Emma

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Too Many Sweets




By Emma Harris


Illustrated by Emma Harris


1st grade 2008






Once upon a time, in a far away land in Utah, lived a little girl named Karen and her pet rabbit named Luke. The rabbit could talk and one day Luke said, “I am sick of being a good little rabbit, and now I will be sneaky and eat sweets all day long.” And with that he hopped around the living room and to the sugar bowl. But before Karen could stop him, he took an armful of sugar and stuffed it into his mouth. “Oh no, Oh no!” as she watched the terrible thing happen. She ran to tell her mother what happened, but was tripped when Luke ran in front of her tying to get to the donuts. Karen tried to run to her mother and told her what terrible thing happen. Karen’s mother tried to get Luke near her with a donut but Luke knew that she was tricking him to go outside into his cage. A week passed of Luke eating sweets and Luke was sick.






Letters written at school to mom in the 2nd grade: fall 2008-‘09


Dear Mom,


I wanted to go to Grandma’s house really badly yesterday but you wouldn’t let us so can we go today? Pleeease? I want to go today plus every Sunday not like every 3 Sunday’s. It would be so fun to go today for Family Home Evening activity plus every Sunday. Pretty Please with mint chocolate ice cream on top and a cherry on top of that and lemonade to drink with it??? Pleeease? Love your demanding sunshine, Emma






Dear Mom,


I love you. Today I stayed in for part of recess to learn my dance for the ladybug! I’m having P.E. today too. I hope you had a good day today because I did. I’m sorry I haven’t written to you for a while though. We also practiced the caterpillar and butterfly dance before lunch. I love you. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you. Today it was indoor recess. I just didn’t want to go to school this morning. I hope you had a good day. I went to the library today and got some books. I want to come home! Now if only it was Friday. I love Fridays. Love, your daughter Emma






Dear Mom,


I cried a little last night because you wouldn’t let me talk and you let Eliza talk. And you talked in a strict sort of way. I love and miss you anyway but I’m still a little angry. I hate Wednesdays though. I hate them because I have Spanish and music!! I’m glad Spanish class only last’s for a few more weeks!!! I hope you had a good day too. I love you. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you. I miss you too. I got indoor recess today. It was a very normal day. It was fine. I hope you had a good day too. I can’t wait for the Bitty Baby and Karen’s (American girl doll) birthday. Bitty Baby’s is on May 16th and Karen’s is on June 2nd. We’re going to make cinnamon rolls in my easy bake oven on June 2nd on Karen’s birthday. I don’t know what I will do for Bitty Baby’s. Maybe a picnic on May 16th. We’ll see. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


Today we got a paper back and I got a 2. I am sad today. We also got our quizzes back. My teacher didn’t check it so we did. I could have gotten a 7 but that was the most, but I got 1 wrong, so I got a 6 but today’s P.E. so I’ll try to have a good day. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


Did you know some other girls wanted China to join their team? Well they told her to think about it and she said okay and nodded her head. I don’t think she’ll play with us though. Plus, Aiesha moved away, she was the one who could only whisper, and now China moved here and took her place. Have a good day. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I had a normal day today. But it was okay because a new girl named China moved in today that was quite a surprise! I had to change my card though. But I was the first to make friends with China and she joined our game. I showed her everything and I introduced her to me and my friends but I had a good day . Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I have a question. When are we going to the airport to meet Matthew? I hope you had a good day because I did. Did you know Mrs. Serafini is on vacation for three days so Mrs. Williams, Bryans mom, is going to be our teacher. She’s a little stricter but she was alright today. I hope she is on Tuesday and Wednesday too. Have a good day. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


Today I was going to the bathroom when some poo dropped in my underwear. I didn’t wear any for the rest of the day. I just put it in my desk. I’ll take it home later. I felt embarrassed but I had a good day but I was wondering, should I tell my teacher? I love you very much. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I miss you too. I had a good day today. We got a new post office and got to write letters and third graders came in to pretend to be a cleark and we got to pick pretend stamps that were pictures and pay for them with fake money than we got to put the letter in a cardboard mail box. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I miss you too. On Friday, I wrote in my letter that I got a berry cent but we really didn’t have time. So the teacher said we would get one on Monday. But on Monday she didn’t have any left so she said we could have one on Tuesday. I really don’t know if she said we could have one on Tuesday but I think so. But on Tuesday she didn’t have any so I went to Mrs. Abernathey- no berry cents. Then Mrs. Rukker- no berry cents. Mrs. Marzano had berry cents. So I got 1 and Roxanna got the other. I had a good day and I hope you did too. I love you very much. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


