April is 9

 April is 9! Words I use to describe her:

An angel, sweet, snuggly, kind, loving, caring, gentle, all smiles, a sensitive soul, tidy, dancing queen, and organized. 

She’s been into reading a lot lately and got her own bookcase for her bedroom and she’s in heaven.  She can talk to just about anyone into playing the game Pretty Pretty Princess including her brothers and her Dad.  

She loves organizing things. She wanted me to buy her small toys just so she could organize them and not to play with them. 

Her only flaw is her picky eating.  We are still working on expanding her palate. Currently she enjoys: Hamburgers (patty form only), scrambled eggs, pancakes, French toast, cereal, frozen blue berries (only frozen), apples, Oreos, ice cream, gf granola bars, green beans and broccoli. 

This little peanut completes our family and I’m so grateful for her. She has magical hugs and makes me feel like a million bucks. Everyone needs an April in their life. 

April Arts and Letters Night

Last week we got to celebrate this girl and her creative mind. She works so hard and I’m just so proud of her. 

Last week April’s elementary school had a program called Arts and Letters. This is an evening to celebrate students who submit work to be judged and awarded. You can voluntarily submit art work, an original poem, a short story, and/or audition before a panel of judges to compete in the poetry recitation. April being the overachiever that she is worked really hard and submitted items for all 4 categories. She spent a lot of time creating rough drafts, editing, painting, and memorizing the longest poem ever. Haha She won medals in 3 of the 4 categories. I love her zest for life and her sweet confidence. (She was sooooooooooo nervous to have to say her poem in front of such a large crowd of people. But of course she did amazing.)

April was awarded:

1st Place for Creative Writing (Short Story)

1st Place for Poetry Recitation

2nd Place for Original Poem