Friday, June 17, 2011

happy birthday

SO, my oldest turned 10.  1-0!  how did i get old enough to have a 10 year old?  i let her ditch the day at school and we went out and played.  we did the annual birthday photo booth pictures, saw a movie and had dinner at chevy's.  she got the ink heart book series and the ink heart movie.  i think i scored with that because she was beyond happy.  in fact, she's been watching the movie over and over since she received it. 

i'm grateful for elise and her fun loving attitude.  while it drives me crazy that that's literally all she wants to do the majority of the time, she makes never a dull moment in our home.  this past year with her daddy away, it has really made her have to grow up.  she is capable of making meals, feeding her siblings and entertaining them.  she has had less fits and more mature conversations.  she's smarter than ever and is so clever.  i really don't know how i was blessed to have such an amazing girl.  i really hope one day she will learn to use that amazingness for good and not to just have fun.