Little Emmrey crossed the threshold into double digits this week. This benchmark has been really hard for me with all three girls. There is just something about a single digit that makes them seem littler and then overnight it feels different. I'm not ready for this girl to grow up. Luckily she isn't ready either! Emmrey loves her a Mickey D breakfast sandwich so she was thrilled to eat this in bed while she opened her card from Gpa & Gma Smith.
Then it was off to church. Not really the most exciting place for a birthday, but this girl was pretty excited that they would read her name in Primary:) AND she got to wear the new dress/jacket
Gpa & Gma Fortie sent her .... adorable!!
When I was talking to her about food plans for her birthday, she was very decisive in her lunch choice. Gib's Bagels it was!
We didn't do a friend party this year so I had read about this "Fairy Trail" in Red Feather and thought it would be a perfect activity for Emm's birthday.
It's kinda hard to explain or appreciate unless you go there, but essentially it is a mile trail that is filled with hidden and not so hidden mythical creatures ... mostly Gnomes.
The wind chimes were a good affect.
We came across all sorts of unique creations that people had added to the trail.
Some were downright creepy!
Kars especially related to this one .... LEAVE!
Bailee in the middle of a Gnome garden
There was way more to it than I had expected. We stopped counting after 100+ and that was just the Gnomes. There were many other creatures all over the place
(some that didn't add anything to the experience)
It turned out to be super fun and it was the perfect thing for Emmrey!
Besides the area is pretty magical on it's own.
When we got home, Emmrey was ready to open gifts. Our funny girl really wanted footie PJ's so she was pretty excited about that. She also got a new outfit for Gorden, a super set of sidewalk chalk from Bailee, and some rain boots which she has been requesting for years. She was hoping to get a Guinea Pig (she didn't) OR a Monkey. She would love a real pet monkey, but Ashton Drake will have to do. The sad thing is that it didn't make it on time (got delayed on the boat coming from the jungles of Borneo according to Mark;) She was still ecstatic and is impatiently waiting the arrival of her baby orangutan.
She requested Pasta Roni (from the box) of all things for her birthday dinner. I wasn't complaining. It made it real simple. I did add some bread sticks and salad just to complicate things a little.
This girl would eat ice cream every single day if we let her. She probably asks for it almost every single day. So it made perfect sense that her birthday treat would be banana splits with extra ice cream
(we also took ice cream sandwiches into school to share with her class).
Man I love this girl of mine and I hope all her wishes come true. Happy 10th Emmy Boo!
Love you the most:)
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