Today was a marvelous day. I got to go to the library and learned about black-eyed Susan books. I’m sorry to say I returned the old books and go no books in return but I only get to check out black-eyed Susan books. Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


Today was a wonderful day. I got a fortune cookie and it said . . .get off to a new start, get out of your shell. We learned all about Chinese New Year. I went to art and have no homework. Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


Today I got a berry cent! I saved my fortune cookie and had a great time at art. We made clay things! I got the berry cent from the mega treasure box! And got no homework! Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


Today was a good day because I got to take home the plans and we had a vote on who will one person from every class in the school has to be in a club once a month and I won the vote for my class! I love you very much and I hope you had a good day! Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


I miss you very much. I also love you very much. I hope you are excited for snow tonight because I am very excited. I hope you had a good day. Love your daughter, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I have good news. Wednesday is where your watch day but only our class not even the rest of the 2nd grade! It means you have to where a watch and we’ll do activities for telling time. The better news is that I’m the Berry-special person! My teacher closed her eyes and drew my name out of the bucket! Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I miss you too. The reason why I don’t want to go to school is because I’m tired. In fact, I end up having a wonderful day. It always is a good day. Well, almost. Love, your daughter Emma.






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I also miss you. You are the best mom in the whole world and always will be. Well, I mean I hope you will always be. Well, I think you will always be the best mom in the whole world. Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


Nothing really exciting happened today. Nothing sad happened either. It was a good day. Love, Emma.










Dear Mom,


I had a horrible day today. Raina kept calling me mean and when I asked her what I did to be mean she didn’t have an answer. That’s how I know I’m totally not mean. I didn’t have anything really bad or really good but I miss you! And I love you! Love, Emma Harris






Dear Mom,


I love you very much. I hope you had a good day. Anyway I can’t wait for Christmas! Well, I also can’t wait for Irises birthday party and Eliza’s family birthday party. I love you! It is sad that Peter was crucified upside-down. That would hurt! Peter was a good disciple. I can’t, well, I mean, I didn’t know that Peter would be hanged on the cross by nails. I didn’t even know he was crucified. It is so sad!


Love, your sad daughter Emma


P.S. That was so sad.






Dear Mom,


I had a embarrassed day. I miss you very much. I love you! You are the best mom in the whole world! Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


It was so funny about lunch. I had a good day. Nothing super exciting really happened except one thing. We got to teach, well I mean, Me and Erica, Chamilla, and Raina got to teach to people how to make crowns. We got to be the teachers! Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I had a good day today. I feel like there’s something wrong but I can’t figure out what it is. I am very confused. I hope I had a good day. I am very confused about whether I had a bad day or a good day or a medium day but I think I had a confused day.


Love, Emma.






Dear Mummy,


I had the best day of my life today because I got to come home early . . . only because I was sick but having a stuffy nose isn’t bad. . . .well maybe it is anyway, I well, I mean, my teacher gave me no homework! I hope you have a good day too. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I had a good day today. I decided it would be a good day and like music. I did because it snowed and we had Melva’s and Eliza’s birthday! It was the best day of my life! I hope your having a good day too.


Love, Emma.


P.S. I wanted to go to school.






Dear Mom,


I had so many indoor recesses but there are lot’s of others things to do but I always pick the writing center. It had smelly markers and paper to draw on. There are two other kinds of markers too. They have crayons and scissors and pencils and more. Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


Whenever I write a note to you then it mean’s I had indoor recess today which I’m having right now. I had a good day today too. I had a fun time because indoor recess means no bossy bullies! I wish you were here with me but I do have you in my locket and I have Ben. xooooxx. I can’t wait to come home. Love, Emma ooox.






