocs. Tom got her incense and a burner. Soren made her a journal which Lucy dismantled during dinner so we'll have to break out the glue gun. JoAnn got her a vampire bunny. David got her a remote control airplane and built her a laptop! I just set up FireFox and thunderbird for her, so she's in heaven, and has wireless now!
She got to celebrate her bday at LCG and the kids made her a card with nice things about her written in it. So it was a good day.
I'm so proud of her. She's a beautiful, thoughtful, wonderful kid. I always, and I mean, always, get positive comments about her. She is trustworthy, helpful, and ... needs to take care of herself and be a kid for a couple more years. She has her whole life to be grown up ;). So I want this to be a year of play for her before academics become more serious and the teen years start.
I love her with every fiber of my being. She is like an extension of myself, but better. David always says that Emma is so much like me, but with the tools I never had. I hope that she has better parents that I had, that's for sure! She's funny, irreverent, creative, and loving. I'm SO lucky that this soul chose me to be her mom. I don't know what I'd do without her. I miss her so much when she's gone, and we have so much fun when she's here (even when we grate on each other's nerves).
Emma, thanks for picking me. You're the best 12 year old in the universe. I hope this is a great, fantastic, magical year for you.