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We had the best weekend celebrating our 8 year old!! The fun started on Friday morning with lots of balloons, of course!
My 8 year old!!
Thumbs up to a great start to the birthday!
The only way the day could get better? It was PJ day too!
I went up and had lunch with the birthday girl. I took her Moe’s and Crumbl cookies. It’s always fun to have lunch with a bunch of cute 2nd graders!
Love celebrating this cute girl!!!
Oh, boy! EIGHT is great!! It’s Samantha’s birthday and I cannot wait to celebrate my ray of sunshine!
From this precious baby girl (born on her due date at 1:04pm)…
To this happy one year old….
To this perfectly perfect two year old….
To this lively three year old…
To this sweet and sassy four year old!
To this sunshiney five year old…
To this bright light of a six year old….
to this amazing seven year old…
to EIGHT and so so great!
This happy, fierce little girl brings such joy to our family. She’s full of smiles and sunshine and I cannot imagine how dull our lives would be without her.
In many ways, not much as changed since seven – she still loves to watch YouTube on her iPad and loves to add songs to her playlist on Spotify. She’s the headband queen with the prettiest, longest perfectly wavy blonde hair! She prefers to wear dresses every day and has some pretty strong opinions about her outfits! She’s a girly girl and loves to get her nails done, put on a face mask, and wear makeup.
She’s hilarious with attitude and a little bit of sass but there’s just enough little girl left in her and I love it. Nothing makes me happier than to find her up in her room playing with her Barbies or LOLs. My sweet girl.
Samantha is tough and I think that’s because she holds her own with her brothers daily. She can scream louder than them so she usually wins! ha! As I said last year, she will shine her light on Robert now and then but she is a Momma’s girl through and through! That is even more true now! She can’t wait to get home from school each day and give me a running, jumping hug! Oh, she loves me and I love her every bit as much right back.
Samantha is not afraid to work hard and give it her all in whatever sport she’s playing. She killed it at swim this summer. Soccer is still her favorite and she’s got some real talent with her footwork. She was an impressive cheerleader this fall and is now proving to be pretty darn scrappy and good at basketball too! She’s almost got her backhandspring at tumbling and she complains weekly about having to go to dance but enjoys it once she’s there! She’s got grit and determination and I LOVE to watch her play whatever sport she’s playing!
She’s having a great year at school in 2nd grade and adores her teacher, Mrs. Brown. She’s made good buddies with some of the girls in her class and has lots of friends. I really never hear about any sort of drama at school from her. She has her BFFs but is friends with everyone.
This awesome little girl is zipping through life and I’m just happy to be along for the ride!
A few questions with my favorite EIGHT year old!
Favorite book? Guts
Favorite TV show? Henry Danger
Favorite movie? Pirates of the Caribbean
Favorite color? Turquoise
Favorite song? Eyes on You
Favorite number? 8
Favorite restaurant? Bricktop’s
Favorite thing to eat? Mac and cheese
Favorite friend? Frances
Favorite toy? iPad
Favorite animal? Zebra
Favorite dessert? GJs Cookie dough
Favorite sport? Soccer
What do you want to be when you grow up? Just like momma
I so love this little girl. We are so thankful she brought her sunshine into our world eight years ago! She is and will always be the biggest dream come true.
Happy birthday Samantha! We love you so much!!!
We celebrated Spencer on Tuesday in between all the things…the day started early…
with plenty of buddies at our house by 7:15am for bible club! But he did get to pick the breakfast – donuts!
After school he got to make his very own pick of birthday treat…brownies of course!
Then it was off to football…
then we finally got to have his birthday dinner at Mexico Lindo at 8:00 after Maxwell’s football game and Samantha’s soccer game. I think it was worth the wait though. We then made it home for brownies and presents about 9:00…
He was pretty pumped to get both Madden 23 and NBA 2K 23!!
I sure to love this sweet birthday boy and happy I get to celebrate him even if it was a late night!
Happy Birthday Spencey!
Last weekend Spencer got his very own “yes day!” just like Maxwell did for his birthday! He had a crew of buddies and we started out at Defy jump park…
Really doesn’t get much cuter than this!
After plenty of jumping, we headed over to Tecate – with a little present opening in the car on the way over!!
Tecate was good – and the fact that we got to watch the second half of the Alabama Tennessee game was good – but the outcome of the game was not good. Oh well! Roll Tide!
We then headed over to the movies where there were Icess and candy for all…
and a showing of Lyle Lyle Crocodile. Not gonna lie, it was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen but it didn’t bother these boys. We were basically the only ones in the theater and they had plenty of fun cutting up the whole time.
A fun celebration for my very favorite ten year old!!! Happy Birthday Spencer!
My happy, lovable, blonde hair blue eyed baby is a whole TEN years old!!
Newborn…
One year old…
Two years old…
Three years old…
Four years old…
Five years old…
Six years old…
Seven…
Eight…
nine years old…
and now TEN!
I sure do love this kid. As I say every year, he’s a happy kid who plays hard, tries hard, and loves hard. He’s so easy going but definitely knows what he wants. He and Maxwell will fight like cats and dogs but also be the ultimate yard football teammates and gamer partners. When it’s just Spencer and Samantha they are two peas in a pod. They can make each other laugh like no other!! He’s such a good brother to them both and I cannot imagine where any of us would all be without our happy glue in the middle! The more Spencer grows up, the more of Robert I see in him. He’s laid back and doesn’t get frazzled easily. He knows what he wants and will stick to that decision once it’s made. He’s really not concerned with what others think! This kid also loves his creature comforts – give him a good blanket and his iPad or Xbox and he’s set for life! He’s a sleeper too – he gets all snuggled into the very middle of his bed and would stay there all day if I let him.
Spencer is doing excellent in school. He’s in 4th grade with Mrs. Faulker and Mrs. Margaritis and everything comes pretty easy to him. 4th grade is more challenging than 3rd and we’ve been doing some studying but he’s done well on everything. Spencey is a likable guy and has good friends but is also friends with everyone. Most of his core group from kindergarten are still his favorites but he’s picked up some new best buds from his class this year. He’s a friendly, loyal kid who makes friends easily.
Spencer is a good athlete and brings the hustle and the heart. He’s been putting in the work and it’s starting to really pay off. Last year was a year to prove himself and this year has been the year he’s gotten to show off what he can do! He played a big leadership role on his summer baseball team and now he’s getting to be QB on his football team. He’s also back on his OTM team after an impressive run on Flyers in basketball. He works hard and does what he needs to do without complaint. I do think he’s happiest with a ball – or gaming controller!! – in his hands! Spence continues to keep his good attitude about it all. He’s the best encourager of his teammates, doesn’t take it all too seriously and doesn’t take the losses too hard. He’s just in it for the fun!
A little interview with Spencer:
Favorite book? Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck
Favorite TV show? Shark Tank
Favorite movie? Remember the Titans
Favorite color? Green
Favorite song? No idea
Favorite number? 7
Favorite restaurant? Tecate
Favorite thing to eat? Queso
Favorite friend? John, Henry, Penton, Crawford
Favorite toy? Xbox
Favorite animal? elephant
Favorite dessert? brownies
Favorite sport? football currently
What do you want to be when you grow up? A real estate agent!
I’m so proud of this kid and love him so much! Our happy Mr. Spence!!
Happy TENTH birthday, Spencey!!