Danica Liv

Oh Danica, Oh Danica.... sometimes there are no words for a girl who is larger than life. Honestly, you don't even know what you life has in store for you, but it is going to be awesome. Once you find the right gear it is going to be quite a ride. I saw the last time I posted you scored 4 goals, well just this past weekend you had another hat trick. Goal scoing in soccer is the norm for you and even earned you- the nike airmax's you had to have. You were getting them for your birthdya anyway, so the gaol scoring incentive was just a little added bonus ( wink wink) You are playing a year up in soccer and I have no doubt soccer is going to bring you amazing things. Gymnastics is still a thing, you had a good year, but as much as you have been growing physically it is impressive that you met the goals you set out for. Now next year we get a medal! You turned 9 this year and we celebrated at the Chicago Dogs game with some soccer friends. I think the players in the oufield what for you to come to the game. You have such a sparle in your eye and you live for the moment all the moments all the time. Fun is your middle name, that and the fact you are never not "On" and when you aren't I know that means you are on overload and tired and that perfect little self of yours need a break or a hug-- which you want but don't always hug back, like a wet noodle. LOL Speaking of growing you are legit taller than your sister. You have real boobs that you always wished for and now you want them to go away. Hair is there and we have to shave you pits. Is it fair to have hair when you can't staop laughing to shave them. Your body is maturing but you my dear are not. Your favorite word is, "STOP,"and when you say it 100 times a day it is like nails on a chalkboard. I can't handle it! Each day you start and end the day like clockwork. You always want to wear shorts, no matter the temperature. You wear the same clothes repeadidly. You always know everything that is going on about everyone else which doesn't give you the time to do all the things you need to do. Homework time is tough but when we get through it there have been some 100's! even on the states test so that was AWESOME! I love all your art projects you are so talented and you were so great in your musical! "PE TEACHER!" Great job DANICS! I was the mystery teacher at your school and you were so proud to have me there, boy did I feel special. I know our bond is unbreakable, but boy do we have a tough time with it bending to the limit most days. I do have to say I do enjoy hearing your stories most days but I would really rather just hear about you, and do things with you-especially homework. I want you to just be you. You offer the world so many things and once you are good in your skin the whole world is yours. I have never seen a physical specimen like yourself. I had you on my lap the other day and it actually hurt. You are just dense, strong, powerful, fast, agile, quick, easy to upset, sensitive, funny, beautiful, loving, goofy, dirty, just so many things wrapped up in one-- that there really only is one you in the entire universe and you are mine! I am so impressed by you. I don't get nervous when you do things I have so much pride in you. I just know your potential has no limit and I am along for the ride. Did you know that you are 9 and still can't sleep alone and have to have a night light on in order to sleep alone. You deadlock the doors, you are a scaredy cat, super sheltered, and at the same time the toughest kid we might have in our family which speaks volumes. YOU ARE A QUEEN! Those legs you have will be in a magazing one day- mark my words. Along with those blues yes, dimples, and a smile that can light up a runway! How much fun was 4th grade! I can't believe you are going to run the school next year! You accomplished so much and we did so much. Four gymanstis practices a week, 3 soccer practices and games every week. Winning tournaments scoring goals, learning new skills, getting good grades in school. You are getting is done and soon you wil see just how good you really are! How much fun do you have in Florida, how much fun do you have daily just being alive. "Mom can I have a special drink?" Oh Danica-- feeding your face when you aren't even hungry. Wanting everything you shouldn't... I guess they say this is my karma, whatever that means... but if it means you give me a run for my money-- every single day and every second and moment of that day then it sure is! And Danica, my ponnie, my packaracka, my pook--- I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. I love you more than you will every know I just want you to know-- you mean everything to me. I love you and I am so beyond proud of you. Watch out world she is going to tear you up!

4 GOALS in ONE GAME! EOM!

WOW!!!! DO I NEED TO UPDATE ON YOU!

