Zoey

Zoey is our 1st grader, and she's awesome! She is learning and growing SO fast right now it's scary...I try and treasure every moment. Right now she is very into reading, and is reading things all over the place. She loves the freedom and just basic expansion of knowledge this gives her, like when Mommy and Daddy are trying to spell a word and she can recognize it (like the other day she recognized n-a-k-e-d...don't ask me what context it was in :-).

Her favorite things are ZEBRAS, GameBoy, soccer and Brownies. She is also totally in love with any show on Nickelodian, especially SpongeBob or Danny Phantom. Her best friends are Ally, Sara, Charlotte, Paige and Jordan. She attends St. Paul's Lutheran School, which is a K-8 school. Her teacher at the beginning of the year was Mrs. Manthe, but she left last week to go on maternity leave as she is pregnant with twins and her Dr. ordered her to go on bedrest. Her new teacher for the rest of the year is Mrs. Maxwell, and she seems very nice! Zoey's favorite foods right now are basically JUNK food...macaroni and cheese, cheeseburgers, noodles, and anything sweet. She has a strong dislike for anything green. She does seem to love sushi, and most seafood, even raw oysters, clams, mussels, etc.

In the summer she turns into a mermaid, and I can't keep her out of the pool! This summer she will learn how to ride her bike without training wheels, and we may even venture into rollerblading.

She loves her dog Cisco, and they are best friends. She is a great big sister to Avery, even though that job can be a very tough one at times. She is our pride and joy, and seems to have wisdom beyond her years. Even with the illnesses her grandparents face, she is very empathetic and loving about it, very understanding of things beyond her years. She loves to go to church at St. Paul's and tells me often what she learned "at Jesus time" in class. I predict she will always be a kind and loving person, as well as a patient person. She loves music and art (her favorite music right now is anything by Pink or Cheetah Girls). She hates homework!

I love you Zoey Elizabeth!