Oh how we love our Brynn! She is the best of everything. My favorite trait of Brynn's is that she loves to dress up and loves "girly" things but that she is part tomboy as well. She is not afraid to get outside and be dirty. She is usually dirty during the summer months-dirty fingernails and toes, dirty feet, scratched up and bruised legs from doing who knows what, etc. You get the point. She loves life and it shows!
Brynn's reading improved so much this year. She was introduced to some books at school that she really loved. (I give all credit to her most amazing 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Hall.) Of course, she loves the graphic novels as well-not my fav-but at least she is reading when she gravitates to one of those. I'll take what I can get!
Brynn is loving her new cheer class. She decided she wanted to try all-star cheer and has been busy doing that for about a month now. She never tires of it and is always excited to go-so I guess that's a pretty good sign. She is one of the "flyers" and that's been extra exciting for her. She is always doing her tumbling tricks at home and on the tramp and is constantly practicing her cheer jumps and moves.
Like Ivy, Brynn also loves her audiobooks. We get hers from the library and she uses her CD player. She has been on a Diary of a Wimpy Kid kick lately. I often catch her in her room, swinging in her swing and listening to her audiobook when she should be doing something else (like cleaning her room).
Brynn is a champion staller, especially when it comes to getting ready for bed. It drives me crazy. She is a lot better when it is her turn to be read to and I give her a cut-off time (currently the situation we are in right now-in the summer months I won't read to her after 9:30). She listens to her audiobook as she falls asleep and freaks out if I turn her lamp off too early. She is afraid to fall asleep with her door open but it okay with me closing it after she is asleep.
Brynn is very affectionate. She is always giving hugs. I {mostly} love it, but it's not necessarily a trait she got from me.
Brynn was 41 pounds and 47 inches tall at her 10-year check-up. That's the -2% and -3% respectively. That's old news for Brynn but I don't thinks she's ever been in the negative percentage! She still eats like a bird but is a healthy little (literally) girl!
Brynn still plays with Corbin Anderson every day after school. They are allowed to play until 5 when I'm done with piano and then they both have to go to their houses and get their homework and other stuff done. They are the best of friends and play together so well (Corbin is who she can be adventurous with-they have caught their fair share of critters over the years). Not sure how long this will last-at some point I think they'll probably stop playing so much just because Brynn's a girl and Corbin's a boy. Easton and Molly used to play everyday but, over time, it faded and they found other friends and things to do after school. Hopefully Brynn and Corbin will be buddies for a while longer, at least through elementary school.
We have really, really been bad keeping up with violin. She has way past outgrew the little one she got so long ago and I haven't made her keep up with it. I'm tempted to have her start doing the piano videos that Ivy has been doing just so she has some exposure to music. I have told her that I would like her to pick it back up in middle school, which is only one year away. (!!)
When Brynn is home, Ivy is her only option for a playmate. She ignores her chores most days to play with Ivy. Ivy is a willing participant and they mostly have a lot of fun together. They argue a lot but will always go back to each other. They don't usually play with toys together but they do make up a lot of fun games that create a lot of fun messes. (For example, yesterday they got out suitcases, packed them, and played a vacation game that they like.)
Brynn is very kind. I hope this sticks! I told her if she was going to be a cheerleader, she had to be a nice cheerleader since cheerleaders have a reputation for being not so nice. ;)
Brynn is our resident animal-lover. More than any of the other kids, she will make the rounds and check on all the animals. She definitely has a soft spot for them. We recently had baby kittens and she took it the the hardest when they left to go to their permanent homes. You can always tell when we have kittens because she will have scratches all over her arms and chest from their claws.
Brynn's birthday interview (taken June 13):
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