Christmas 2019

 There wasn't a letter to Santa this year, but he still dropped off a giraffe onesie for her.  Onesie pajamas are the current trend for school pajama days and gymnastics practices.  She was thrilled and wore it all day and night!

She received all the components to put together a raspberry pi computer from Mom and Dad, which kept her occupied all morning. A new Leo and a Razor RipStic from Grandpa and Grandma, which she spent two hours at the park that day learning how to ride. A mini trampoline from her aunt and uncle, that she used that night, in the house, to practice front tucks and split jumps for quite a while.  In her stocking she had games, money, gift cards, lotto tickets, and candy.  Specifically the Caramel taste tester from Trader Joes.

This has become another tradition.  For three years now we've tried to guess the flavors of the 12 caramels, Emily loves this, but we're still not great at getting them right!

Overall, Christmas was a total success and she was thrilled with everything!

 The first few days of Christmas vacation meant a day on the ski hill with her friend Tobie, riding Eleanor, and last minute preparations!

the 10th handprint on the tree skirt

Santa's cookies

 Emily's class wrote Christmas song parodies and performed them one afternoon.  The nice thing about having Emily at school with me is that I go watch, and even take my students with me.  Emily's group wrote about messy desks to the tune of Jingle Bells.

We celebrated Winter Solstice in Ketchum.  Cocoa, a band, photo booth, and even a high powered telescope with a good look at the dark sky.  We are all excited that the days will be getting longer!

Teddy Bear Meet

Friday the 13th we traveled to Boise for another meet, this one awards teddy bears instead of medals. She has been asking for a bun, there was finally enough hair to do it. 

She scored an 8.85 on floor and an 8.050 on vault, not placing in either event.  Her score was a 9 on bars and she placed third.  An 8.525 on beam earned her fourth place.  On the All Around she was fourth.  

third place on bars

fourth place on beam

All Around's 4th place, Emily is second from the right

Christmas Classic

Emma, Kyra, Emily, Ashley, Audrey

Last weekend was our home meet.  Emily placed 4th on vault, 3rd on bars, 2nd on beam, but didn't place on floor.  She was 2nd for all around, and she was pretty happy with that.

Maddie, Audrey, Coach Maddie, Emily, Ashley

Ski Season

With the two feet of snow that fell on Thanksgiving Day, Emily was happy to be skiing again.  She was really happy that her ski rental package for the season included twin-tip skis.  Time will only tell if she uses them to ski backwards or land backward off a jump.