Dear Mom,


We had indoor recess again today. I love it. We get to smell markers and draw pictures. There are play food and board games and we could even write letters and the do the computer. I love having indoor recess, it is fun! Indoor recess is the best thing to do at school. Love, Emma






























































































































Dear Mom,


I didn’t get bossed around at recess and I got to go to the berry cent store and I had two berry cents and I bought two tooth savers because I lost my old one, and incase I lost one. One was red and one was light blue. They were tiny. I had a great day. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom and Dad,


I am glad you are here. I want you to see inside my desk and in the fish tank. Please except this note. Love, Emma.


“Dear Emma, What a clean desk you have! Love, Mom”






Dear Mom and Dad,


I am doing well in school. I got all greens for all three weeks. I have made friends with Rukhasana and Chamilla. Playing the game Tuocy on the playground is very fun and funny. Rukhsana and I are twin Tuocys and say “Tuocy” all the time. Rakhsana and I are the baby’s and the name is Toucy and Chamilla is the mom. Love, Emma






Dear Mom,


Today was mostly good. But it was bad too. The good thing is we got indoor recess. Indoor recess is always fun. The bad thing is at lunch Aisha spilled milk in my lunch by accident.


Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


School is hard for me. I don’t like it very much. I love you too. I miss you. I hope I come home soon. I’m trying to like school. It’s just so hard. Love, Emma.






Dear Mom,


I miss you! I wish I was at home but I’m having such a good time! We had indoor recess but Jack copied my idea for rainbow heart. But it’s still a good idea. Love, Emma






































































January 2009


“Mom, in class today we had a vote on who has good ideas and a loud voice to represent the class in a meeting once a month and everyone voted for me! I won! I’m going to help change the school.”






July 1, 2009 7yrs. old


You learned a dance to “A Love Story” by Taylor Swift. You’ve been singing it all night. . .EVERY word memorize including the key change. Major gift for music and auditory memorization. Even better than mine. . .even though you got that from me. Guess caution needs to be put into what you listen to, (like me) huh?






July 18, 2009


You were showing me your scab and I said you can take it off (as it was falling off) and you freaked out, covering your knee and screamed, “no it’s not fairly secured!” I mean . . .” then we both laughed.






School Fathers day blessing Sept 2009


“You’re about to go back to school. Know your Heavenly Father loves you and your teacher will too. You will excel and do well. Help others to do well too and you’ll be blessed in your emotional health. Don’t let others cheat off your work because there will be some who want to. Be grateful you were born small as you will be able to bless others lives and wouldn’t be able to otherwise. Other will want to be like you so never be ashamed of who you are of what you look like as you’ll be a beacon to others. As you grow older, with time you’ll come to understand why your being small is for a purpose.






September 14, 2009 8yrs. old


I brought cupcakes into the cafeteria during your lunch hour for your whole class on your birthday. I made them all sing to you.


For your friend birthday, we had it on Friday after school. We had a tea party with chocolate coated peppermint sticks, cream and sugar. We made glow in the dark anklets with beads, and wrote our own names on a black scratch off card. We had a chocolate and vanilla with strawberries on top cake and everyone finished off with a treasure hunt to fill their goodie bag with the ending find.


For your baptism, your grandma and grandpa flew down from Idaho to be here. They bought you your white dress to wear afterwards and you looked beautiful in it. You screamed “hot” when you stepped in and were a happy girl with your store bought designed by yourself cake. My family was there too.






Your teacher called me and asked me if it was okay to put you in a 5th grade math class. I told him I’d rather you not. I’m sure you’re capable, but you are only in the 3rd grade (supposed to be in 2nd) and I don’t want you missing gaps. Plus, it’s not very enjoyable when it’s too challenging.


You’re a little smartie. . .he was going off of the TeraNova test you took last year and scored in the 99%.










October 2009


You have phemonia so you have to take chewable augmentin which you hate! Come to find out you had been hiding them around the house. Dad found one, and Liza found another. Now we have to watch you eat them for obvious reasons.






October 31, 09


You made up your own costume this year. A black widow spider. You took a black unitard, pinned 4 black construction paper legs to it and a big red construction paper circle to your back. You made yourself a black mask to cover you eyes with a string to hold it on around your head. You drew on multiple eyes on the mask. Then you found a black wig and wore that too. Very proud of your costume and other people were able to guess what you were too!






