Birthday Girl

Today Avery turned 8.  I'm so very proud of her.  She's sweet, she's kind, she's smart, she's funny, she's helpful.  She is everything.  She still humors me for photos and the like.  I love that she'll still sit on my lap both at home and during the homily at church.  I know the time for that is growing short.  She asks for hugs and gives the best hugs back.

This year is an interesting one as she will be starting to do chores.  While we went over the things on her to do list and I explained that she would get an allowance (and what an allowance is) for completing her chores, she never once asked how much money -- so we still have that to negotiate.

2nd grade!

 And she's off!  Bus number 14 again, but not our beloved Miss Dawn.  We met our teacher and she seems delightful.  I think it's going to be a good year.