Twelve.
This girl is a delight. Just look at that smile! She’s a quirky one, for sure, asking for baby snacks for her twelfth birthday, jeesh! Lily has an inner confidence that is astounding – she simply doesn’t care what others think. She knows she is fantastic through and through. (This can be problematic in the parenting department because she occasionally doesn’t give a darn about impressing her parents, but I still count it an attribute, nonetheless.)
For Lily’s birthday, she dragged a few of her favorite friends to a movie at the “real” theater. As in, not the dollar theater… or home theater, as the case usually is for our family. I even indulged her fancies by springing for soda and popcorn – unheard of. We then returned for a pizza dinner and Just Dance. Lily has been blessed with a fantastic circle of friends. We affectionately refer to them as the Catholic, the Muslim, the Mormon and the Jew, though I’m not entirely sure as to what extent each of these friends’ families practice their religion. They are four peas in a pod, however, and we love having them in our home. Almost as much as we love Lily.
