She's desperately trying to cling onto the "mum of toddlers" thing, that got her a bit of bank years ago. She just can't accept that kids in the middle-primary years are just not as cute any more. I mean, Erin is 9, going into Year 5. And she's got that look now that some girls get right before puberty starts, where they get all "legs for days". I can almost guarantee that she's not pooing while her mum is in the bath. And if she is, she certainly won't be 6 months from now. And really, if she and Ethan are, they need to be having talks about privacy. It's not appropriate or normal for 9 OR 7 year olds to be on the toilet when someone's in the bath.
And honestly, you do hand prints with pre-school children. For someone who used to be a teacher, you'd think she'd have a lot more interest in the home-schooling than she has had. Even Stephen managed to come up with the volcano idea that Emma got all jealous about, and I don't get the impression he's over-burdened with brain-cells.
On another topic, what (if anything) happened between her and Louise? I don't follow Louise any more, but I haven't seen Emma mention ANYTHING about Louise for probably well over a year. And they used to be so chummy.