Danica, the last time I caught up on All things Danica was your Communion which was a life time ago in your 8 years on Earth. You have finished 2nd grade and they let you move up to 3rd grade! Can you believe it, you Social Butterfly you! I can't evebn tell you just how busy you are, you would walk in to a pole or a building that is right in front of you for that matter listening to and watching other people. You are so fixated on others and can give a full report on so many people and things that went on I don't even know how you have time for school, learning, sports, or putting anything else in your brain! I mean I don't see how you won't be a sideline reporter or a news anchor! It is quite impressive when I look at it through this lens! Summer came and went, not without swimming and swimming and more swimming. Gymnastics and more gymanstics and more gymnastics. It seems like a lifetime ago that we had no cares and worries and just did what we wanted and spent way to much doing so. Epsecailly for little miss can we go to a restuarant, can we hang out with people, who are we going to see today. Every day is a party when your name is Danica Liv. 3rd grade has started with a bang, I am talking A+ on tests! Yes DANICA YES! I guess threatening you with staying in 3rd grade next year has really put a flame under your little buns. You celebrated, Well we ALL celebrated, you turning 8 in August. We invited all the girls in your class, some other class friends, girls from gymnastics and soccer and everyone came! Over 20 girls, for your SUPERPETS movie party! It was awesome and you were spoiled with so many amazing gifts I couldn't believe it. We have so many squishmellows, they and the America Girl Dolls really do need to start paying rent. I can't take it SMH. You started travel Soccer and WON the first tournament you every played! It was on your birthday and Coach Cesar made you the captian and let you pick out the trophy. It was the perfect day. You even scored 3 goals in the tournament or was it 2, we still can't figure that out! Sometimes I still wonder if you know what scoring a goals means LOL...baby stepr my dear babysteps. Once you get it, you will be UNSTOPPABLE, that I can guarantee! You have a tournament this weekend, GO SOCKERS! In Gymnastics you are now a level 3 almost 4 and you will have your first competition in a few weeks. I am wondering how much hardware will be filling up your room this upcoming year. I am also wondering when all of your teeth are coming in.... you have a crazy mouth of teeth in places that I didn't know way they go or where they should be. I can't help but laugh, you school picture this year sums is all up, no need for a retake! I mean some of the things you say or do we need a double take but that is what makes you , you, and I wouldn't change it for the worlD. I would like to improve on your hygiene and your eating habits but I guess that is part of being 8! Yes 8 you are 8! When schooll started this year you were 7 and the teacher had everyone fill out things about themselves. She then said to put 8 where it asks how old you are... you out 8. I asked why and you said becuase they teacher said too, and I said no she wasn giving and example- you are 7 so you have to put 7. On Danica, SMH! You love to ask Alexa about the weather every day, you love to call Grandma and talk on the phone. You love to talk over everyone who is talking and talk about everyone else. You get more gossip than US WEEKLY magazine, how is that even possible your school and our town are not that big! I mean you make everyone laugh, you are so animated, so goofy, so fragile and so compassionate. A drama queen with qauds of steal and the most gorgeous blue eyes. If you figure out your nutrition choices I can see you on the front a of fitness magazine...just gorgeous! Everyday you have a new story about someone, some days you like your friends sometimes you don't. Either way you don't miss a beat. You are as boy crazy as they come. OMG are you in for it someday sooner than later. In soccer you had to play goalie and it was the worst 10 minutes and 4 goals I ever had to live through, then this weekend you played it again and no goals went in! That is life...learning...and applying what you learn the next time. You are too busy to have us help you learn since you know everything but sometimes I can tell you are listening. I just hope you start listening more and eat your BREAKFAST so you are not a snacker all day. I mean you are addicted to candy, gum, sugar, I am not sure if you even like it or you just think it is COOL. "Let'Go!" That is what you say when you like something, just like the high school boys. I mean you kind of are like a frat boy. Like I said we are so in for it! I am proud of all you accomplish in that little body of yours. You are starting to sleep in your own bed, (it took Sarah bribing you with a candy jar) Your teeth and hair are lookign better. You have to be reminded to shower. I am not sure what is going on with your nails. I told you that until you can take care of yourself no earrings. I was going to let you get them pierced Christmas in Florida but we will have to wait and see...until then clip ons will do! The last one out from everywhere, "bye so and so, see you later so and so bye Mrs. Bye Dr." I mean if you could memorize your times tables like you memorize names you'd be a math genius. Baby steps I keep telling myself baby steps. Thank you for being my middle, for copying and annoying your sister, for bothering you little brother all the time, for feeling left out, for never wanting to be alone. For your constant touch and need for attention. For you snappy remarks back, for being bossy, and then for being so sweet, little, and loving. Thank you for your humor and making us all want to piddle in our pants a little. Please lets try to improve on that. Goal for being 8, hygience and cleaning your room. You love to teach in your room not you need to like to be with just you in your room. I love you so much Danica the destroyer dumpster... my little pona roana. Life would never be the same if you weren't in it. You have made my heart bigger than I every thought possible. I am sorry I am so hard on you, I just know that once you get it....Charli and the world better watch out. YOUR BIGGEST FAN! Mom LOVE YOU FOREVER

First Holy Communion

Danica, you celebrated your Firt Holy Communion on April 30 and you were just beautiful in my dress. You had said you were so nervous.... and then at the end you told me you "Want to do it again and again!" We went to Maggianos to celebrate your special day and you asked me, " are you celebrating me today." yes honey your special Day!

