Allie is 10!

DOUBLE DIGITS!!  One full decade old!  Allie is competitive, witty, spunky, and full of determination.  She loves trying new things and exploring new places.  Allie is our "always-on-the-go" girl, wanting to absorb all of life's adventures.  Allie has so many friends and is very social, always wanting to have a playdate or a sleepover.  She loves watching YouTube, playing Roblox, and Face Timing with her pals.  Along with her mama, chocolate and peanut butter ice cream is her new favorite bedtime dessert.  Some firsts this year for Allie were learning how to do a back tuck, going to virtual school, and modeling a friend's clothing line.  Allie continues to LOVE being a flyer in cheer, crafting, and tumbling on the trampoline. 

Due to crappy Covid, Allie's bakery birthday party was canceled...and recreated in our backyard.  Lucky for her the weather cooperated and was pretty warm on her birthday in December.  She invited a group of gals to decorate doughnuts (one of her favorite treats) and enjoy hot chocolate and s'mores.  Our little elf friends arrived, as usual with some little gifts for our girl too!

Breakfast from the North Pole

Thanksgiving weekend we always look forward to the arrival of our two scout elves!  This year they brought with them their North Pole breakfast we look so forward to.  With them they brought some goodies including Christmas themed soap to keep our hand clean, doughnuts and hot cholate, and a new pair of blue light glasses to use for virtual school on their Chromebooks!  These little guys are so clever!

  

Zooming All the Time

Well...it was good while it lasted.  In-person learning happened for 10 weeks, but with Covid cases rising and teachers being quarantined, we are back to ZOOM ROOMS.  Today was our second first day of school and we are ready!  All our learning spaces are set and our supplies are ready.  Allie is all set up in the basement, Ayden in the office, and I am in our guest bedroom teaching iCenter and reading groups.  We can do this!!

Back Tuck!

This has been a skill Allie has been working on for almost TWO YEARS!  Her new year's wish balloon in 2019 was to get her back tuck. Although she didn't accomplish this in 2019...she kept working hard and GOT THAT TUCK!  I foresee many new skills in the near future that involve that tuck!

Halloween

This little girl is as colorful as the rainbow she dressed up as this Halloween.  Allie thought of and designed her own costume this year...with a little help from mom to make it a reality.  

   

Ayden came up with Mac and Cheese this Halloween...so we had to get a little creative...and we had to start save paper towel tubes!  This is the cutest little noodle I've ever seen!  Say CHEESE!

  

We made the best of the Halloween season by enjoying the skeletons in downtown Northville with Nana.  We always love seeing our old favorites and the new ones they come up with...Back to the Future was an awesome addition this year.

Halloween wasn't just for the kids!  Thankful for friends to have some spooky good times with over candy corn and pumpkin fluff.

  

 

 

Halloween parties were not the same...but for the first time in a LONG time, the kiddos at the G were allowed to wear their costume to school!  

Pumpkin Picking

Signing Day at Motor City

It's official!  Allie is a MOTOR CITY Ruby and Topaz this year!  I'm so proud of her for taking this change so positively.  She's looking forward to achieving her back tuck and competing on a YOUTH team for the first time!