11 Start of a new Decade 11

11... Every year you have a birthday shirt, usually designed by you (at least in the recent years). This year's shirt says "Start of a new DECADE" and has an 11 on the bottom corner

she got a gaming headset and new shoes from Wes and I

she was posing for me to take a picture of her shirt

It's been a crazy busy year. You keep us on our toes with all that you do. You are always on the go and with friends. You've spent a lot of time with your dance friends, especially Mahli, Alessandra and Sofia. There have been lots of sleepovers at Emma's house (you even have a toothbrush there).

We are so thankful to friends and their parents that love you as much as we do. They are there to help when needed and jump in sometimes at the last minute. It really does take a village and we have an amazing one!

 Over the last year you've had some great achievements. You continue to make Principal's honor roll and you topped out the score for the ELA FSA. You got a cool certificate from the Governor for your hard work.

You continue to dance - alot. You are at the studio 4-5 days per week for a couple hours each day. You are in 7 group dances plus your solo this year. You've struggled a little with dance and the dynamics of being with the same people all the time. It's part of growing up and you are working through it.

The last couple months have been a little scary. You complained about your heart hurting so we went to the pediatrician. Then were referred to a cardiologist. After you described your symptoms, the doctor was pretty sure he knew what was going on. You've been on a heart monitor for the last 30 ish days. They are pretty sure you have Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). After you are done wearing the heart monitor, we will go back to the cardiologist to fine out next steps. I'm pretty sure I had the same thing about your age. Technology wasn't as good back when I was your age, so I was never diagnosed, but I did eventually out grown it for the most part. I occasionally still have an episode. Lulu had the same experience at about your age. Nothing points to it being linked to genetics, but my Grandpa also had an irregular heart beat (his skipped beats). From the research I've done, there are a couple ways to treat it with the most severe and last resort being heart surgery. We are hoping it doesn't get to that!

 You didn't want a big party for your birthday this year, so we went to an escape room with some of your friends. It was a video game room, which was perfect for you! You are definitely your father's child and love your gaming. Ya'll worked well together and with a little help from me and Ms. Vicky, were able to escape with just over 4 minutes left. We went to Cold Stone to get ice cream after and there were more friends from school there!

Ready to Escape

All working on different games to get codes

They did it!

Bonus friends who were also at ColdStone

I'll end with annual birthday questions. I've been asking the same set of questions since you were 4, but have done a blog since you were 2.

 Annual Birthday Questions

What is your favorite color?   Green
what is your favorite toy? my phone
What is your favorite fruit? Pineapple
what is your favorite TV show? Teen Titans
What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? leftover tacos
What is your favorite games? Pick me Up (app on her phone)
What is your favorite thing to wear? jeans and a sweat shirt
what is your favorite snack? applesauce
what is your favorite animal? cat
what is your favorite song? any Hamilton song
favorite book? Divergent trilogy
 best friend? Mia Q
eat for breakfast? donut fries
thing to do outside? play with Shadow
favorite drink? peach tea
favorite holiday? Easter
take to bed with with you? my fuzzy egg and Madyson Bear 
what do you want to be when you grow up? No clue
where is your favorite place to go? dance
What is something Mommy always says? Let's go
What is something Daddy always says?
What's your favorite thing about ^5th grade? sitting on stools instead of chairs
Anything else you want people to know? I'm sorta excited for MS and I won a talent show with my friends. We won People's choice and overall talent for 5-8th grades. We choreographed a routine to Hercules.


If you've made it all the way here and want to see more, below are links to previous year blogs
10 Year old
9 year old
8 year old
7 year old
6 year old
5 year old  It's at the very bottom of this post because I forgot to ask her on her 5th birthday and added it later. I also have 5.5 years old.
4 year old
3 year old
2 year old Blogger changed the way picture are uploaded since this was written so I have no idea what the pictures were.
1 year old - yay, I found it! Again, the pictures aren't showing up, but the words are there.
I also found a blog about MK's birth! You can read it here if you are still with us. 

1st birthday picture since there is none on the blog!

Thanks for loving our girl as much as we do!