November 09


I mentioned outloud from an email I received that in Activity days there will be an icecream social relating to the articles of faith. You’ll receive each item for each AOF you know. You just started activity days 2 months ago in September when you turned 8 so they told you you’ll get 2 freebies. You wouldn’t hear of it and in 3 days you taught yourself all 13 articles of faith! You just took the card to bed with you and Wallah. Interestingly, those past 3 days you were acting your happiest. I think being challenged to memorize makes you content. I memorized them with you but I still struggle with #10.






December ‘09


You were very kind to me when I left Benjamin’s coat at the mall today. He had taken it off sometime, somewhere and when we were leaving couldn’t find it. Thank you for offering me your GAP gift card that you received as a birthday present to buy another coat. That was very generous and thoughtful.






January 2010


It’s a weekly ritual: To talk you when you’re in tears about how you think you will be going to the Terestial Kingdom than the Celestial. I’ve talked about it from every angle I know. What it all comes down to though is trusting in His grace and knowing but not understanding how or why He saves us. Do we trust Him enough to do that to a sinner like me?






February 27, 2010 8yrs. old


THE DAY EMMA REALIZED SHE IS SAVED:


You were crying again in your room. You didn’t want to tell me and dad why but we already knew (see prior entry). So I opened up to 2 Nephi 4:17 and daddy read, “Oh wretched man that I am. . .” Even a prophet of God felt inadequate and realized the grace Jesus gives us sinful people. You liked that and then we all kneeled while you prayed with all sincerity down to the depths of your heart. You said with choking tears streaming, “I just want to know if I die tonight will I go back to heaven to the celestial kingdom and live with you. I’ve been feeling like I’m going to go to the telesial or Telestial and I just want to go back and live with thee again. You waited and there was silence. I was crying too. You closed your prayer and were smiling. Dad went to bed but I got to see the product of Jesus’ amazing grace confirmed.






“Mom, Jesus totally gives me so many blessings that I don’t deserve.”


“I have prayed so many times today, and the answers have always been pretty much Yes.”


“This feels like paradise even more than Hawaii.”


“I wish I could feel like this all the time.”


“I love you mom! I love everybody so much, I just love you so much! (as you squeezed me so hard over and over)






Thank you Emma for sharing this special experience with me. I’ll never forget it and what’s more is I hope you don’t forget either. Jesus lives! Praise God forever!! Halleluia!


This morning you read Enos.






Primary Talk. You wrote this down on paper all by yourself:


“My talk today is about how I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love me. How I know is he answers my prayers, gives me so many blessings that I can’t name them all. Like: the earth, a good family, friends, and a country too. But most important of all, scripture John 3:16. ‘For God so loved the world he gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. And so I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love me and that this church is true and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.”






April 2010


You got into the GT program. Oh well we’re moving. I’ll just homeschool you in 5th curriculum instead of 4th (well 3rd where you should be) in the fall.






Sept. 18, 2010


You are just barley 9 now. You had a bday here in Hawaii with 3 friends to invite from your primary class. I put you in public school just 1 day before your bday on Monday so on Tuesday you brought in whistles and key chains for your peers. (no food rule)


Your bday consisted of slip ‘n slide, sand art, puffy painting bags. You wanted an icecream cake so I made you a chocolate round cake with vanilla icecream in the middle and chocolate pudding on top. We ate quesadillas, popcorn and oreos. I loaded you up with toys having to do with water. Mermaids, Barbie pool, water slide, fairies and flying ponies. You and Liza have had fun with them and even the boys like to play with it too when you’re gone at school.






You are really enjoying school. You are evidently learning Hawaiian language and culture because you are coming home telling me all the names of the islands and wanted to play a game with me saying all the words you know in Hawaiian back and forth. I think it’s getting you friends too which was the goal in the first place.






October 1st, 2010


We just got our new bunny today. You were trying desperately to try to hold him. You just have some intimidations towards animals or something but I had to hand it to ya for trying. When Cookie died, you wrote Liza a poem:






When Somebody Dies,


It’s hard to hold back tears.


If it’s a friend, or family or someone near and dear.


When somebody dies, it’s easy to grieve,


Hard to receive, to believe.


