Happy Birthday, Elisabeth!

12 years.... WOW!!! I can't believe I have a 12 year old. That makes me old....very old. When I had her, I was in my 20's and now I am almost 40. Ugh. What makes me feel younger is that I have a 2 year old, too:) Elisabeth had a great day-besides still feeling horrible. She assured me when she woke up that she was going to throw up all day. Luckily that did not happen:) She took a huge cookie cake into her class and they were all thrilled to see her after being absent for 2 days. We went to dinner at Cozy Thai and she had an entire plate of pad thai all to herself-she was only able to get half-way through it and then wanted to go to bed immediately after but she had fun. We had a difficult time convincing Bella that it wasn't HER birthday today. In the beginning, she assured us that SHE was the birthday girl and then she agreed to share the day with Elisabeth. We went shopping tonight and she bought Elisabeth her first Hollister sweatshirt (on sale, of course). She was quite pleased with herself:)

I always list Isabella's "favorites" on her birthday, so I will do the same thing for Elisabeth-just to be fair:)

Favorite Color: lime green
Favorite Drink: Shirley Temples
Favorite Food: Strawberry pie with cream cheese
Favorite Restaurant: PF Changs
Favorite Friends: Megan, Annmarie, and Rebecca
Favorite Sister: This one is debatable
Favorite Movie: Twilight
Favorite Book: NA-she doesn't read unless she is handcuffed to the book and threatened
Favorite Outfit: Pajamas
Favorite Sport: Soccer
Favorite Place to Visit: Seattle
Favorite Teacher: Mrs. Ceshini (her current teacher)
Favorite Class: Spanish
Favorite Memory: Going to Hawaii

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!!! You have been an absolute joy to raise!! If I could freeze you right now, I would. Don't get any older:)