Fav toy: books don't count as toys, so calico critters. gosh i'm just thinking mom and calico critters are the only toy i really play with anymore.
Fav fruit: Cantaloupe
Fav vegetable: Cucumber
Fav snack: oooooh. umm. oh geez. uhhh. that chocolate macaroon granola bar.
Fav movie: umm. oh gosh. i don't really have a favorite movie.
TV show: Little House on the Prairie
Fav outfit: either these leggings or some jeans and a big warm shirt or sweater
Fav game: freeze tag
Fav food: oh my gosh that is such a hard one! um. well. i can't really think right now because i'm not hungry. let's say white pasta. what is that called mom? alfredo!
Fav animal: cat
Fav song: ooooh. either "kiss the sky" by Maren Morris or "desesperado" by Evan Craft
Fav book: "Salty Kisses" Robin Jones Gunn & "The Giver" (reading in GMC Academy)
Fav season: summer
Best friend: oh geez. i don't really have a best friend, but i guess Elliette.
Fav dessert/treat: chocolate cupcake w/ vanilla frosting
Fav thing to do outside: swing and listen to music
Fav drink: shirley temple
Fav holiday: Christmas
Fav thing: my books
Fav homeschool subject: ooh does reading count?
Fav hobby: umm. my chicks or reading.
Highlight of your year: chickies
Goal for next year: i can't tell you my goal for next year. but let's just say to have all my chickens and quails healthy and alive and full grown.
Most excited about right now: honestly finishing "The Giver". we are so close, Mom. we're in the last chapters and i'm not able to read past 18 til next week.
What do you want to be when you grow up: author and stay at home mom.
What has God taught you this year: ummm i really don't know that one but you always make me come up with an answer. something i've been really working on is not parenting my siblings and being a lot nicer to Zeke.
Most embarrassing moment: i don't want to talk about that one. *dad leaves* oh just when i was telling you i got my period. and i was in the car and ita kept asking what was in my bag and i said "I can't tell you because I'm too embarrassed, but June can tell you" and then June told her that i'd started my period and she was like "really" and i was like "ya" and she was like "when that happens to June i'm going to take her on a date, but since you didn't tell me right away i'm not going to take you out" and she never did.
Funniest moment of the year: probably when Eleanor is half asleep and she starts talking and sometimes she gets up and does stuff and Mom it's just so funny!
fav color: yellow
fav sport: well this is kinda complicated for me, but i like gymnastics better as a sport but i really dislike my class right now because i dislike my teacher and i don't really want to continue ballet for a long time because i feel like its not a good sport for me, but my teacher is awesome.
How did we celebrate: We didn't do a lot this year because this year you were focused on CHICKENS! You wanted all the $ we'd spend on a party to go toward fixing up the chicken run. Fernando (Ophelia's son) brought over an incubator with fertilized eggs from his flock just for fun and he let you hatch your own chicks, which was crazy and fun! but one egg hatched so much earlier than the others.. you took so much special care of that chick- playing cheeping noises for it on your tablet, sleeping in the laundry room with it- and it survived until the others started joining it! but Ezekiel squeezed that little chick (Rosie) to death- he said he was trying to make it feel all cozy like it was back in its eggshell. you were devastated. you didn't know to take out the little thing on the bottom that rotated, so we had plenty of stress with that too- a little chick would be born and before it was all dried off, the bottom would rotate and its legs would get stuck underneath. next time, we'll know better! you had 9 out of 12 eggs successfully hatch! and then 1 died. and then you bought four from a feed store with Ita, so 12 total! you'll be giving some to the Ferraras as a thanks for letting you use their heat plate, etc. you also got 7 button quail because your dad is a sucker for you. and June's kitten promptly got in and killed 4 of them *sigh* so you have 3 little cuties living in a fish tank right now. not sure where they'll end up long term? We are finally getting the run finished *today* Dad took a Saturday off work to make it happen- hooray! You want to just have a friend playdate once the chickens are all settled in their big coop. we made your fav meal- you requested steak $$ whooo! and June made you a precious little cake from scratch- so cute! Ita took you and June go out breakfast at Kasa and shopping- you couldn't find any clothing you liked, so she ended up getting you melty scented things from Bath&BodyWorks, which I said you couldn't keep because...endocrine disruptors! and that was a whole big deal. and then you got to spend 3 nights at Grandma&Grandpa's house! Overall, I think you felt very celebrated and loved :)
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12! It is feeling so real that you are growing up into a beautiful young lady. You are so independent, full of your own ideas and zest for life, capable, helpful, and your own person nowadays. You bring a lot of joy and life to our house and I am so thankful for your life, as always! What a joy and a gift it is to be your mom. I am forever thankful that the Lord blessed me with you as my daughter. I think we will be the best of friends when you are all grown up and I am so excited. I am cherishing these days having you (all 5) here under my roof and supervision- the days are flying by and I am in no way wishing them away! but I am also looking forward with a sense of wonder and excitement to the days when you are off on your own, raising your babies, and I think it will be such a sweet season then too of having you lean on me when things are hard and getting to support you as you do the hard work of parenting littles. and getting to just move into more of a friendship than a parent/child relationship. gosh, I can't wait to be your friend! past the days of teenage attitudes that need correcting and messy rooms that I am in charge of making sure you keep clean- a different relationship, you know? anyway... those days are still so many years away and I am just enjoying you right now, so let me give you a peek at who you are at twelve :)
