.ten.
When AB was born, I made the goal of taking her picture at the exact time she was born every year until she turned ten. Ideally I’ll do it for the next 50 years, but I’m trying to be realistic. I don’t achieve many of my big goals, but I achieved this one. Every year, I’ve been with her at 1:40 when she officially becomes her new age. Today was the big t-e-n.Our new ten year old loves drama, writing scripts and poetry, riding her scooter, and watching Wizards of Waverly Place. We have piles of paper around the house on which she’s cast people for endless shows. We have countless piles around the house on which she’s cast people for endless shows. She enjoys musicals and playing her guitar. You can often find her kicking the soccer ball against the side of the garage or on the trampoline. She’s a quality-over-quantity girl and prefers to have one friend over at a time. She loves learning and has learned how to research online. She loves church and sleeps with her Bible.
We didn’t plan on only having one child, but I’m so glad she’s the one we got.
life is like a box of chocolates. sometimes you’re stuck at Walmart and sometimes you’re wearing a tiara.
I saw an influencer on Instagram yesterday who spent the day filming a mob wives style video to announce a new product. She spent hours in full glam hair and makeup while wearing pearls, fur, and leather. I spent half an hour that morning in the Walmart parking lot...
little bits of January
Me in December: Things will calm down after Christmas! Me in January: We need to coordinate our calendars better. We have too much going on. No free weekends! Who is agreeing to all this? Last weekend we had a bed build with Sleep In Heavenly Peace, the organization...
home for the holidays
decorating Grammy's tree Elizabeth had the idea that we cut words out of magazines to describe (either accurately or not) the gift recipient and tape them to the package. It brought us endless entertainment. This is one of AB's. "Lively" and "unlimited talk." Sesame...
merry mail ’23
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