This girl melts my heart. I have been so blessed by Lily these last 8 years. We recently asked her several questions on favorite things. Here's what she had to say:
- Color - Light Green
- Movie - How to Train Your Dragon 2
- TV Show - Sofia the First
- Book - The Never Girls series. This really surprised me as I thought she would say Magic Tree House series, but Never Girls is a new series she is just getting into.
- Drink - Dr. Pepper. Cracks me up that she says this. I honestly think she has had this two, maybe, just maybe, three times in her life. Maybe because it's such a rare treat is why she loves it.
- Memory from the past year - Her 7th birthday party. Again, I was surprised by this; just about any other time you ask about a favorite memory is going on the cruise this past summer.
- When she grows up, she wants to be an aquarium worker because she loves dolphins and sea animals.
- Best friend - Avery Hobson
- Bible Verse - 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
- School subject - Astronomy
- Goal - To do my best in school
- Food - Daddy's best macaroni and cheese
- Activity - Build Lego sets
- Place to Travel - Disney World
- Game to Play - Hide and Seek
- Restaurant - Tin Lizzy's
- Animal - Baby polar bear
- Most thankful for my family
All went well at her check-up yesterday. Hearing and vision are right in line. She's 48 inches tall which puts her in the 16th percentile, and she's 56 pounds which is in the 48th percentile. Sounds about right for our family. The doctor says she is doing great.
Lily loves playing the piano, and she adores her piano teacher, Mrs. Pinto. We go once a week for lessons, but she loves to practice throughout the week. She is moving into more difficult pieces, but she never has to be prodded to practice; she enjoys it. She is taking once a week tennis lessons right now which she enjoys for the most part. I like seeing her active, and tennis is such a great lifelong sport. I don't know how long she'll continue, but it's fun for now. She is also doing an after school Cotillion Club which meets just once a month. They have actually only met once so far, but she loved it. I can't wait to see what else she learns.
She absolutely loves building Legos, and she loves the challenge of a really good set. She is a great reader. She loves books that let her imagination take her to interesting places, but she also loves fact-based books; she thinks the Magic Tree House "Fact Trackers" are fascinating. She also loves shows like Wild Kratts and Bindi's Bootcamp because she learns such interesting animal facts on them. She wants to work with sea animals when she gets older. She also loves drawing, building and just about any kind of arts and crafts projects. For many months this past year she was in on the Rainbow Loom craze, but that seems to have slowed down a lot. She is building a medieval castle for her class history project, and she's loving it. I can't wait to see it finished. She is doing very well in school. She does a great job in her science and math classes; in fact, she moves up a grade each day for math class. I hope she continues to enjoy those types of classes. At the moment, she says she will go to Georgia Tech for college because "I can still live at home that way; I'll never want to move out." For now I'll take that sweet attitude. She has a fantastic memory, so most subjects come pretty easy to her; cursive handwriting is an area we're working on though.
More than anything, Lily craves quality time with the people she cares about. She is happiest when our family is simply hanging out together at home. A close second is when she has a few close friends over to play. When we talk about going out to do something, she often says she would prefer to stay home (unless it's roller skating which she now loves). She loves when the two of us read together at night; I think she enjoys that one on one time with me almost as much as I enjoy it.
I can't even begin to name all the good qualities about Lily. She constantly amazes me. I love watching her grow and learn. She fascinates me. I cannot wait to see how God uses this precious child throughout her life. She is such a blessing, and I'm so proud to call her mine.
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