Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Livi is ten!























1. What is your favorite color?
 blue!

2. What is your favorite toy? legos!
3. What is your favorite fruit? pineapple! 
4. What is your favorite tv show? All About the Washingtons!
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chic-fil-a!
6. What is your favorite outfit? Sports pants and a sweatshirt!
7. What is your favorite game? Roblox! 
8. What is your favorite snack? gummies! 
9. What is your favorite animal? otter!
10. What is your favorite song? Call to the Wild (from Zombies 2 movie)!
11. What is your favorite book? Babysitters Club!
12. Who is your best friend? Luya, Lily, Sierra!
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms!
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Swim in the pool!
15. What is your favorite drink? Dr Pepper!
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas!
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Penny!
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pumpkins with M&Ms!
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Professional athlete (basketball)!
21. What is your favorite movie? Zombies 2!

Livi is in fourth grade and I think she's really hit her stride. School has never been easy for Livi and it never will be, but now we have a good handle on the way she learns. She's got a great teacher, an amazing math tutor and her IEP. She might not learn well the traditional way, but she sure is brilliant. Her confidence seems to be high and I want to make sure we keep it that way as she navigates middle and high school in the coming years.  She has so much imagination, determination and creativity.

She is always doing some kind of project. There is constantly scissors, glue, cardboard, markers, or [insert crafty item] lying around. She loves to create by painting, coloring, drawing, whatever. She's also really into baking and cooking. She's got the basics down and can make a nice breakfast of scrambled eggs and avocado toast on all her own. She is starting to come up with her own ideas and is learning what flavors go together. 

She's been taking a Silks class for a few months and seems to be enjoying it. It takes a lot of practice and core strength and it's makes my day when I get to see her nail something that she's been practicing on for weeks. She's also doing Girls on the Run again this year for the third time. She loves the fellowship with her other girls and it's the closest thing she has to a team since she's not one for organized sports. I'm a huge fan of the club and hope it leads to more running dates with me. 

The funnest new thing that she is into is houses. She is obsessed with all things "modern". She likes to go on walks to check out the newly constructed houses in the area. Anytime she learns about a celebrity, she looks up their house on google. When she plays Roblox, she is designing and building houses. I think we may have a future designer or architect on our hands. 

She needs her friends. She is so social and needs to belong to a group. She's also very kind and thoughtful. If any of her friends are sad or down, she tries to lift their spirits and this includes her family. She's a shining light that I'm so thankful to have in my life. 








Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Liam is Twelve


1. What is your favorite color? neon pink
2. What is your favorite toy? Xbox
3. What is your favorite fruit? banana
4. What is your favorite tv show? Simpsons
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? buffalo chicken tender
6. What is your favorite outfit? Saints jacket
7. What is your favorite game? Madden 20
8. What is your favorite snack? Flaming hot Cheetos
9. What is your favorite animal? narwhal
10. What is your favorite song? Bare Necessities from Jungle Book
11. What is your favorite book? White Bird
12. Who is your best friend? Cameron Matherly
13. What is your favorite cereal? Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play football
15. What is your favorite drink? Rootbeer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? a book
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Toasted waffles
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Blaze pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't know
21. What is your favorite movie? Mulan
22. What is your favorite football team? Saints and LSU

Liam is in sixth grade which means this is his first year of middle school. He rides the school bus most of the time and when he rides with me, he rides in the front seat now. Sixth grade started with some added responsibilities such as packing his own lunch and setting his own reminders so he knows when he needs to leave to catch the bus. He got a phone at the beginning of the school year so he could contact us if anything happens on the way to/from school. It's not a smartphone like he was hoping for, but rather a flip phone very similar to the one I used to have back in the day. He's learned the art of texting using a keypad which I find pretty funny. 

Overall, he is having a fantastic year. He doesn't tell me much which I understand, but most days he is in great spirits and seems to be enjoying the autonomy that middle school brings. 

He is fully into speedcubing and has been in 3 competitions despite starting the hobby last April. Right now, he can competently solve a 3x3, 2x2, pyraminx, and megaminx. He has a 4x4, but he's working on his speed for that one. 

We attempted fall baseball this year, but Liam ended up breaking his finger and it really messed with his head. He's worried about getting injured again and has opted into flag football for the Spring which he hasn't done before outside of pickup games. But he does love himself some football. 

Lately, he's been really into politics. It's not a great time to be into politics with all the weirdness that is going on, but I am proud of him for staying informed and asking questions. He is hoping Amy Klobuchar wins the Democratic nominee spot.

He's so so sweet and kind and cuddly and I love him so so much.