Danica Danica Danica 2nd grade Danica

Are you 7? Still? I am not sure how to even describe you. You are so many different people in one little rock solid body. You are funny, talented, a tattle tale, emotional, needy and independent at the same time, so fast, kind, busy. You are such a gorgeous little girl with a huge imagination and a very fragile heart. Your favorite words are "rude" and "same." You have a hard time keeping a straight face when you are mad because then you start to laugh. You fake cry more than AJ, you yell, you lock yourself in your room. You hate to brush your teeth. You are messy. You try to wear the same clothes every day. You are a gossip, you tell stories about everyone. You talk over anyone who is gettin attention. You fake injuries to get attention. You get upset at everything... and YOU JUST WANT TO BE LOVED. WHICH YOU ARE MORE THAN ANDYTHING YOU WANT TO HAVE ATTENTION and I promise you get it honey, more than anyone else becuase you won't let anyone else have it! You cannot lay by yourself without touching someone. Your eyes are closing and you won't go to bed alone. You have very busy days even though it seems like you do not get much done. Let's see you wake up and have to be told to get up at least 3 times--- then told to get dressed, brush your hair, and your teeth. Which even though you do this it does not seem like you do this. Then I have to have you change your outift because you just keep wearing the same things. You have a beautiful closet of clothes and somehow you went from fashionista to what you think is a funky fahsionista. I am pretty sure it has to do with a boy. You care so much about what other people think. You are also an empath and you really want to be liked. Even though you tell me you don't like her or you don't like him; that is my way of knowing you do like them. We need to get back on learning about friendships. When you are around people you get so excited. You want to do soemthing all the time. " My girl likes to party all the time, party all the time!" You laugh so much and just can't control yourself, you are known to pee your pants from laughing. The other day out with friends you flipped your chair in the retaurant. Like I keep saying I only hope you continue to mature because 7 is a very goofy year. You love to teach to your class and you do such a great job of it, of acting so grown that you even have to put on my high heels to teach! Yes the highed bots you wear to teach your class. I guess that is a prerequiste for being an elementary? So you will get a book or go to your room and teach and have your Alexa on but when it comes to quietly being alone it just won't happen. Then when you go to bed in your sisters room , we can hear you just giggling and giggling...then we have to remind you to go to the bathroom so you won't pee in the bed. Then you laugh harder. You are the life of the party because you just want to be in it ALL THE TIME. Every day is a party, God forbid we don't have plans or a babysitter. You always want to GoGoGo. I can only hope that 8 will slow you down a little and make you sit back and enjoy the roses. You are also a big giver. From pictures to every teacher and coach to a bracelet for your Principal. You love to thank everyone for what they do."Thank you for your service." It is both adorable and a nuisance at the same time. If only I could have you give that effort to your appearance and your room. Your innocence is everything and makes you YOU. You are the purest of heert and I love you with all of mine. You make us laugh and scream every day without fault and then repeat it again the next day. You are now a level 3 gymnast and got your Kip! I know once you start to put your mind where you mouth is ( meaning listen and follow what is being taught rather than talking) you will be invincible. Your sister better watch out! With those legs of yours, those high calf muscles, every one better watch out! I can't wait for field day, bringing home the ribbons. Well, I won't put that much pressure on you, if you can just follow the directions and not worry about everyone else that will be a win in itself. With lack of focus at times you have still managed to do a really great job in school not all perfect work but work that shows growth and for being the youngest in your class I am super proud of you. Especially coming out of a school year where you were learning in your room! For you to be able to read and recognize words the way you do, the math problems you can figure out, all while being a complete gossip, predicting the weather, and planning all social events for the days ahead; like I keep saying you will have no problem being a CEO and running your own multi-million dollar company. You keep me on my toes and a million different expressions on my face! There is never a dull day with you or even a moment for that matter. Did I ever mention in this blog that you actually forgot to bring oyur backpack to school. Aj and I dropped you and Charli off at school and you went without your stuff, your