Emily's 10th Birthday

Emily turned 10 this summer.  It is so fun to have a 10 year old.  She is really helpful. She loves to cook, mostly dessert but she is willing to do just about anything.  We have a ways to go with the clean-up. I like clean while I cook, so I would like her to have that strategy. She is very creative and loves helping people.  Emily seems to like playing with babies.  Our friends up the road have a toddler and she does a great job entertaining her.  She is enjoying piano and learning an instrument this Fall. I would still say one of her favorite ways to pass the time is reading.  She asked for Nancy Drew and Roald Dahl books for her birthday. 

 Part of her present from us was a trip to the American Girl store. We have never been to a store and really, time is ticking so we thought we better do it.  We went to the Kansas City store, mostly because we go to KC less often than we do Minneapolis. The only downside was that the KC store does not have a cafe or restaurant, only a salon.  I was initially envisioning doing the tea service with the dolls, but Emily enjoyed this and didn't know what she was missing.

She received this collection of Roald Dahl books from Robert and I.

From her brother and sister, they found lots of stuff at Hobby Lobby to buy her

Birthday breakfast at the Cafe with Robert

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