Emmalicious!

Emmy has been cracking us up lately... I had to share her latest funnies.






Emmy was born with an ability to talk. She developed her vocabulary early and has always been able to express herself while speaking very clearly. A month ago when Marc was here we went picking blueberries. We were in the rows of blueberry bushes not able to see who was on the other side of the bush or on the next row. We picked the berries and put them into our bucket that was hung around our neck. Emmy and Kaden had their buckets around their necks too and were helping out. Emmy spent the whole hour talking and talking and talking. She talked to Kaden in a motherly way telling him how to get the blueberries, how to hold his bucket, showing him worms etc. She talked to Marc and I about the blueberries, about the weather, about her shoes. And she talked to herself about everything. (She has always entertained herself for hours just by talking to herself). Marc and I mostly ignored her saying, "uh-huh" or "yep" every once in a while. As we were leaving we saw that there had been a man on the other side of us picking berries the whole time, listening to all our conversations. As I passed and said hello he mentioned to me that he had never heard a child who could converse so well before....he was impressed with her ability to articulate and express. Marc walked by the man a few minutes later and the guy said, "Marc, you have your hands full!" We had a good laugh about that because if the man was listening to Emmy the whole time then he learned more about us than just our names.



Emmy was practicing the harp yesterday. She was catching on to everything so well and playing so nicely. I was amazed at how well she was picking up new things and learning new notes. She was taking a lot of pride in her ability to play the harp. I said, "Emmy, you are playing so well! I bet you were an angel up in heaven who played the harp for all the other angels." She looked at me and without missing a beat said in a very put-out voice while rolling her eyes, "yeah, and Jesus would make me practice too Mom."



Yesterday I wrote out Saturday job charts for the kids. Emmy and Ady wanted me to hide theirs somewhere in the kitchen so they would have to find it. Emmy found hers high in the doorway. She sat at the table looking at it wondering how she was going to get it. She got some paper and said, "Hmmmm...I will make a map of how I will get my chart." She then drew a doorway and then a stick figure doing the Chinese splits up the frame of the doorway. She thought some more with a pencil in her mouth looking up at the piece of paper. Finally realizing that she could never do the Chinese splits she said, "I know. I'll just try and try to get it and never give up."



A couple of weeks ago we had the idea to go swimming for Family Home Evening. When Emmy found out we were going for FHE she looked at me a bit puzzled and said, "does that mean that we will talk about Jesus while we're in the water?"

The Primary song, "I Am a Child of God" has been a favorite of Emmy's. It wasn't until recently that we found out why she like it so much. In the car she was singing the first verse, "I am a child of God, and He has sent me here." then here comes the kicker, "Has given Emmy an earthly home with parents kind and dear." She said with huge excitement, "Mom! That song has my name in it." I couldn't believe it either. I asked her if the song had Kaden's name in it. She sang the whole song through again with the best part... "has given Emmy an earthly home..." then said, "nope, it doesn't have anybody else's name but mine in it." Today when they were practicing the Primary program sure enough I saw her sing, "...has given Emmy an earthly home with parents kind and dear." For those of you who aren't familiar with the song, it really goes, "has given me an earthly home." Talk about personalizing a Gospel principle. Emmy sure did it with the pure innocence of a child.

We love Emmy!