Wordless Wednesday

Sweet Liv is playing volleyball for the first year. She is #23 in these pictures. Check out that game face. I am so proud of that determination! These are pictures from their game Monday at Les Bois junior high. 

 

Alivia Turns 11

Today my baby girls turns 11. 

The entire world around us is in turmoil but one thing I am sure of, this kid is going to turn out great. She is ambitious and driven, she is creative and kind. 

When she told me she wanted to play basketball this fall, I was a little worried. She gets her grace from her mother, after all. But she did amazing and even scored a couple baskets (not bad when you are the shortest kid on the team!) She's already preparing for next years season. She had signed up for track this spring, but then we got quarantined and the season and school were cancelled so she didn't get to do much of that... 

Alivia during one of her basketball games
Fall 2019

Another thing I love about Alivia is her creativity. She is always creating things. Loves to craft and make projects. We are still working on getting her to let things go so there are constantly papers laying around. I'm working on being okay with that and she's working on letting things go that don't need to be kept. 

Alivia's 5th grade fall picture 

Alivia loves to read (at least I have one child who does!) Right now she is loving both Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series. If you let her, she will seriously tell you the entire plot lines of the first book of The Hunger games or get into deep conversations about Harry Potter with you. I'm talking about HOURS of conversations. She will go non-stop talking about these books. It is amazing. She's even gotten into the half-blood Prince, which is actually a play, but she still loves it and is nearly finished reading it. I'm sure she would be done but it is at school and we haven't gotten it back yet.

a rare selfie from my baby girl 

We are all pretty bummed about this school year ending sooner, but Alivia is staring to realize the things she is going to miss. She asked me last week about her choir concert. I had to explain that it would be cancelled too (this was before school was officially put online for the rest of the year). She expressed sincere frustration that they had been working so hard. I worry what this will do for her education but I'm confident in her teachers and educators to make sure she is taken care of. She's a smart cookie! 

Alivia my sweet girl, I am so very proud of the young lady you are becoming. This year you have grown so much. I was so very proud to watch you play basketball. It was something I never  had the urge to do but you kicked butt at it! Cannot wait to see you go again in the fall. I'm excited to see you on your own at Garfield, see how much more you grow. I'm a little sad you are my last baby, but I love watching you turn into the beautiful person you are becoming. Stay little while you can please! I love you Alivia. Happy 11th birthday. Don't run off to Hogwarts too quickly. I will miss you too much~ 

Love, Mommy

If you want to read more Alivia birthday posts, here are the ones I actually wrote. Seems I missed a few years... 

The post where Alivia turns 10.
The post where Alivia turns 9.
The post where Alivia turns 8.
The post where Alivia turns 7.
The post where Alivia turns 6.
The post where Alivia turns 5.
The post where Alivia turns 4.
Apparently I missed a few years... :/ 
The post where Alivia turns 1.