Happy 6th Birthday to my "other" baby Tawny!!

We call her our "other" baby because she was the baby for five years before Anny came along. Tawny has a hard calling in life being #6 in a large family. She has to tag along to everything cause she just isn't quite old enough to participate in much and still too little to get left at home. She is looking forward to getting older so she can do more stuff, like the bigger kids get to. What she doesn't realize is that she needs to relish her time with her mom and dad right now cause she doesn't see how quickly she is growing and changing. She is such a beautiful and kind girl. She tries to choose the right and only wants to play with good friends. She loves to go to primary and loves to go to kindergarten. She loves her teacher, Mr. Santor like you wouldn't believe. She even asked him for his cell phone number just in case she needed to talk to him...and he gave it to her. Although, she's never had a reason to call. She is a straight A student academically, but also enjoys and does well her music, computers, library, etc.

Here are a few favorites of Tawny:

She loves to eat apples. Last week, she had an apple for dinner and then an apple for dessert. For her class today, she took cut up apples and caramel dipping sauce.

She doesn't mind sleeping. We had to adjust her bedtime halfway through the school year and she went to bed at 7:15. She rarely complained (until recently since it is still light outside then) and as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was sound asleep. When she is tired, she just lays down and goes to sleep. She's so much like her mom.

She desperately wants to be a part of whatever Katy is doing. This is her as the dog in this week's talent show. She didn't actually sing, she just barked while Katy and Megan D. sang "How Much is that Doggie in the Window?"

She is super creative. She invited Jordan C. over to help decorate this really great box and turn it into her own playhouse. She is always making me pictures, cards, posters,e tc. to hang around my desk. She must have played in this box for weeks.

I already said that she loves school, but she was even afraid to take her first ditch day because she said, "What if I miss learning about something?" It didn't take long for her to figure out that one day wasn't going to hurt her as long as it didn't happen very often.

Tawny was named after Louis Steven's best friend Tawny in the t.v. show that was so popular back in 2001 called Even Stevens. I think the name just fits her.

Her best friend is Miranda, who lives down the street. She loves to get on her bike and ride down there to play. I consider Karolee practically her second mom, since they are there so much.

She loves her cousin Merrek, who is three days older than her. They have practically grown up together since they live so close.

We love you Tawny, hope you have a great day.