Starfish Dreams

A birthday!

R is now 7! She had her birthday on January 19. She is such a dolly – we just LOVE having her in our family. She chose waffles with raspberries and whipped cream for her birthday breakfast. Then, she had dinosaur chicken nuggets for lunch and homemade pizza, root beer floats and cupcakes for dinner. For gifts, she got several new puzzles (she LOVES doing them and is really quite good at it), some new clothes, chips, gum (a HUGE pack from Costco) and a case of Sprite. She has the cutest grin ever, with her missing teeth. It's a race to see if she'll have new front teeth before the side ones fall out! They are loose, but the first little nubbies of her big teeth are starting to come through. I just adore that girl. She is doing well in school, overall. Math is a BREEZE for her. Reading is harder but coming right along. She is always well-behaved and never (and I do mean never) a behavioral problem there. (Or at home, really, although we still see an occasional tantrum and some great pouting.) She has a new haircut, too, that she is very fond of. She's a real sweetheart and blessing to our family.

Here's that puzzle, all done!

Blowing out the candle on the cupcake