Lucky Seven!

So, somehow I suddenly have a SEVEN year old! How did this happen? Really though the time just keeps flying by faster and faster. I can't believe Emma is seven already! She'd been counting down to her birthday for months, and waited so patiently through Matthew and Ellie's birthdays. And finally her big day came. We got her a new bike several weeks ago as an early birthday present and then on her birthday she got her very own Legos. She was THRILLED. Now she and Matthew each have their own...and I have to say, Legos these days are pretty darn cool! They have spent hours and hours playing with them. 

We were SO busy on her actual birthday so we kept things pretty low key. She chose to go to her favorite frozen yogurt place, Menchies, instead of having a cake, so we did that in the little bit of time we had after Jon got home from work but before he had to run off to Scouts. It was a fun way to celebrate.

We spent the fourth of July with Jon's family so we had cake (a super yummy fruit pizza his mom made) and she opened presents from them.

Lots of art stuff!

Then a couple days later we had her birthday party with her friends. It's so hard having a summer birthday, and especially one right next to a holiday...so many people were out of town! We were glad so many of her friends were able to come and she loved getting to see some of her best school friends again.

We kept it pretty low key...played some tug of war

had a water balloon toss

and played some Red Rover

Emma picked a caterpillar pinata. She took a turn hitting it, then Matthew took his turn and broke it! Seriously the fastest I've ever seen a pinata break!

Happy birthday to my sweet girl!

And here is the 7 year old birthday interview

What is your full name?  Emma Farrell 

 How old are you?  Seven

What's your favorite color?  My favorite color is red.

Who's your best friend?  Eduarda

What's your favorite animal?  A turtle

What do you want to be when you grow up?   An artist

What's your favorite movie?  The Neverending Story

What are some of your favorite books? Brave, Pigeon books, and Pinkalicious.

What makes you happy?  Spending time with my family.

What makes you sad?  When my brother bes mean to me.

What's your favorite food?  Strawberries!

What's your favorite song? Ummm….my favorite song is Wreck it Ralph (Owl City's "When Can I See You Again?")

What games do you like to play?   Hide and Seek, Monopoly, and freeze tag.

What's your favorite toy? My favorite toy are the two Lego sets I got.