bag, schoolwork, water, lunch.... and when I got home it was just sitting on the counter. Then we had to go back to the school to drop it off and there you were in the office waiting for it with your sweet little smile and the BIGGEST DIMPLES. During Covid, no one got to see those dimples and those crazy teeth ( one you just pulled out a few weeks ago) and now you light up the room with your smile and gorgeous skin. You love your sister and brother you you bother them all the time. Half the time you do stuff we are all laughing behind you back. I love when you perfrom. You twerk, you sing, you spin, you dance, you tell stories, you talk in the mirror to yourself. You change your clothes a hundred times and day and leave trails like you don't know how to pick the stuff up. You just don't put things away correctly. You definitely don't listen that math is done with a pen and not a pencil and when you use a pencil you leave eraser remininsce ererywhere. Oh Danica, just stay 7 and keep driving me nuts. Keep laying in my bed, takin gup my bed, drolling everywhere. Keep trying to wear shorts when it just snowed and then the sun comes out. Please tell me how you want to go to Florida but then you hate it. Just keep driving us nuts and we will just keep loving you more. I am so excited for the end of your 2nd grade year and for the new friends and teacher you will have next year and all the exciting things we can do this summer...because I know I better start planning now ( the end of April) for June, July, and August. We started talking about your birthday party and agreed on a theme and then a few minutes after you told me, " Nah I don't like that anyomore." Par for the course honey, par for the course. We all LOVE YOU SO MUCH DAN E CA--- Like AJ would say. You are our Franklin, lule, pannie, puka, toon... and I JUST LOVE YOU ! Even when you yell at me all the time, especially at Charli's soccer games. Just wait until you start playing sister, just wait. xoxoxoxoxoxoox

Oh how I laugh at thee... let me count the ways

Danica Danica Danica, There is no other Danica in the world. You light up every room. You are so funny, you laugh until you pee your pants....A LOT. You sing on the toliet every morning. You do nothing you are told to do. You talk all the time, you can't sit still, you can't sleep alone. You live for an event every moment of every day. You are an event every moment of every day and get this.... you just turned 7... now I need to tell you how we got here and recap all that has happened since the last time I posted. Let me start by saying that the pandemic roared on so family time was where we were, at home all day every day. School from your room, then back to school, then school from your room on zoom, and now school again in person with a mask and um excuse me 2nd grade! Yep second grade. So you rocked 1st grade with Ms. Dusold, you rock everything and you let people know you are there. There is nothing silent about you from your striking blue eyes, loud voice, incredibly strong legs, and beautiful olive skin and and overly contagious laugh. When you walk in people take notice. You continue to have the kindest heart and your innocence is without measure. 24 hours in a day you want to do things for 26 of them! You just told me one the first day of school that a fairy comes in to your classroom and checks your desk to make sure it is clean. Maybe I should get the fairy's number to do that with your room. For a girl who is really never in her room you can destroy it in moments. I am not sure what even happens and for that matter you want to wear the same thing every day so honestly I don't get it. Mornings are always difficult. You never want to wake up, you always tell me you are too tired. I think you are finally brushing your teeth daily but I hope you are actaully using toothpaste, wearing a mask might actually be in your favor. As far as your beautiful hair, I don't want to cut it...but I am not sure you are able to handle long hair. Today is picture day so we will see how that turned out. You have left with a beautiful style and returned home like you were in a convertible. Oh Danica there is always drama, stories, white lies, laughter, jokes, including this one, "would you like your corona with a lime or with a virus?" The pandemic was hard for you if you couldn't see friends every day. You love social events. We will be having your 7th birthday next weekend and coming up with a guest list was such a to do. As social as you are you don't really like every one. We are working on understanding what making friends means. You invited people because you like their hair, older girls from gymanstics. After inviting them I asked if you knew the girl. You told me no....then get this the Mom RSVP'd that she would love to celebrate you!!! LMAO You were a flower girl in Courtney's wedding and at the end of the night guests were saying good-bye to you by name and you knew thier names too!!! To top that off when we dropped them at a bar at the end of the night you got off the bus