On February 16th our beautiful Isabella turned 12, it is utterly ridiculous that she is that old! We try with all our might to keep our kids from growing up so fast but there is no stopping them...
We have no control! As much as I hate to admit that, it is all too true!
So for Bella, this means she has now officially entered into the Young Women's program at church, which seems like an epic achievement to them since they feel their primary days will continue on forever. So as part of the special 12th birthday, besides going to YW we give our children a nice set of scriptures and for the girls they get to have their ears pierced. Don't ask me why we wait until then other than they are a little more responsible about it since they have had to wait sooooo long, and because that is when I got mine pierced-that should be a good reason, right??
What ever- that is just how we have worked it. But with that being said, did I mention that getting your ears pierced these days is highway robbery???
Good thing we only have 2 girls!
We adore our little Izzi, she has a very keen sense of humor and keeps us on our toes. This series of pictures really sums her up; she is beautiful and mild and loves life...
she is slightly sarcastic and loves to put on a good show-
she can certainly be very theatrical...
and then there is the sweet and slightly deviant little lass that comes out from time to time! Oh how she makes me giggle, and she comes in such a sweet little package that it is hard for her to get into trouble-well, we should say rather that she gets away with a lot because she is so cute!
We had a wonderful time with our friends that evening, we had dinner and the ice cream cake from DQ. (Too bad her b-day wasn't 2 days later- we could have got it for half price at the customer appreciation days at DQ- but even then when I went there to get one for Joe's b-day all the customers had already appreciated all of the cakes right out of the store; how lame!)
Now we all know that Bella is a Lego maniac and since Joe is not here he wanted to participate in the fun, so he had done some shopping in Erie (a new favorite for him since he is close to lots of shopping establishments- all the clearance of course) and he found a Pirates of the Caribbean set (on clearance) which he sent for her big day!
We love legos, especially on clearance since it is so rare that they ever are- they have the most amazing business model and the corner on the market completely. We, and by "we" I mostly mean Joe and Bella and Eli, but the rest of us as well- are complete suckers for those Danish wonders and get reeled in to the amazing-ness of those designers who make models of all the things there are to love in the world. Bella has been saving up her money for the last year and for her birthday purchased the set she has been eyeing for years-
The Medieval Village!!
She feels all grown up now making an online purchase and everything!
We love our Bella especially when she does things like this:
Happy Happy #12!
2 comments:
Isn't it crazy?? I can't believe both of our girls have entered into this age!! Fun time though. Agreed on the highway robbery - I was shocked when it was $25 for B and then even more shocked when A had it done & it was...$40!!!! I think when I got them it was $7! (including the ear rings!) I guess that's because I'm old shmold. :)
The pictures you post crack me up! It is so great to see a family having fun together!
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