Emma Turns Three Years Old!

March 9, 2010

Emma my "Birthday Princess" as she called herself.

I can't believe my baby is 3 years old already. How could time go by so fast. I am very proud of her. She is very bright, sweet, and loving child who is pretty good at listening most of the time. She likes to test us once in a while but what child that age doesn't? She can speak pretty well in both Polish and English, is a master of 24-piece puzzles, loves to play mother to her stuffed animals and dolls, and really enjoys books. She is also very good at saying please and thank you and is genuinely really affectionate although she is really independent and has been since birth really. Any task she learns to accomplish on her own, she no longer wants help with. It's always "Emma Sama" which means Emma will do it herself! That's my girl! Of course she does ask us to do things for her to get attention or is she wants to be sweet or manipulative. Again, that's my girl! I love her to pieces as does her dad. There is nothing like getting a hug from her and hearing her say she loves me "This much" as she spreads her arms wide...

Here is a few pictures of us celebrating her birthday outside the daycare.  We stopped off at the library after we got home from the daycare party to pick up some books.  Emma picked out three books which I read her yesterday over and over again.  Then we went out to dinner at Asado this new amazing South American grill place they opened recently in Southington.  I had the filet mignon which is one of the best I ever had and Adam had the ribs which were also excellent.  Emma had the grilled chicken fingers which she loved.  The portions are a bit small but it was excellent.  Emma heard them sing Happy Birthday to someone else in the restaurant and wanted them to sing to her too.  We got her this chocolate mini-cake with various chocolate mousses on top for dessert and she got her birthday song.  She was very happy with the song, the well wishes of everyone near our table and the cake.  She alternated between eating the cake and mini M&Ms I gave her to hold her off until dessert came as she was getting restless.  Needless to say the dinner was a great success and we all walked away happy.  Emma opened her small presents when she got home.  She got giant floor puzzles, a Dora regular puzzle, and some foam flower bath toys which she promptly played with in bath a little bit later.  After reading her some book I put her to bed and myself as well as I ended up falling asleep...

Great day!