emerson's update

emerson is doing great and growing up too fast! She loves preschool, which is such a great feeling for nick and i. since we don't have family here she has never been dropped off some where without us so nick and i were a little nervous on how she would do. she was a little nervous the first day but no tears! she is excited to go and is so happy when i pick her up. i have been the helper twice so far and it is such a great school. they have big muscle time (outside or in a gym), free play, snack time, craft time, circle time (read a book or talk about special topic), and then some more free play. She is just starting to play with the other kids...our little observer. The first month i would ask her, "did you play with anyone today?" and she would say, "mommy, i just played by myself." The teachers love her, another great feeling as a parent. I picked her up last week and the teacher said, "i love her, i love her, i love her! she is such a sweet girl."
gymnastics has been a big hit this year. emerson can do a somersault, hang onto the rigs while doing straddle-pike, walk on the beam by herself, and when she jumps she gets both feet off the ground. In our singing class emerson sings right along with the teacher...so cute/funny to watch. She is the only kid in the class singing out loud so all the other moms and kids look at her with smiles. I think that preschool has really been good for emerson's inner strength. she is more confident and willing to voice her opinion.
emerson is definitely a two-year old! One minute she is super happy and with the blink of an eye she is having a melt-down. The melt-downs are hard because she either is so upset about something that she can't communicate or she wants something she can't have. we were at target the other day and she wanted some princess thing and I told her we weren't buying anything today and she started crying/whining saying, "i just want it mom, please!" I finally had to leave because it kept getting worse and then as soon as we got in the car, she snapped out of it and was fine...very frustrating, but nothing i can do about it.
emerson is very into doing puzzles right now and can do the united states puzzle...50 pieces and she knows all the names. she has also learned how to spell mississippi! She also loves all the princess right now. we read about all of them and just started to do a movie night with her. we have watched Cinderella and little mermaid. she was more scared of Cinderella because the sisters are so mean. she is going to be Cinderella for Halloween and is very excited! she wanted carter to be gus (the mouse from the movie) so that is what he will be. emerson still loves being around carter and now calls him "narder" or "gus-gus". she gets a little frustrated with him a times because he follows her around and tries to take everything she has.