Who taught this kid to read and spell?  She was able to get on the internet, get to Amazon, and type in the search box "high heel shoes for girls free."  Luckily, there aren't any free shoes on Amazon, but she sure is longing for a pair of high heel shoes in just her size.  The plastic princess shoes from the Disney store, nor her cowgirl boots no longer fill the need for a good, classic heel.

And when most kids would love to watch a movie on a Friday night, Emily chose to do math worksheets.  I am not a mathematician, so I'm not sure where this love comes from.  But she is very, very happy doing "homework."  She also had a note sent home this week stating she would be pulled from class for 30 minutes twice a week for a reading challenge group.  She's quite the reader and speller, and it comes pretty easily for her right now. I miss the days where we could spell messages to communicate!

And just a comment, she is absolutely in love with the turquoise color right now and constantly feels the need to wear headbands.  Of course, she's devastated that she just doesn't have the right shoes (high heels of course) to complete her outfits, and we have been very late to school this week due to very serious shoe discussions, only made better by the fact that it has warmed up enough to wear sandals.  

And trip planning to Walt Disney World now requires a PhD in vacation studies.  Yes, I used two computers AND my cell phone to call the help line in order to book our fast passes and make our restaurant reservations.   The website was overloaded and kept crashing, so a kind representative was helping me with dining as spots were disappearing before you could click reserve now.  And our vacation is still months away.  I'm not so sure this is the happiest place on earth right now, but hopefully by then I'll forget how hard it was just to plan a lunch two months in advance!

And since Dad had back to back pistol classes today, we took him lunch and did a little shooting with Emily's 22.  Right now she is very much a Daddy's little girl, so she loves every second she gets to be with him.  She would have stayed all 9 hours at the gun range today had we let her!  

Special Arrangements with the Easter Bunny

Another week is in the books.  She did an excellent job at her swim lessons on Monday night.  Part of me is surprised that we've been doing weekly lessons for almost three years now, and it's amazing to see how comfortable she is in the water now.  Not to mention swimming laps is pretty exhausting!

After a two week break from Swiftsure, it was back in Stuart Little's saddle Thursday night.  Despite it being a little chilly that evening, the 4 riders, walkers, and instructors headed off on a trail ride.  Seeing her on the spunky pony is always a little comical, but especially so when the other three riders and horses tower over her.  Never fear, you can just see Emily's confidence when she's in the saddle and it dwarfs the others!

Friday was spring pictures at school.  Then afterward, the two of us headed to the Sun Valley Village for an Easter Egg hunt that promised 5,000 eggs (and it seemed like there was just as many kids!!!)  

The decision had also been made to do our own hunt at home  Friday evening.  There had been a question on whether or not Aaron could be here for Easter, and we wanted to ensure that he could be part of the Easter traditions here at the Hughston household.  Aaron had told Emily he sent an email to the Easter Bunny to make a special arrangement for our eggs to be delivered early, and the promise of eggs was delivered!  I think the pictures above show her excitement as she zoomed around the yard filling up her basket for the third time this season!