Emily Answers Her Birthday Survey: 11-years-old

Well, I'm a bit behind, but it is still her birth month!!

I am 11 thousand years old.
My favorite color is: purple
The coolest person on earth is: Mutti
The thing I do best is: make dumplings
If I could change my name, it would be: Emily
My favorite toy is: idk
When I grow up, I want to be: not sure
I like to watch: Encanto
My favorite song is: idk
My favorite book is: Mandie
3 words to describe me are: Happy, Friendly, Smiley
When I was little, I used to: draw a lot
My favorite season is: summer
The food I like most is: potatoes and egg fried rice
One food I really don't like is: Olives
My best friend is: Abby
For my birthday I want to: have Abby over
My best memory is: Idk I have a lot

later days

you can check out her birthday survey from last year here.

Emily's 10th Birthday and Birthday Party

We celebrated our Emily turning 11 this year!  

The night before her birtdhay, we took one last picture of our 10-year-old Emily. = )

She started her day with birthday cake but had to wait until after our school day finished to open her gifts.

It was a Thursday, so we didn't have as much planned as say a Monday, and the kids worked hard so that Emily could open up her gifts.

She was so happy to open everything and particularly loved all the fidget toys that everyone had picked out for her.

A few days later, we had her BFF Abby and (most of) her family come over for the day.  We ate and chatted and had a nice day celebrating the birthday girl.

Abby got to spend the night, which meant that the fun continued on to the next day too.  I think they all had a wonderful time!

later days

You can see the answer to Emily's birthday survey here. And read about her birthday from last year here.

Edit: written 4-10-22, backdated for continuity.

Alice's 11th Birthday!

Today, Alice turned 11 years old!  I am still trying to wrap my head around it.

I do feel like I personally got lucky this year (yep, I said it) because Alice is home with me, and in Texas 5th grade is a part of elementary school, so I don't have to consider her a middle schooler*!

We took a few pictures last night, as her final night as a 10 year old!

And then new pictures this morning, as a brand new 11 year old!  She picked ice cream for breakfast, so that's what everyone got.

Opening up gifts before 'school.'  From us she got a cat hoodie, roblox gift cards, and Billy installed Sim 4 + cats and dogs on her computer. = )  She liked her cards from Avia and Emily, and prized her squishy cat from Avia all morning.

My amazing Alice, I'm so happy that we get to celebrate with you!  I hope that this year is your best one yet! = )  You are smart, and funny and weird and such a joy to be around.

*Of course, Emily, William, Grace and Juliet are thoughts for another day.