and walked in the bar too, Courtney quickly brought you back on the bus! The next morning after Courtney's wedding you told me that you wanted Matt (Chewy) to be your boyfriend, I told you that he couldn't be because he married Courtney. You replied, " I am just so jealous." This was similar to Charli's first Holy Communion when you told Grandma that you "wanted to eat the body and drink the blood too." You don't want to miss out on anything. You could be doing the activity and still feel like you are missing out. I do have to say that when you put your mind to something you do it and you are awesome. You are almost a team gymnast and you just turned 6. I know that you will be anything you want to be, especially a CEO! Junior Celtic soccer starts today so as soon as you master that I told you that you could play travel with Charli so we will see how that goes! Currently you and Charli train for gymnastics together one day a week so that is really awesome. You LOVE your big sister and there is a lot of "why does Charli get to do that," or "I want to go to that party," or "I want to wear that." Above all you love each other and get along very well. All of Charli's friends are your friends, mostly because they are neighbors, but you are making friends in your grade and are getting invited to your own parties so that is really fun! Also the caliber of work you are bringing home is excpetional, I am so proud of you. I am always proud of you...except when I am washing pee in your pants LOL! You love texting, taking pictures, making videos, face-timing. So many times I look through my camera roll and laugh. Same with my texts. This summer I got a message from your teacher thanking you for your message... I was like Danica how are you writing to your teacher !!!! I really can't believe you are in 2nd grade, it is crazy for me to write that! Second grade. Time has really been flying by that I am just adding to this incerpt now a few weeks after I started it. We are still living through a pandemic so life really will never be the same. We are still wearing masks to school and at stores. We are trying to keep everyone safe and doing our part. As far as you and wearing your mask you have no issue with it, I am not sure you are wearing it right but you wear it. You also want to wear the same thing to school everyday! You have a beautiful closet of clothes and you are not finding even a good outfit to keep rewearing. ( besides this romper that has been on repeat forever) I actually had to take you back home to change that day, it was not the best morning. Speaking of mornings, you would think doing the same thing every day would be easy. Well you do the same thing every day-- you struggle to wake up and yes you are sleeping in your sisters bed, since you refuse to sleep in your bed alone. Then you start talking about anything and everything. Then you sit on the toliet --- you just sit there. Then you stare in the mirror and complain about things. I am not sure when the hairbushing or teeth brushing takes place. Then you pick the same outfit that I have to make you change out of....etc etc. I mean how hard is it to do the same correct thing each morning and wear the clothes we picked out the night before. Oh Danica, every day is an adventure. One of the funnies things is that you call all of your coaches, "the teacher." So at a soccer game the other day you came off the field and said, "Mom, there was a little girl on the other team and I ran in to her chest, and I am pretty sure her glasses broke, and she fell down and was crying, and then teacher said - get up get tough." I almost peed my pants. You are the best story teller and your timing is spot on. The amount of stories we hear is a bit overwhelming about everyone all the time. The other day you told us that if some boys are mean to you again, they will get a minor. I don't even know half of the topics you are talking about. I do know that I am so proud of all you are doing in school. I love how you come home and still play school. In your last two soccer games, you had 4 goals in each game. You are so fast it is incredible. Once you start yo understand exactly why we do the things we do you will be even a bigger force, I am just not sure the world is ready for it yet. You love you sister and brother and I can see that sometimes it is hard to be the middle. Charli is a great big sister and AJ gets a lot of attention so sometimes you are not sure if you are a big girl or a baby and that is okay. You are the clingiest kid in the world so I am sure when you are 40 you will still be sitting on my lap, or trying to grab Grandma's boob. You are just too funny and I mean that. Your eyes scream curiosity and excitement. On Sunday you told me, " I wish it was Saturday so we could party." Even when we are doing something fun you want to know what is next. There are not enough hours in the day for you. Hopefully, we can start to contain this and learn to unwind and have our own personal time. This may be a hard task, that is why we keep you as busy as