She's no longer the little girl on the playground who I have to protect. She's now the big kid who can do everything and needs to watch out for the littles!
I tell her all the time that she's not allowed to get bigger. I say, "no more fruits and veggies. No more reading and math. You can't get any bigger." And she counters with, "No, I AM getting bigger."
The hardest part is realizing that over 1/3 of the time that we have with her has already slipped away!
Nevertheless, the circle of life continues and Audra has gotten a year older.
We celebrated with her favorite breakfast: French toast.
She got sung to by the kids at church and got to go meet with our bishop (pastor) for a piece of candy after church.
We had the family over for dinner, which Audra got to choose. Her choice: Breakfast burritos. I'm so glad she chose such an easy meal to make!
Then, of course, she got spoiled with lots of presents and party celebrations!
Look how happy she is while opening a gift from Claire- a doll (above), and Claire helping her out
Camille immediately grabbed an outfit that Audra got from Grandma and tried it on:
Audra said she wanted an ice-cream cake. I have to assume she meant one from DQ because that is the only ice-cream cake we have ever gotten. We had one major problem with that: I had zero room in the freezer for a DQ ice-cream cake! I was talking to a friend and she told me what she used to do with her kids for their Birthdays: They would go and get graham cracker pie crusts, their favorite ice-cream, and various toppings and then create their own ice-cream cakes by mixing all their favorite ingredients together. I thought this would be a lot of fun, and take up way less space in the freezer. So, on Saturday Audra and I went to the grocery store and picked her out her favorite ice-cream and toppings. We came home and got to work:
Let's see...At 7 years old, here's what Audra is up to:
-While reading is not her favorite thing (unless I am reading to her- she LOVES that we will sit and read for hours at times), her reading abilities have really taken off the last couple of months
-She has the sweetest personality. I'm not just saying that because she is my daughter. She really is something special when it comes to simply being kind and good-natured. She has a very caring heart (she does not get that from me- she really is one of a kind).
-She'll eat pretty much anything- even if she doesn't like it- if it means that she can have dessert.
-She is awesome at the monkey bars. She gets upset if we go to a park that doesn't have monkey bars.
-She is very sensitive.
-She is great with Claire. She calls Claire her "Best Buddy" and they play awesome together.
-She has a great imagination, which sometimes get her in trouble because she has very vivid dreams which scare her. Her most recent nightmare is about going to a doctors office and the doctor chaining her to a chair, then her going down some sort of slide and being chained with another doctor who just laughs at her. It sounds horrible.
-She is very concerned about her appearance and continues to be very particular about her outfits, and now her hairstyle. She currently loves french braids and the curls that they make in her hair the next day.
-She has great musical talent
Let's see...there are a million other things about how awesome Audra is. We are so blessed to have her in our family.
2 comments:
Seven does feel old. I don't know why. I am right there with you.
Happy birthday Audra! Whatever your oldest is, is too old. For me I am dreading the 11th birthday this year. How time flies!
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