HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY SWEET ALLEE!!!
Wow, I can't believe this girl is 10 years old today. How quickly ten years has passed and yet I cannot really remember life without her. Allee has been a joy and light to all those around her since she was born. Just a few things I love about our sweet girl ~
She is still full of energy and life. She fully engages with whatever she is doing - if she is acting out some play she created with the boys, she is doing with complete enthusiasm, if she is worshipping at church, she does it with complete abandon and with her full self, if she is enjoying a day outside playing, she completely lets go and just soaks it all in and is one hundred percent present in her surroundings. I love that she is always one hundred percent and her joy is truly a gift and is contagious to those around her. She often is leader among her siblings in having a positive attitude or in serving one another with a happy spirit. She is truly our very own Pollyanna :)
Allee is full of compassion - if I am sad or down she is quick to encourage me with a sweet note and picture or a kind word. She has done this since she was three years old. And she is sensitive to her brothers - she used to cry when Jadon and Ben received spankings. She understands now the need for this but it still makes her a little sad. And she is so sensitive about the needs of those around us outside our family. We saw this with her relationships at school and especially with her willingness to give and serve and sacrifice for Nastya and Katya.
She delights in giving to others. She saves most all of her allowance and money that she earns and she loves to buy gifts for others. She also is always making crafts or cards and wanting to give them to those around her.
A few things Allee loves:
1) Horseback riding - wow has she taken off in this area lately!
2) Little House on the Prairie - I think she has seen every episode
3) Reading LOTS of books
4) Talking :)
5) Playing all sorts of imaginative games outside
6) Swimming and tubing in the river
7) Snow skiing
8) Mommy time on Monday nights - sometimes we go to Freddy's and eat some yummy ice cream while doing our bible study
9) Daddy dates
10) Sweet friends
11) AMAZING aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces and nephews -how blessed we are
12) American Idol - yep we let her in on the fun this season :)
Okay and just so I don't seem too biased (but can't a mommy brag a little when her baby turns 10?) I also must mention a few quirks I love. She shares with me incredible clumsiness that she inherited from me. You can always see stains on our clothing or new bruises on either of us from running into tables or tripping or spilling our food. She actually tripped going up to receive her award at the end of school program and that's when a friend of mine realized who it was!!! And she got a bit of Zach's forgetfulness or ADD as some might say :) - I can say "Allee grab your bag and get in the car" and it never fails - the bag is still in the house... Oh and did I mention she likes to talk? ALOT?!!!
Today we had a wonderful birthday beginning of course with the birthday cake to wake her up with. We had the extra treat of having Gran and Poppy with us to celebrate. Then we (Gran, Allee, and I) went to have pedicures. Well, Jadon was with us too, but he found other entertainment :) Then we went to Huisache - a great little restaurant in New Braunfels. Afterwards we all found matching flipflops :) Then Allee cashed in on her birthday coupon - a Beta fish. We went to the pet store and she picked out a beautiful blue Beta that is now in her room.
Thank you Lord for my sweet daughter and for a wonderful day to celebrate her!
3 comments:
Oh my little Allee turning ten, I really cant believe it! Allee is sooooo speacial to me. I have been so lucky to have always lived so close to her and have such a speacial bond with her. I dont think all Aunts are this lucky. Some of my favorite times, when I used to get to pick her up several times a week at day care back when she was just a tiny two year old, all of our wonderful sing a longs especially Buttercup, and now our weekly horse lessons. It has been so fun to see her go from barely being able to trot on a horse to jumping 2ft courses, wow what a year will do!!! I love you my Allee cat!
oh my goodness!! allee ten! how can that be?? my precious little allee is growing up to be even more than i expected. she has a heart of gold, always helping and caring. i love her sooooo much. i cant remember life without our allee. she is definitely our sunshine. she is one of my life's greatest blessings. rere
Happy Birthday...belated Allee! My Alexandra will be 10 in September--I still cannot believe it!
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