When someone you love leaves,


When somebody dies,


Try not to be sad.


It’s okay to not to be gay


But remember, they’re not far away


And you’ll see them again someday.






I want to send this poem into the Friend magazine but change the gay to ‘not want to play’. 






You wrote Aspen Fisher today. (friend from Maryland) It was a poem too:


Best friends stick together,


They’re there when you are sad.


They can make your mood good weather,


And help to make you glad.


They can make your broken heart mend,


They won’t go away from you,


and they’ll play with you when you pretend.


That’s what BFF’s do.






10-30-10


You caught some virus in your eyes. We don’t know what it is. . .but the doctor keeps prescribing different drops and gels for your eyes. It’s still not improving and we’re on our 9th day. You missed a week of school and when I brought you to school the front office called me to send you back home again. Finally, we decided to ask the neighbor President Clark to help give you a blessing. You are really uncomfortable and suffering with itching, running eyes, burning and sensitivity to light. It’s late at night and you shall be healed by tomorrow Sunday. Dad said he’d call him in the morning but I responded with, “If you had a medicine that would heal her would you wait ‘till tomorrow to give it to her?” He then stood up to call him.






I went to the teacher conference and she just couldn’t say enough good things about you. She was so impressed that you could have all the answers and speak so fluently and proficiently yet could still listen so intently. She said that was rare to have both. You get pulled out for the GT program (gifted and talented) and I read your end of the quarter assessment sheet. This quarter I learned. . . “How to be better at communicating effectively”. It was easy/hard for me to. . . “Hard, to work in groups without fighting”. Next quarter I will work on . . “I can listen to what other people say.” I asked you about this paper you filled out and you told me it had to do with building a tower out of spaghetti noodles. You tried telling you group what would work best but they proceeded to do it their way anyways. Of course they failed at it and you couldn’t help but feeling the I told you so and let them know that too. Next time you said I will not fight about it. I thought that was very mature of you for a young age.


11-02-10
You had to write an inogoration speech if you were elected president. I copy it as written:


“People of the United States. It is my great honor and pleasure to be the Preasedent of the U.S.A. I will try to do what is good for the country, no matter what happens. I will not rule over you, nor will I cause wars and depresstion. God was good to give us this land, and help us through many wars, I hope we will stay in the U. S. with peace. I will do all I can to keep the U.S. free. That does not mean there will not be laws. Laws are permitted to keep us safe. Having Rules or laws does not mean American is not free, it means America is civelized and is safe and organized. I hope for as long as I am President then there will be peace. I leave this to you and hope to be a good president.”


Next to had to write an article on a news report about politics. I chose a Glenn Beck Friday Founders and had you watch it. Here’s what you wrote about as written:


“The main Idea of the new my mom and I listened to was about How people in the U.S. don’t talk about our founding fathers any more, and when they do talk about them it’s just the bad things. 80% of the people in the U.S. believe in God and we’re not aloud to talk about it because people think we will hurt the 20% of people who don’t believe in God’s feelings. But the people who don’t believe in God are aloud to talk about their religen, Even if more people believe in God than not. Either we are all aloud to talk about our religen or nobody is aloud. Why do people use a lie to talk about our founding fathers who are the most honest men we have?”


You’ve got a special gift in language, speaking and writing Emma. I wonder what your purpose is in this life with using it

Christmas 2010
You got a lighted rainbow bear, barbie mermaid, 2 church dresses including a moo-moo, jewerly box, paint by number, book set (Roald Dahl series), birdhouse craft, horse set.

Sunday, 3-14-11
We are here in Idaho visting the Harris'.  You sang a duet with me in sacrament mtg "Beautiful Savior."  I got a little stool that only put you about a couple inches higher.  We still didn't stand head to head toward the mic so I bent down and scooted another, taller stool toward you and motioned you to stand on it.  You looked at me and whispered, "Seriously mom?"  The whole congregation heard clearly since it was through the mic and laughed.

You are elected for the student council in the 5th grade as Historian.  You made the primaries with a 1 min. speech, then had to memorize a 2 minute speech for the election.  We made a large banner that said, Win with Emma Lynne.  Harris for Historian.  You were tickled about the gold glitter.  I'm so glad you made it.