we can. Soccer, gymnastics, school, and religion...oh and brownies. Lots going on as a newly 7 year old. Currently you are selling fall product and I have earned you a tablet-- can't wait to see how that plays out with you and Charli. When you lost your tooth at religion you said that the teacher was too fat to help you, so Dad made you go pray in your room, he also said you weren't wrong. SMH! From dance parties, to building blocks, the clubhouse, to ziggling. There is always something going on with you and always something you want to do. I appreciate you keeping us on our toes. I appreciate your innocence more than you will ever know. From fake trips to Hawaii, to real trips to Florida, from your honest opinion which seems to always start with a negative connotation...you make my day every day. Saying hello to everyone, making a comments about everything, and always trying to lay on me next to me, and be by me. OH AND YOUR HONESTY- THANK YOU--I mean sometimes it takes a moment to get to the truth but you are pretty spot on when you do. I LOVE YOU PONNIE! Oh and thanks for yelling at me for yelling at Charli's soccer games, I will try me best not to embarass you anymore. Thank you for the sweet little faces you make when you are trying not to smile when I am so proud of you. Thank you for thinking when I disguise my voice as someone else that I actually am that other person and you ask if I can be Mom again-- innocence.... it is everything. I can't wait to hear what you want from Santa this year.... I can't wait to hear what you tell me about school today when I pick you up.... just in case I forget--- you want to be a witch for halloween- this should be very interesting... I LOVE YOU BEYOND WORDS!

And then there was Corona with a virus...

A lot has happened since the last time I blogged about you, so I will try to catch us all up to speed. Your kindergarten year seems like such a long time ago. Mrs. Houk did such a great job as your teacher and you did such a great job in school and making the CARE program work. Although not alwasys on task I know you are alwasys doing your best. See the thing is that whole world changed in March when the Coronavirus took us by storm, and with this terrible virus we ended up getting the greatest gift....TIME WITH FAMILY. Learning became e-learning at home where Mommy and Daddy were the teachers. I'd say you did a great job although not all of the days were rainbows and roses. A social butterfly like you craves interaction and friends and defintely has FOMO. Looking back our neighbors were a salvation for us because you had an outlet and may I add it was an awesome outlet. Although you are the youngest of the girls in the hood, you sometimes make the biggest impact and they are not just Charli's friends but your friends. Sometimes I think you may be a little closer with them than she is. No issue with that! You are in it to have a good time and you wake up each day craving an adventure. Even your bike can't keep up with the spped you live life at, so we need to slow down and smell the roses a little bit. That is what we are trying to work on with you. You don't have to always be doing something or be with someone and you don't have to rush through things, we need to slow it down and enjoy things a little more. Even have some down time and alone time just to breathe. This is way easier said than done when it comes to you kid. There is a humor and a spunk in you like no other and you get involved in everything. Half the time you only understand half of what is going on so when things come out of your mouth they are hilarious, we never know what you are going to say. On the flip sometimes you share to much and you are still learning boundaries. One of the jokes you tell comes from Unlce Mike, " would you like a lime with your Corona or a virus?" not that funny, it is when it comes from a 5 year old. You were 5 for so long. No one even could believe you were 5 because you excel at everything and because you can hold a conversation with anyone. I am serious, public speaking- check! Writing this blog today it is September 28, 2020. You are officially 6 years and 1 months old. Now writing that I want you to be 5 again. Why is time flying by so fast? You bring so much joy and chaos to the day that days are way more than 24 hours with you. At night when you come in my room with soaking wet hair and want to lay with me I finally remember you are just a little girl. So very sweet, innocent, kind, caring, and loving. Not a day goes by where you don't have a new bruise or cut and even through tears of falling off your bike you still ell your friends you will be rigth back when we carry you in to clean up the blood and bandage you up. You are fierce Danica, Fierce! Summer days were filled with bike rides, and play dates, sprinklers, pools, and catching frogs. Made-up dances, gossip, and sunrise to sunset fun. Red cheeks and tan legs. An image that would sum up your summer is helmet on, right red, face, a cut up knee, asking if you could go ask another friend