Liberty Update

Oh my word, Liberty is almost 7!  She is growing up to be the most wonderful young lady.  I am forever surprised by her maturity, caring heart, and sensitive spirit.

Just yesterday she and Scott were playing basketball outside.  Apparently in the course of their play, Scott said something like “the most important thing is to win.”  Liberty pondered this comment for a little while and came back to Scott and asked him “What does the bible say about winning.”  In her little world, it only matters that no one gets their feelings hurt and that everyone has fun.  Since the idea of playing to win wasn’t fully computing in her brain, she needed to verify it with a higher authority.  I’m one proud mama that she chose the bible to be the deciding authority on the matter!  Scott and I read her 1 Cor. 9:24-27 and explained that she should do everything to the best of her ability to honor God.  These deep reflections are a constant thing with her and she has such a desire to please people and make sure she is doing the right thing. 

She is just about to finish up 1st grade and I have been so impressed with the progress she has made this year.  She is a natural reader.  It’s one of my favorite things.  She struggles a little with the abstract concepts in math, but she is still doing great.  We are a little behind in math simply because I decided to change curriculums just a couple of months ago.  I’m glad I did though.  She is doing great and responding really well.  Like a typical child, she doesn’t always like to do her schoolwork, but she is really doesn’t give me too much trouble.  She is very excited about 2nd grade.  Apparently she will really be a big girl then!  I’m also ready.  We are changing curriculums and I couldn’t be more excited about it!

She switched from cheer to dance this year with a little encouragement for me.  It was both cheaper and closer for her to do dance here in Guthrie.  It turned out to be a great thing.  She absolutely loves it and seems to have a natural talent for ballet.  She is also on a Jazz competition team this year.  It has been a lot of fun.  Her team attended the Hall of Fame Dance Challenge at Rose State College and they won High Score in the Rookie division.  It was the cutest thing ever and she had a blast.

She also started taking piano lessons last week.  She has been wanting to do this forever and for some reason or other we just haven’t started.  She is so excited.  I can already see that making her practice everyday is going to be a little bit of a challenge. Even so, I can tell that she is really going to enjoy it and pick it up quickly!

A couple of weeks ago she got a new rabbit.  She named her Sugar.  She has been wanting a rabbit forever.  I was trying to put it off until we moved, but moving just doesn’t seem to be happening right now.  So, the last time we were in Texas, I let her Papa  buy her the sweetest the Holland Lop ever.  Liberty was insistent that her rabbit be black.  Its so funny, she wouldn’t even consider having a rabbit of a different color.  We ended up having to drive 2 hours and spent a lot more money on this bunny than anticipated.  Her Papa couldn’t resist getting it for her though when she declared that it was exactly the rabbit she was looking for .

Interesting facts about Liberty…

1.  Favorite foods are pizza and salad.

2.  She gets embarrassed very easily

3.  She auditioned for her first musical this year and will perform May 4.

4.  She loves Barbies!

5.  She loves to wear skirts.

6.  She is still wearing a size 6 because she is super skinny.

7.  She loves jewelry, especially earrings.

8.  Her top career choices right now include such things as, ballerina, pianist, actress, and chef.

9.  She adores her baby sister and has finally decided that she would like to have more siblings

10.  She is forever making up routines for us to watch her perform.  Most of these take place in our backyard.

11.  She hates vegetables.  I’m proud to say that I got and entire asparagus spear down her yesterday!

12.  She is very sassy and thinks she knows everything.  She is constantly correcting us.

13.  She still prefers to sleep with us although she will sleep in her room whenever we ask her too.

14.  She loves to color and draw.

15.  Her favorite color is purple.

16.  Her favorite animal is a cat.

17.  She is super excited about 2nd Grade, even though she has barely finished 1st!

18.  She loves to play board games.

She is growing up so fast!  She is such a bright, sweet, and sensitive little girl.  I can’t wait to see what God has in store for such a special little person.