My little girl turned 7 today. Man, time is a flyin' :)
She looked in the mirror this morning and said, "Wow, I do look seven now!" Indeed.
On Sunday we're having a girls-only Hello Kitty party at our house. Pray for me as I somehow stay sane with 12 hyper little girls. Oh and we're having a candy buffet. And lots of coffee. Candy for the kids; coffee for me. I must be crazy. :)
Well, the summer is all a blur, and here we are again, another school year begun. And to my surprise, the kiddos were actually quite excited to go back. New backpacks, new outfits, new teachers, new classrooms, new year.
big 4th grader pretending he's headed to military school (which gives me an idea...)
already a 1st grader who picked out this adorable outfit :)
Some random Sundays, Grace wants to sit with us in "big church" instead of her class. These are the notes she took this week. Amen!
For a long time Grace was a serious Rapunzel-wanna-be, and I wanted to cut her hair b/c it was becoming unmanageable. But then suddenly she wanted to cut it all off, and I didn't want to. The mother-daughter conundrum, I believe. So we compromised and cut off about 6 inches. It's very cute, but somehow she looks 8 instead of 6. Boo to this growing up bit. :(
before
after
Grace was very proud of herself last night--she read her favorite bedtime story to Mom, instead of the other way around. :)
We were in MI last week w/ my parents over spring break, and of course we were wondering why we usually find ourselves heading NORTH for spring break, but oh well. :) It wasn't too cold and didn't snow, so that's something. We visited our favorite beach--our little piece of heaven every July 4th for fireworks--and found it to be just as beautiful even though it was about 40 degrees. And no, we did not stick our toes in the water. Our lips turned blue just standing next to the water; standing in it did not seem wise. :) I do love my Michigan!
Grace has had a loose tooth for weeks. At least 3 weeks. And she has been super protective of that beloved tooth. She was so excited to have another loose one, yet terrified to have it fall out. She's a big bundle of contradiction!!! It was just barely hanging on all weekend, and I warned her that she was gonna lose it w/o even knowing it and accidentally swallow it, like I did once when I was a kid. But she didn't listen...
...and then it happened while she was munching on some Robin Eggs easter candy. Bye-bye, tooth! She was very upset, so we wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy. I had to write her words b/c she was so emotional.
And in case you were wondering, the Tooth Fairy did honor her request. I hear she's very understanding about these things. :)
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