to play since the friend you were just playing with has something they need to do. There is no time for water or a break on Danica speed but there is ALWAYS time for ice cream or a snack. ALWAYS! The first thoguth of the day for you is a popsicle. Now that you are 6, we need to start understanding the food groups and that popsicles is not one of them! We started school 7 weeks ago from home, remote learning in your room. Ms. Dusold is your teacher and a veteran teacher is she. Dad and I have listened to her firmly keep 25 first graders in line through a screeen. Inclduding Even the kid who hangs from the ceiling fan! She is a Saint I tell you. She has kept you in line. I am not sure time management has been your best part of learning but we made it through because today you are in person learning! Yep today you went to school, mask on, and READY to go. SO READY TO GO! you have been talking about it since they gave the green light. Kindergartners and 1st graders only. You have been up early, talking about it non-stop- making sure all your supplies were ready. You started labeling individual crayons without us even knowing. I mean talk about prepared. You had your book bag ready( thinking about it we need to make sure to give you a coloring book for free time since you have to socially distance 6 feet away and can't touch other people's things etc.) lunch bag ready, sanitizer, sweat-shirt, outfit picked out, talk about ready. You had no hesitation of going back. No issues with wearing your mask. You are as strong and brave as they come, but just as soft and sensitive at the same time. It is so quiet at home without you. I miss you so much and I am jsut waiting until 3:30 to grab your face and give you a huge kiss! I cannot wait to hear all about it. Now let's back it up a month. WE had a HUGE birtday celebration for you on August 28. It was Awesome. Balloons outside and balloons inside. A cake with a huge gymnast on it and a soccer ball buterrflies and more. We had all your friends and family and it was just awesome, just like you! So many gifts from so many people. You told everyone you want a bath tub for oyur American girl doll and bras and that is exactly what you got. When school started I asked what you want to be when you grow up and you told me "Big Boobs!" at the end of e-leaninng in the spring it started with wanting boobies and now big boobs! I guess that is my impact as an e-learning teacher LOL!!! So family got you bras and you have been telling me that your boobs are growing!!! I am pretty sure you have worn the bras underneath your gymnastics leos but I will have to ask if you wore one to your first day of first grade. See at this house solely becasue of you we get back-logged on laundry since you change 10 times a day and then put whatever yuo had on for a second in the laundry. You also like to pull up whatever pants or shorts you have on as high as you can and then model in the mirror. I am not sure what that is about but it is something else we are working on now that you are 6. I am hoping the boy crazy has started to cease but only time will tell on that. You are not such a fashionista on hair but definitely on clothes. If you could wear high heels not you would, but until then we settle on gym shoes that you manage to wear out or grow out of in a week! You have the best pair of legs, I don't know where these model legs came from, but they are strong and long. Then add you light brown hair to your piercing blue eyes and you have a masterpiece, pure genius masterpiece. I could not love you more. I shake my head and laugh thinkig about you. Charli celebrated her Communion this weekend and because of Coronavirus you and Aj could not come and stayed home with Grandma. You were crying that you "want to eat a body too and drink blood." It took Grandma a minute to figure that one out and that was the laughter of the communion party. Don't worry honey it will be your turn soon. It is really funny when you tell us that you want the party to be about you and celebrate you. I think you are all only children in your own right, so I guess we are spoiling you all equally. The interaction between you and your siblings is priceless. You are so good with AJ, still learning your boundaries but you love you little "buddy" or "AAAJ" as you call him. I love to sercretly watch you read to him, or sing to him, or play with him in general. You talk to him all the time and he jsut loves to run away from you and have you chase him. I love how much you adore Charli and want to dress like her, and whenever I ask soemthing you say, "Is Charli doing that, is Charli going, is Charli gonna do that to?" Without fail and I have to remind you that you are Danica and not Charli. You are back in gymanstics and you are so excited! I think you could live there, again activites, athletics, and people that is your perfect recipe. You started soccer and I think you should have your own team where you play against everyone because that is what you seem to do and on a side note you are a goal scoring