Happy 7th Birthday Mia!

Mia has turned 7!  I simply can't believe it!

 We love this girl to pieces and couldn't wait to celebrate her.

Her birthday was on a Wednesday, so we had three of her best girl friends come over after school for a Miles from Tomorrowland party.  Mia was thrilled that Sophie, Eliana and Sarah were able to come.  She is such a fiercely loving friend; they mean the world to her.

After playing several games all around the house (4 Corners was a big hit), we took a little break for the girls to watch one Miles episode.  I think it's safe to say they enjoyed relaxing for a few minutes for that.

 While they watched the show, we got dinner together: Supersteller Sammies (star shaped grilled cheese), Galatic Grapes with Stars (grapes and yellow tomatoes), Star Fruit, Tomorrowland Trail Mix (popcorn, pretzels and Reeces Pieces) and Cosmic Cocoa (hot chocolate).

 Enjoying dinner.

 After dinner it was time for dessert.  Mia was so excited about her ice cream cake!

 Singing happy birthday to the birthday girl.

 Make a wish!

 After dessert, Mia opened her presents and was very excited at her friends' thoughtfulness.  Then they all piled together for another sweet picture.  I love these girls!

 Everyone left about 6:45, and then my parents came over about 7.  They wanted to wish Mia a happy birthday and give her their presents of two board games (Monopoly Jr and Life Jr).  Our whole family has had a lot of fun playing them!

 Lastly she opened our present (she opened Lily's gift of a color-your-own umbrella first thing that morning).  She was beyond excited to see a Ripstik!  She had borrowed a friend's a couple of months ago and loved it.  She is thrilled to have her own now, and since she is so athletic, she's getting the hang of it pretty quickly.

 We had a lot of fun celebrating our sweet girl!

I also asked Mia her birthday questions, and these are her responses of favorites:

Color - Black

Movie - Hotel Transylvania 2

TV Show - PJ Masks

Book - The Ninja Book and Who is Lily Hooks? (Lily's writing her autobiography)

Drink - Hi-C Raspberry Lime

Memory from the year - Going to London

When she grows up - Inventor and Rock Star

Best Friend - Sophie Mausz

Bible Verse - 1 Timothy 4:12

School Subject - Science

Food - Watermelon and my Honey Salmon

Activity - Operation Art (lots of art projects in our basement) and Ripstik riding

Game - Double Trouble

Restaurant - Miyako which she still calls "the Pinocchio Restaurant"  Lily used to call it "the Tokyo Restaurant" and when Mia was little she couldn't say "Tokyo" so she has always said "Pinocchio."

Animal - Jaguar

Most Thankful - Jesus died on the cross for us

Goal this year - Make as many friends as possible

We went to the doctor for her annual check-up a couple of days after her birthday.  She is now 3 feet, 10 inches (26 percentile) and 57 pounds (78 percentile).  Overall, she's a very healthy girl.  She is having some hearing issues that we're seeing an ENT about; she will have corrective surgery in the new year.  Thankfully there were no shots at this visit since she had the flu mist a month or so ago.  She had a great visit.

Mia is such an amazing child.  The first three words that come to mind when I think of her are "joyful" "determined" and "generous."  Joy just spills out of her; sure, she has moments where she is sad, angry or hurt, but she has an inner joy that most don't have.  She has such a determined attitude when tackling a new activity.  You can see it in her eyes.  She will give someone the shirt off her back if they need it.  She sees a need of another and wants to help make it better.  On top of that, she gives joyfully.  I love seeing these qualities in her, and I look forward to seeing how they are used to glorify God's Kingdom down the road.  She amazes me.

Mia is so funny and loves to make others laugh.  She loves art projects; she has fun drawing on our white board, painting and coloring.  She is starting to really get into Legos, and she is starting to tackle harder sets.  She is naturally athletic, and she wants to utilize that whenever she can.  She is always happy to be outside running around, climbing trees, bike riding, Ripstik riding or playing games.  She has a blast roller skating.  She tries going way faster than she should; when she falls, she gets back up and tries again.  She thoroughly enjoys playing board games with the family.  She likes watching movies.  She has fun singing along to music even when she has no idea what the words are.  She is an all-around amazing girl with a bright future.  I can't wait to see where she goes!