Our oldest princess turned eleven years old in early November. It is so incredible to me that she is already eleven. The years go by way too quickly. She is an amazing daughter and we are so lucky to have her as our daughter. She is such a smart and artistic girl. She and I share so many of the same qualities and it always amazes me how much she reminds me of myself at her age. She loves to draw and color and is always creating something. She loves art and she is pretty talented at drawing.
Another favorite of Ashlyn's is reading. She is just like her mom. She is exactly like me when I was younger. She always has a book with her and I find them laying all around the house. In the fifth grade, her school does a battle of the books club. There are 40 different books and students are challenge to read as many as possible. They take quizzes and the kids who do the best get to join the team that will go the city wide battle in the spring. Ashlyn recently found out that she did well enough to make the team. I am so proud of her! I look forward to her competitions this spring.
Ashlyn has also started taking piano lessons again. We found a girl in the neighborhood that teaches lessons just a few streets away. She looks forward to those lessons every week. She practices several times a day and is really getting good. I played piano until I was 16 years old or so. I hope she sticks with it and really develops her talent. For her birthday we got her a Harry Potter song book. She has gotten pretty good at the theme from the movies. We get to hear it a least a half a dozen times a day.
Ashlyn is such a smart girl and continues to do well in school. She is in a gifted and talented group and she said its her favorite part of school. I like that she is being challenged.
We are so lucky and blessed to have such an incredible and talented daughter. We love her so much!
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This year Ashlyn chose to have a blizzard cake from Dairy Queen. It was yummy! |
For her party this year, she decided to so something small. She invited two of her best friends and Ella over for a painting party and sleepover. I found a woman who comes to your house and teaches you how to paint a picture. Ashlyn painted a lovely tree painting and the girls really had a great time painting them. It was really fun to watch them and see how they were all a little different. It was a different idea for a party.
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| The finished paintings |
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| Her cake at Ashlyn's friend party |
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