machine! You told Grandma that people just try to stand in front of you when you kick it, but I guess they are supposed to wait behind the line and one sassy girl didn't listen :)That was your story to me. Sometimes when you get overwhlemed it is too cute but then you storm off, then you don't talk to us, or you come down hiding with something over your face, and we have to earn you back. You can really hold a grudge let me tell you. And without fail Daddy can still do no wrong in your eyes. You are Daddy's girl and it is Daddy's world and Mommy is just living in it. Well, except at bed time when you want to always snuggle with me. #winning I really think you are a remarkable little person. I am so intrigued by your magnetism, strength, compassion, creativity, and joy of life. There is never a dull moment with you and you always keep us laughing and on our toes. Even the neighbors know when you are a teenager watch out! You are only 6 and I have to watch out! Thank you for all the joy you bring to us. Thank you for making sure there is alwasy something else I can clean up in your room. Always a know I can et out of your hair, always soemthing that can be put away correctly, and always a new boo boo I can kiss to make better. I am so excited that you are so excited and I am beyond estatic that you love school..but if you come home with any tears today I am not sending you back. I missed you too much and I did it with pre-school 4, kindergarten, and I will do it again. Your happiness is my number one and I will change my life to make sure yours' is the best it can be! I know there are some other moments that have had us laughing I will have to remember. I know when I asked you what Grandma should get you for your party you did the best to describe you know that thing, its green, and kind of hard, and you lick it, and you went on and it...only for us to finally figure out you wanted artichokes which I think you called "chokie." I still have not corrected you on "capetillars" and you know what I might not. It is only once you get to be 6 and since you will never be 5 again I will cherish this year more than the last. I love you Danica poonie pon, FRANKLIN, I could not love you more and although sometimes you think that you are not number 1, you will always be number 1 in our book, I mean I think you are going to be numner #1 in a lot of people's books. In the mean time just stop taking all those silly sanp chat pictures, texting everyone, and making funny videos all the time... okay you can do that just no more of that Run Tom game! At least you ask my permission...some of the time. Love you! Oh and I cannot wait to hear about your day, you have continued to talk more than anyone we know and tell us every detail about everything. This is a reason why the neighbors love you too. You leave not detail unturned and tell the truth to a fault! Today's update: "School was okay. Our house is way better than Pleasant Hill because our sinks are way better. The sinks at Pleasant Hill Spray everywhere in my face and all over my jacket. Callan showed his boobs and kissed the wall and I told him he can get coronavirus and that is not appropriate but I didn't tell the teacher because he was going to cry. I couldn't open my lunch box for like 5 minutes and the teacher couldn't help but I figured it out. We can't touch anything at recess we just have to play on the grass or on the basketball court and run around in that square but not the playground that is off limits. I thought recess was going to be fun but it wasn't. I had a good day and the best part was eating lunch because it was more funner, actually the calendar, actually the end of the day you got to put your chairs up and your bucket and our buckets are over flowing. I had to go to the bathroom but the boys kept going like 5 times so then I went but only pee and then the water kept running. Then the music teacher wore all packers his mask, his shirt, and his black pants. He ruined the smartboard and Ms. Dusold said "uhh." She tried to write on it and it wouldn't work. New friends today, Sammy and Jillian. I learned a song about apples. My desk is in the way back corner and they call on me last. School is fun because we go to wear a name tag." I DON'T want to forget- we were talking about gummies at the Communion Party ( is that wrong?...) and that Grandma should take some- at that moment you went up in the cabinet and got everyone your vitmain gummies. It was priceless and not only that the next day you were upset that you shared all your gummies!!! Walking to school today, day #4, I asked if you were wearing a bra and you said you keep forgetting and that you will definitely wear one when you"take" a run with me or something :) and you laughed. You got a little teary saying goodbye so I told you that when you hug yourself you can feel me hugging you and then I was like "Danica you are squeezing too tight" when you started to hug yourself and I then I said "Danica I can't breathe." You started to laugh. I tried not to cry. Miss you like crazy~