Happy Birthday, Bright Eyes
8/5/2019
This girl has turned 16!
Sixteen feels like a big birthday on the road to adulthood.
Last week we opened up a checking account for her.
She'll be getting her driver's permit this week.
And she's on the look-out for her first job.
So we celebrate her!
For her birthday menu, she chose:
fried potatoes for breakfast, pancakes for lunch, watermelon and Pringles for a snack, Hardee's for supper and ice cream cake for dessert.
We took time to share, each one in our family, some of the things we love about the birthday girl. She says that words of affirmation is her love language, so she should be filled up after hearing all of us share things we love and appreciate about her. The little ones also shared some favorite memories and activities they enjoy with big sister.
She received some gifts from her siblings, including silly string, an Emoji cup, a coloring book, gum, a homemade slime kit and a keychain. For bigger gifts, she received an art easel (for her canvas painting, which she is really into these days) and a keyboard stand (to hold the full-size piano keyboard she got a few months ago).
A few weeks ago Grandma K visited from Wisconsin and gave her some gifts at that time, including blank painting canvases and some blank canvas shoes. She pondered how to decorate the shoes and came up with this design. Very pretty and colorful!
Just for fun, here are some pictures through the years.
2 months old
9 months old and full of smiles
flower girl at age 3
welcoming baby brother at age 4
age 9 or so... starting to look more grown up
age 15 - last year's "school picture"
Happy Birthday, Bright Eyes!
We love you and are so thankful
that God placed you in our family!
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