9 great years

Sophie turned 9 in July. Wow! The day started off with an early morning walk down to the lake with me. It was fun to chat with her and enjoy a beautiful morning together. Then we came home and made a strawberry danish for breakfast. Later that day we had a few friends over to do a craft, play some games and have cupcakes and ice cream. It was nice and relaxing. I didn't stay up late decorating an elaborate cake or making fancy shmancy decorations for the party or anything. And guess what? She had a fabulous day! I thought it was awesome that the girls all did the games themselves and then they found a toad in the backyard that they played with for half the time. For her gift from us she got the Marie-Grace American Girl doll. I am a big fan of only having one special doll and just getting stuff to go with that one doll, but Sophie really wanted Marie-Grace and she had the money to pay for half of it. So..... she got her. And she was thrilled. It was a fun day celebrating the sweet, fun, caring, dramatic, silly, stubborn, loveable, one-of-a-kind girl she is! 

We are so lucky to have her. 

 

 

A few Sophie facts at age 9:

She still loves to read, read, read.

She loves Calvin & Hobbes and I can hear her in bed at night laughing really hard when she is reading it and it makes me smile. 

She is an amazing helper!

She loves to write stories and is pretty good at it, very detailed and funny.

She wants to be an author when she grows up (and a mom).

She loves her 2 American Girl dolls and often sleeps with both of them.

She wants to be more independent (like walk to school by herself and stay home alone, etc.) but that's a few more years away for me!

She can get very silly!

We are so proud of her and the good choices she is making and what a sweetheart she is.