Lauren is 9!!

About a month ago, our oldest child Lauren turned 9!  It is so hard to believe.  She is becoming quite the young lady.  She still knows what she wants and is not afraid to say it.  She is an amazing writer and has a huge imagination!  Her favourite things to do are Skype her cousin Annabelle and work on their show "Road to Fame," play her Kindle Fire, read Jaqueline Wilson books, listen to  music, write stories and play on the computer.  She has lots of friends at school and still makes a friend pretty much everywhere she goes.

Her after-school clubs this term were street dance, drama and gymnastics.  She also participated in Stagecoach on Friday afternoons from 4:30-7:30 (one hour each of drama, dance and music.)  And Brad picked her up most Friday nights, and they were able to have some special Daddy/daughter time and try out several new restaurants.

We are really proud of her school work; her teacher commented on her writing and how she is able to apply all the concepts right away and asks good questions.  Her teacher is also very impressed with her creativity.

For Lauren's birthday, she got pancakes for breakfast and then she had school, which was a first for her in a while!  I surprised her by meeting her to walk her class to swimming.  And I was the lucky one who got to pick her up from stagecoach and take her out to dinner for her birthday.  We went to this yummy Italian place Al Forno.

Then on Saturday, she had a sleepover with her friends Rosalind, Lalima, and Skyla and Alison's friend Florence.  It was pretty low-key; they played, had cake and then watched two movies and finally fell asleep around 1:00 AM!  And then they were awake at 7:15!!   It was a great time I think.  But 6 is about the maximum amount of girls we can have in this house!!!