Stickers

Stickers made an appearance several months ago.  The first time Emma was given a sticker was at the doctor's office.  She didn't know what to do with it and in the shuffle to get out the door, the sticker ended up being tucked away in my gigantic purse and forgotten.  Flash forward a month, Emma and I are sitting in a diner, attempting our best behavior in a quiet restaurant.  Emma was restless, fussy, and did not want to be confined to a high chair.  Mama got out her big old purse in search of something to do - STICKERS!!!  Emma sat there (like an angel) for 15 minutes (that is a lot for her!) peeling those stickers off the little paper and sticking them to a napkin.  She couldn't have been any happier and I was so pleased with the result.

Since that time in the diner, I've had stickers tucked away in my purse (a recommendation for all moms with large purses!)  They have come in handy on numerous occasions - restaurants, airplanes, doctor visits, etc.  Emma loves her "ick-ers" (stickers).  When she receives them, she cherishes them.  For example, daycare sent her home with one on a Friday.  She HAD to wear it all weekend long.  

She even started doing things for stickers and is quick to accept a sticker bribe   We were at the doctor's office measuring her oxygen levels (she had been really sick lately), using a small tool that was taped to her finger (or toe).  She hates it and usually fusses and fights through it.  It doesn't hurt; but she dislikes the test because strangers are touching her (would you blame her???).  In the middle of the procedure, the nurse blurts out "Emma would you like a sticker?"  Well that ceased all of her fussiness.  In a few minutes the procedure was over and Emma was holding six stickers - some for her and her stuffed animal, Bunny!  Lucky girl.

So proud of her princess sticker!

Even Bunny scored a few princess stickers.  Lucky Bunny.