Turning 8 was definitely great and possibly the best birthday yet! I am so proud of the little lady Emerson is becoming. I’m regularly blown away by her thoughtfulness and inquisition and while I caught a glimpse of a premature teenage attitude over the summer, she is silly and sweet to the core. Her enthusiasm for animals has not slowed down and to her list of interests I’d like to add tiny ‘surprise’ toys, Descendants and The Greatest Showman, math games, bracelet making, and the great outdoors (still a ‘yes’ for bugs and worms).

We celebrated her birthday with the usual sugar overload for breakfast and a visit from her dad and I over lunch. Birthdays are better with besties so we had Emily over for a sleepover and enjoyed an action-packed night beginning at the Bee and Butterfly Festival and ending with s’mores (instead of cake)! I’m so excited to see these characters run the world one day!