Maddie is 12!

Maddie's Interests:

• Having fun
• Cheerleading
• Tumbling
• Hanging with friends
• Babysitting
• Reading
• Baking
• Music
• Roblox
• Making Videos
• Animals

Dear Sweet Maddie,

You are such an amazing girl and I feel so beyond blessed to have you as my daughter.  Your heart is as sweet and as pure as they come!  It's been fun watching you share your birthday with Fuzzy and Truffles this year!  You adore those guinea pigs so very much and have had lots of quality time with them these past many months!  You often have them out and they remote learn with you!  You are a very good sister to Emmie and Dane and you've been in "charge" of them more and more when we need you to step up as babysitting isn't really happening these days!  Emmie and you call each other bunny and Emmie wants to be with you all (and your friends when they can be around) of the time!  Middle school has been great for you and you've made some new friends along the way and stayed tight with the "minions" and many others.  You like all your teachers and they all have wonderful things to say about you.  You've done extremely well during the challenges of Covid and always try your best to remain positive.  You had a gingerbread party in the garage this year to keep things safer and the weather cooperated.  It was a beautiful day!  We went to Lincoln Park Zoo lights with the Newtons, Falcos, Gram and Papo after your party.  We ate thai food outside the zoo picnic style.  We are so super proud of the young lady that you are.  

Love you SO MUCH!!

Emmie is 7!

 Emmie,

Oh Emmie....you are something else!  You are your own girl and we love that about you!  You have an opinion and you aren't afraid to share it!  You have so much love in your heart and love your family and friends so much.  You love to cuddle and give hugs. You are such a good "momma" to the guinea pigs and you take great care of them.  You had a great year of kindergarten and made many friends and learned so much.  The end of it was difficult, but Fuzzy and Truffles helped by bringing some excitement into the house.  You missed your friends so much and you didn't love learning from home.  Once summer came, you were back to being with friends and you were SO happy to be with them.  You spent the most time with Ella and Brenley, but have many other friends you love being with as well.  You love to dance and make videos.  You are a champ at taking pictures and my phone is full of selfies taken by you!  You like LOL dolls, like to color and read Junie B. books.  You did cheerleading for the first time and loved it.  You had many good friends on your team!  You also played soccer and tennis and had friends there as well so you were happy to go.  You like to make others laugh and you are a bit of a goofball.  You are also a sweetheart as stated by your 1st grade teacher.  You kicked your walnut and pecan allergy - woot woot!  You like pecans now! :)  You are still a bit of a picky eater and LOVE candy.  

For your birthday this year, you wanted to decorate cakes and make crafts.  This is the same thing you've wanted the past 3 years, but that is what you like. :)  We planned the party, but the weather and a false covid test messed things up.  We had to go to Plan B and you had a birthday car parade, which you enjoyed very much.  We put up the tent at the end of the driveway as the rain was coming down a bit as the cars drove by.  We also went to dinner at Siloh with your cousins and you had a great time.  I was just happy we were all able to spend your birthday with you!!!

Thanks for bringing so much love and joy to our lives.  We adore you!

Love always and forever -

Mom

1st day of school - 1st grade!!

Your "go to" hair style these days is your bun buns! :)

Cheering for Dane's football team - Go Gophers!

Birthday morning presents!

Birthday dinner!  You got pasta and mac and cheese as your side!  Not sure how often that is ordered! :)

Stats: 

Weight: 48.2 (37%)

Height 48.75 (63%)

BP:102/42

BMI: 14 (19%)

Happy 10th Birthday, Dane Train!

 

Friends since pre-school!

Basketball Boy!

A new love for fishing!

Baseball - awesome first season of travel ball!

First day of going  back to school - October 2020

Dane's birthday - neighbor friends over for lunch.

Dane Train #5,

Ten years old!  You are such a special boy with so many gifts and talents.  You were given the bee award by your teacher for showing good character.  You have many friends and have many different groups of friends.  You love to play sports, but want things to be fair and don't want any disagreements.

You are super determined and once again took the "most laps" title at the tiger trot and ran your heart out.  You and your friends had a hilarious skit in V-show and I laughed so hard seeing you as an "old man."  You had a great first season of travel basketball and your team was super defensive and had a winning season.  You are a great point guard and know how to move the ball around the court well.  You also did a great job on your first season of Warriors!  You showed that you are one heck of a baseball player and earned the primary position at first base.  You are a smart player and you don't make many errors.  When Coronavirus hit and everything shut down, you missed your friends so much.  This was hard because you have always been so busy, but we took family walks and made more time for family fun.  When baseball started up again, it was so fun to get back into the sports and activities!  We had a great summer and you rode your bike around with your friends for the first time on your own.  You guys had a new kind of independence along with more free time and you were the "bike gang".  Starting 4th grade was a new adventure being remote only at the start.  You also had increased responsibilities in math and reading.  You are working hard and doing a great job.  For your birthday, we were able to do an outdoor party at Centennial.  You had pizza, played football, ghost in the graveyard, then ghost stories and glow football to round out the night.  It was a great time and you have a great group of friends.  You have been fishing more and started the "no clue" fishing club on Mondays after school.  You will go rain, cold or shine as you love it!  

We love you so much, Dane train and we are so so proud of the 10-year-old you've become!!!

Love ALWAYS and FOREVER,

Mom 

Stats:

Weight - 64.2 (27%)

Height - 54.5 (46%)

BMI 15 (19%)