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That title was furnished by Kate. It is very exciting around here today. Not only is today Ellie’s actual birthday, but we are having her party tonight. This, of course, has led to some very high expectations from the birthday girl and I hope we don’t disappoint! So far so good. We had some muffins and juice delivered for breakfast and she received an iHome as her gift from us. There has been all sorts of rockin’ out happening ever since.
Ellie is my impulsive, sensitive, quiet, thoughtful girl. She doesn’t compete for airtime from her sisters. She listens to what they say and then chimes in once she has thought about it. I think she is much like both my sister and Allen’s sister in this way so I often think about them to figure out how this kid ticks. (Extroverts that we are, Allen and I are somewhat clueless here!)
She likes to get her homework done quickly so she can move on to bigger and better things. Those things include legos, barbies, soccer and art projects. Ellie has never been a big reader, but she has challenged herself this year by joining a book club and she just finished her first 300 page book. (This is big news!) It will be fun to see what she picks up next!
We had a lot of fun this morning taking pictures and testing out new locations. She is the perfect model because she likes to try new things and she doesn’t mind having her picture taken. Here are my favorites…