The Wasians and the Rest of Us: 3!

I will write up a blog later detailing what's going down in the Huebner house, but here are some questions I saw on other blogs that I used both Emma's answers for as well as some from us as she turned 3.

Some of these answers are Emma’s, some of her answers were so random that I just interjected my interpretations of her day to day life

1. What is your favorite color? Depends on the day, Daddy’s pushing for yellow

2. What is your favorite toy? My baby

3. What is your favorite fruit? Rasberries and watermelon

4. What is your favorite tv show? N/A, Emma doesn’t really like tv, which is good and bad

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chipotle (Daddy is proud)

6. What is your favorite outfit? Anything with a Hawkeye on it and whatever is not what Daddy picked out

7. What is your favorite game? Swinging on my tire swing

8. What is your favorite snack? Watermelon and granola bars

9. What is your favorite animal? Elephant

10. What is your favorite song? “Little Bit of Poo Poo. . if you don’t listen in one minute, I’m going to turn you into a goon” Those are the portions of the song she sings over and over, it’s a much longer song with different words I believe.

11. What is your favorite book? Changes daily, we have a lot to choose from

12. Who is your best friend? Clinton and KeeNON (that’s how Emma pronounces his name)

13. What is your favorite cereal? Mommy cereal (mini wheats)

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Tire Swing

15. What is your favorite drink? Milk

16. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Elephant, Blanket and 8 other stuffed animals

17. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Muffin

18. What is your favorite hair style? Braids

A few thoughts from Daddy

1. What is your favorite personality trait? Emma’s laugh. It can stop a room because it is the best sound in the world. Well that and she will shout Go Hawkeyes on command.
2. What is your favorite memory this year? Going to Adventureland with her cousins and watching them all have so much fun
3. What is your favorite book to read together? I am a fan of all Sandra Boynton, but it’s pretty much guaranteed that the one I choose will be the one shot down.
4. What is your favorite activity to do together? Kick the soccer ball around and run errands. Emma is pretty entertaining when she is out and about, singing and talking to people.
5. What is the most difficult part of parenting this year? Leading Emma to correct decisions without pushing her. She is extremely, extremely strong willed so bed time and just getting her out the door sometimes can drive one mad, so the key is to lead her without letting her know she is being led and without pulling your hair out.
6. What is the best part of parenting this year? Getting to interact with Emma more and hearing her responses to questions or random things she says. Emma remembers everything, she remembers events from over 6 months ago in details that we barely remember until she says it. And now she can interact where if I ask her questions she usually has an answer, albeit very random at times.
7. What is your favorite song Emma sings? Emma makes up a lot of songs and sings them to tunes of other songs like Twinkle Twinkle. So there isn’t a favorite song, its just getting to hear what random made up song Emma will sing next.

8. What is your favorite Emma’ism? When Kinsley is crying and Emma tries to calm her down, she says “KIIIINSLEY” in a really high pitched voice over and over and can sometimes get Kins to crack a smile. It’ll be fun to see how the sisterhood grows and hopefully we don’t have too many battles in the future.
9. What is one parenting trait you wish to improve. Patience. Again, Emma is very strong willed and we hope that comes with benefits when she’s older, but when she is younger it can make her a bear. A crazy wasian gangsta bear.

10. Any last thoughts? Emma has raised the bar on fun in our house. I can’t imagine our house without all the laughter she brings, and can’t wait to see what the next year will bring out in here

A few thoughts from Mommy

1. What is your favorite personality trait? Emma’s playfulness. She is such a goofy girl and I love her free spirited nature– she doesn’t care that she like cars, puzzles and things that are more typical “boy” activities. On the flip side, she also loves to take care of her baby which is adorable to watch – sometimes she will project conversations on her baby telling her “I will not drop you in the water, have I ever dropped you??” after Daddy took her to the pool.

2. What is your favorite memory this year? Talking with Emma about her birthday party – it’s the first time she’s old enough to anticipate it and get excited. She also has had many other “firsts” – her first ride at Adventureland (which she LOVED), first pony ride, etc.

3. What is your favorite book to read together? I agree with daddy that we love the Sandra Boynton books but I love to read any book where Emma can recite some of the words from memory. It’s hilarious.

4. What is your favorite activity to do together? Arts & crafts (coloring, frosting cookies) and “exercising” –doing summersaults (“swimersuits” as she calls them) and doing “yoga”.

5. What is the most difficult part of parenting this year? It’s a challenge dealing with Emma’s stubborn streak – Emma likes to do things on her own terms and we do not always have the time to negotiate on EVERYTHING so this can be frustrating at times. Asking her to be our helper and leading her to make good decisions is a challenge. We love her dearly and appreciate that she is an individual but at times we just want her to comply! J

6. What is the best part of parenting this year? Watching Emma become a “little person” and seeing how great she is with her little sister. When Kinsley gets upset in the mornings, sometimes Emma will hand her one of her own toys and say “Kinsley, it’s okay….it’s okay, mommy has to go to work, it’s okay…” So sweet and we’re so proud of how she tries to calm her down and is generally very sweet to her baby sis.

7. What is your favorite song Emma sings? Twinkle, Twinkle Dinosaur and Mommy, mommy, I love you…yes I yes I yes I do… As daddy says, she does make up lots of interesting songs too.

8. What is your favorite Emma’ism? Emma just says things that crack us up….she’ll take something she’s heard us say like “ I need to act like I am 3” (usually when we think she is acting like a baby J) or “when I was a baby, I pooped ALL of the time!” and also says to Kinsley “KIIIIINSLEY….do you like me???” in a high pitched voice. Too funny.
9. What is one parenting trait you wish to improve. Patience and setting a good example for Emma

10. Any last thoughts? It is such a joy to be a mommy to Emma – we love her so much and can’t imagine what life was like without such a crazy little girl. I can’t imagine the fun new Emma-isms to come! It is so nice to be able to talk to her about her day and about things we are doing. I know this will improve as she enters year 3 J