A Year to Remember, and it's only half over!

So far this year...

January and February - Emer was sailing through 6th, loving everything about and excelling in most subjects. She was working her tail off in the pool as well!

March - this messed up virus called COVID19 swept in and canceled our Spring Break plans to Fort Myers. After spring break Emer started online learning through school. I thought this was going to last a few weeks so I set up a Friday evening Zoom meeting w/ friends called Decades and Drinks to cover the 50's, 60's, and 70's.

April - by this time Emer had a nice little schedule she was following at school and doing well in all subjects. She missed band but continued to practice at home, which made me very happy. She was also asked to join the 8th grade band next year!! (One of only 3 kids to be asked). Decades and Drinks had been expanded to include all decades between the 1920's and the 1990's. Surely by June things would be better...

May and June - 6th grade ended, summer began, Emer attended 2 "driveby birthday party parades" and spent hours upon hours online chatting and playing games with friends. Things started opening up and we went swimming weekly.

This bring us to JULY - swim practices started back up! Schools are trying to figure out how to go back in Aug. and keep virus cases low. I'm still virtually training a few clients (which I love!) and the Monon continues to be a lot safer and smarter than the Y. And

EMER TURNED 12!!!!!!!!!

 Happy Birthday, Emer and America!

Since she was turning 12 years old, she needed a gift of "girl stuff". Funny enough, she said this was her favorite gift! (Despite the little bit of embarrassment from opening some "girl things" in front of her dad and Poppy, ha!) She also got 3 new masks to wear when school starts back up. Funny little birthday gift, huh?!

And there you have it - 2020 in a nut shell, so far. No travel, loads of time at home, a 12 year old, and love all the way around. I couldn't ask for a better, more kind, loving, and creative daughter. Yea she gives more sass and attitude than I'd like. But she's my 12 year old so it's only fair :)  <3 br="">

Where has the time gone?!?!?!

The fact that I haven't written a blog about my favorite person in over 7 months is shocking! I cannot believe I didn't do a Halloween post. Or a New Year's post. Or even a post about her birthday in July! So I'm going to catch up over the next couple of days and post short blogs, back date them, and reflect on those 3 events. (If I have finished those and you are reading these in order, you will be confused, but if you're reading this before I finish the back-dated posts, then it makes total sense!) Either way, thanks for checking in on the life of My Tiny!

Emer continues to be beautiful both outside (btw, I cut and straightened her hair!) and inside (she has her judgy moments but treats everyone w/ respect). I went to a Kadampa workshop and won this Buddha. I couldn't wait to give it to her b/c I knew she's like it. Well, she created a "home" for him and loves her new Buddha  <3 :="" nbsp="" p="">

Emer has been doing both club swimming and the middle school team! She is quite a busy bee in middle school and I just love how she has embraced all the fun. This past weekend she and I did an Indoor Tri at the Y. She was excited b/c she has been doing the treadmill in gym class and couldn't wait to run on it as part of this race, haha! It was as I predicted - she beat me in the swim, the bike was neck and neck for a while then I pulled out a win, and I beat her on the treadmill. She did so well though and we had fun!

And speaking of embracing middle school, Emer has been doing news crew and back in Nov. she decided to try out for the play! It was a play about a living museum for Black History Month and she did really well! She loved every part of it and says she's going to try out for more. This girl is busy :)

There will be more blogs this year,  I really hope. And as I said, if you haven't seen the back-dated posts from "July", "Oct", and "Dec", be sure to check back soon for those!