Oh what a joy this post will be! Our Lizzy turned 9! Perhaps the past year has been the very hardest of her life. It was wonderful to see her silly, spontaneous, spunky self surface as we celebrated.
Lizzy is sweet and very sensitive. She can be a very private person, but yet she enjoys the spotlight very much. She still is strong and athletic and it has been difficult to tame her this past year and keep her feet on the ground while her body continues to heal from her surgery. She is fiercely loyal and has a strong sense of justice. She has my wacky gene and enjoys it very much (it can be more annoying as adult than it was to me as a kid:)). She loves to read and continues to excel at it. She is blossoming as a pianist and her teacher tells me she will be the next Adam. As Anna grows she has stepped more into a leadership role of the younger three. She showed incredible bravery as she faced her surgery this past year and continues to have to think about it everyday when she puts her brace on. She is sick of being told what she can't do and is ready to jump back in and do anything she wants. She is developing into a strong and steady young woman. We are so grateful for the role she plays in our family.
Lizzy abhors all of the things she still is not supposed to participate in. We have loosened up a bit and she is doing more and more. She is looking for things to fill the void. We allowed her to go roller skating for a friends birthday with the stipulation that she had to hang onto the wall the whole time (so she wouldn't fall and bump her head). She has wanted to go again ever since then. This year was not a party year so that is what she chose to do with our family. Greg and I were not too excited about it. I have had 2 knee surgeries and I was picturing a third in my future. It turned out to be a lot more fun than everyone thought. I only fell once. Greg didn't fall at all. Ben received the most falls award, but stuck with it. Lizzy was pleased as punch. She has even been checking out the price of skates on Amazon. Jake did amazing and I think he only fell twice. It took us 45 minutes or an hour, but then it was great fun!
Here are some pictures from the fun.
Lizzy likes being the center of attention and being served so her birthday is a great day for her. You can see from the pictures below that she thoroughly enjoyed herself. Her birthday was actually on a Sunday so she was pretty much in charge for two days.
The kids have really enjoyed buying inexpensive gifts for each other this past year. Lizzy is cheesing it up with Ben's gift of Pringles.
Lizzy and Jake
Lizzy wanted a giant pillow just like Anna's. Lizzy got a green one. She has many different faces, that girl.
Liz got this cupcake jewelry box with the below note in it.
She was overjoyed as she has been talking about getting her ears pierced for some time. Anna hasn't gotten hers pierced yet so it was fun for Lizzy to be the "first" at something. Here is the new "holier" Lizzy. Can I just say I love her blue eyes and freckles.
I guess most of the kids don't like cake as much as cookie cake, so a giant cookie cake is what I make for them. Happy Birthday Liz!
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