Rebecca Joy,
Happy 8th Birthday! I didn't get your letter written last year, so I thought I had better sit down while Ahna was holding your brothers, and do it right now! In some ways, you are still the same girl I wrote about in your 6th birthday letter - feisty and dramatic, full of ideas, and never at a loss for words.
You are still my star pupil in school. You have had a little more trouble with your reading over the last year, but learning the more complex vowel sounds is tougher than the short vowels and long vowels with a silent e. You have whized through your math book, and while you don't have a lot of speed with them yet, you already know your multiplication tables 0 through 10. You are still not fond of math, but you do like to play multiplication bang. You enjoy the story telling aspect of history and doing science experiments, but I don't worry too much yet about you retaining the underlying concepts. You are still very forgetful and so you have more trouble with spelling words and remembering spelling rules, but you are young and have lots of time.
You are a wonderful sister to Kate. After spending the last few weeks in Alabama with her, Ahna told me how much you helped her, how you played with her, and rarely lost patience with her. It makes me happy to see you two together, and you love sharing bunk beds in your room, that you helped plan and paint and set up this past year. You and Ruth still have a more rocky relationship. She is more bossy and stand offish with you, and you just can't stand that. Other days you two play together and have a great time. Britt is still the one you look up to and want approval from, which often leads you two into loud and foolish endeavors. You have been helpful with the twins too. You don't mind to hold them and sing to them, though I don't let you carry them around. Sometimes you help with diapers, but you really haven't completely got the hang of that yet.
You are by far our social butterfly though. You have made friends with every kid in a three block radius, and they have frequently come to see if you are back home from Alabama yet. You make friends with everyone at the park and McDonald's. You strike up random conversations in the grocery store, and seem to have an ability to welcome people and put them at ease. You are incredibly literal which gives us all a good laugh from time to time. Sometimes you get mad at us for laughing, but very often it is as you try to not laugh yourself. I wouldn't want to make it seem like everything is perfect. You do love to complain, and are very concerned about what you think is fair. (For example, it is apparently unfair to do chores on your birthday, even though you haven't done any chores in 2.5 weeks while being in Alabama.) Good or bad we never have to wonder what you think of something.
You are a wonderful cuddler who gives out lots of hugs, and are an entertaining girl. We love you very much and pray that the Lord continues to bless you with a joyous spirit.
Love,
Momma
Happy 8th Birthday! I didn't get your letter written last year, so I thought I had better sit down while Ahna was holding your brothers, and do it right now! In some ways, you are still the same girl I wrote about in your 6th birthday letter - feisty and dramatic, full of ideas, and never at a loss for words.
You are still my star pupil in school. You have had a little more trouble with your reading over the last year, but learning the more complex vowel sounds is tougher than the short vowels and long vowels with a silent e. You have whized through your math book, and while you don't have a lot of speed with them yet, you already know your multiplication tables 0 through 10. You are still not fond of math, but you do like to play multiplication bang. You enjoy the story telling aspect of history and doing science experiments, but I don't worry too much yet about you retaining the underlying concepts. You are still very forgetful and so you have more trouble with spelling words and remembering spelling rules, but you are young and have lots of time.
You are a wonderful sister to Kate. After spending the last few weeks in Alabama with her, Ahna told me how much you helped her, how you played with her, and rarely lost patience with her. It makes me happy to see you two together, and you love sharing bunk beds in your room, that you helped plan and paint and set up this past year. You and Ruth still have a more rocky relationship. She is more bossy and stand offish with you, and you just can't stand that. Other days you two play together and have a great time. Britt is still the one you look up to and want approval from, which often leads you two into loud and foolish endeavors. You have been helpful with the twins too. You don't mind to hold them and sing to them, though I don't let you carry them around. Sometimes you help with diapers, but you really haven't completely got the hang of that yet.
You are by far our social butterfly though. You have made friends with every kid in a three block radius, and they have frequently come to see if you are back home from Alabama yet. You make friends with everyone at the park and McDonald's. You strike up random conversations in the grocery store, and seem to have an ability to welcome people and put them at ease. You are incredibly literal which gives us all a good laugh from time to time. Sometimes you get mad at us for laughing, but very often it is as you try to not laugh yourself. I wouldn't want to make it seem like everything is perfect. You do love to complain, and are very concerned about what you think is fair. (For example, it is apparently unfair to do chores on your birthday, even though you haven't done any chores in 2.5 weeks while being in Alabama.) Good or bad we never have to wonder what you think of something.
You are a wonderful cuddler who gives out lots of hugs, and are an entertaining girl. We love you very much and pray that the Lord continues to bless you with a joyous spirit.
Love,
Momma
