Eight is Great...Mostly.
My baby turned eight this weekend...EIGHT!! We had a really nice time celebrating on Saturday with our adopted family, the Collinses. Liam Collins turned eleven on Sunday, so we just made a joint birthday celebration and had a fantastic time. Emma says it was her best birthday ever even though we didn't have a big party with loads of kids and fuss... in fact, perhaps that is why it was the best birthday ever. We were able to focus on celebrating the kids whom we love without worrying about all of the other birthday party dramas and details. I love the person that Emma is becoming. She has always been such a sweet and sensitive character, but growing up also means that there are some painful lessons to learn and some "mean girls" to be dealt with. On several different occasions recently, Emma has been on the verge of tears after school. Girls there have been doing some of the same mean and nasty things that they did when I was eight....