Monday, December 20, 2021

Livi is eleven

1. What is your favorite color? black
2. What is your favorite toy? my bike
3. What is your favorite fruit? bananas 
4. What is your favorite tv show? Inbestigators
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Ramen
6. What is your favorite outfit? I like all my outfits
7. What is your favorite game? Roblox
8. What is your favorite snack? Takis
9. What is your favorite animal? horse and my pets
10. What is your favorite song? Hooked on a Feeling
11. What is your favorite book? Babysitters Club
12. Who is your best friend? Sierra
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? bike and ride horses
15. What is your favorite drink? Vanilla Milkshake
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Rigby
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Toast with butter, eggs and avocado
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Farmer or Architect and Interior Designer
21. What is your favorite movie? Thor Ragnarok (so far)


Livi started middle school this year... well, kind of. She started a new school that goes from 5th-12th so although she hasn't "officially" entered middle school, she is getting a taste of what it's like with different teachers for each class. Of course, this isn't a normal school year. Being remote all year has come with some major challenges. She's a social kid who learns best by experiencing so you can imagine how hard this year has been on her. Through all that, she has managed to make new friends (as Livi always does). She's really growing into her own and starting to leave behind her more childish toys. It's been gradual and it's still happening. 


Saturday, January 9, 2021

Liam is thirteen




1. What is your favorite color?pale yellow
2. What is your favorite toy? My computer & 144 hz monitor
3. What is your favorite fruit? Pomegranate
4. What is your favorite tv show? Sherlock
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Sonic's boneless buffalo chicken 
6. What is your favorite outfit? Champion long sleeve shirt, black & white basketball shorts, white Nikes
7. What is your favorite game? Minecraft Hypixel
8. What is your favorite snack? Dill Pickle Lay's Chips
9. What is your favorite animal? Kiwi bird
10. What is your favorite song? Cigarette Daydreams by Cage the Elephant
11. What is your favorite book? The 2nd Candymakers book
12. Who is your best friend? Cameron Matherly
13. What is your favorite cereal? Honey Nut Cheerios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Go on a walk with Dad
15. What is your favorite drink? Root beer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my Kindle
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? pumpkin spice muffins
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Westville Pub buffalo chicken wrap
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? politician
21. What is your favorite movie? Dr Strange
22. What is your favorite football team? Saints and LSU

So I guess I have a teenager now? He's all teen, all the time. He hit a growth spurt of about 3 inches in the last 5 months so he's just an inch or two shy of my height. He's sleeping later, starting to have more opinions about he wears, and rocking a tween-stache (which he hates and I will definitely get yelled out if he founds out I wrote that).

Like most boys his age, he is heavily into video games and wants to become a you tuber. His current game of choice is Minecraft, specifically a server called Hypixel. He still cubes occasionally, but with competitions largely going virtual he's lost the motivation to keep it up like he once did. But he has made some good friends as a result of the cubing community, including one local friend who he now plays Minecraft with!

Through the pandemic, he's strengthened some old friendships with his best friends in Florida. He plays video games with them virtually and even got to spend a week with them in person a couple months ago. He started a new school this year (reluctantly), but I think he's liking it. I am thrilled with the change and they've done the best they can with all this virtual craziness. 

Overall, he's doing really well. He's starting to discover who he is and has a newfound love of politics. Granted, what he knows of politics comes from the Trump presidency so let's see if he finds it just as fascinating once he sees how boring it really should be. And let's hope it gets boring again real soon.