Lulu is twelve today

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Some of you will remember what a difficult baby and toddler Lucy was, but let me tell you, she has certainly made it up to us.  She was a joy as a young girl, but she is AMAZING as a tween.  I am so totally biased, but I think she is brilliant.  The way she thinks, remembers things, sets high expectations of herself and meets those goals, fills me with admiration for her.  Her personality is rounded out with a healthy streak of silliness and sass that keeps us on our toes.  I love hanging out with Lucy and am anticipating her maturing into a women with excitement.  Watch out world, you can't stop her!  

Birthday Interview


Age? 12
  
Grade? 6th

Your teachers this year? Mrs. Hunt, Mr. Emerson, Mrs. Maples, Mrs. Zieba, Mrs. Dickerson, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Kirkland, Mr. Wortham, Mrs. Lile, Ms. Nikki, Mrs. Walker

What activities/sports/clubs were you involved in this year? track, future problem solvers, academic team, flute lessons, Super Saturdays

What pets do you have? Cookie and fish

What do you want to be when you grow up? a judge

Where is 1 place you really want to go? Venice and Denver (damn, Corona, that one was supposed to happen next week!)


What is your favorite………….

Subject in school? math

Meal? lasagna soup

Fruit? pineapple

Vegetable? English Cucumber

Dessert?  ice cream pie


Candy? Cadbury Creme Eggs

Drink? peach juice

Spirit Animal (this use to be, Animal, but Lucy has declared this question to be for little kids)? a deer 

Thing to do inside? watch movies

Thing to do outside? run

Kind of music? Queen and Muppet songs


Song? Don't Stop Me Now, Queen

Place we visited this year? Cape Cod
     Chore around the house? unloading the dishwasher 

     Thing to do with Mama?  Costco to take advantage of the samples


     Thing to do with Papa?  go for runs

     Thing to do with Griffin? Watch him kick my fan (this is an inside joke that even I don't get.)

     T.V. show?  I don't have one

     Movie? Clue


     App (this use to be toy, also deemed too juvenile for Lucy) ? Tiktok

    Book? Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

    Day of the week? Saturday

    Holiday? Christmas

    Season? Summer


    Piece of clothing? cardigan

    Sound? crunching leaves

   Word? Moist (she only said this to make me gag) and pomegranate

   Smell? Kentucky in the springtime

   Color? certain yellows and light purple 



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