Happy Birthday to you, Elsie- cha!

If you had three things you could wish for:
1. To go swimming
2. To have it be nice and sunny
3. To lose all of my teeth
Favorite color: Purple
I feel happy when ... I draw
I like to eat ... pasta!
My Favorite Movie ...Race to Witch Mountain, (or whatever show I have seen most recently)
I feel sad when ... I get in trouble
I like to play with ... Barbies
My favorite song ... Our Father has a Family
My dad is ... funny
My mom is ... a hard worker
My favorite holiday ... Easter
I love to ...read
My favorite thing to do as a family ... play games
My favorite toy is ... my kitty
It makes me happy when ... I draw.
My favorite thing to do in my free time ...make stuff
My favorite number ... eight. Because it's when you get baptized.
One of the coolest things about me. . . I love to read and draw
I feel frustrated when ... I can't do something right.
I really like it when ... we go swimming
My favorite subject in school ...art
I'm looking forward to . . . going to Arches and Las Vegas
My favorite game ... Freeze Tag
What I like about me ... is that I like to draw so much
What do you want to do when you grow up...be a mom
What is the best thing about your birthday ... that it's on conference. (That was also the worst because she had to be quiet.)
Who is your hero, the person you look up to, or want to be like when you grow up ...Word Girl
What is a funny thing that has happened to you? I got into the baby powder when I was little and poured it all over my room, in my dresser drawers, and on the carpet.
What do you do at recess? Play freeze tag
What are you going to be when you grow up? An artist, a teacher, and a waiter
How is that going to work? I will be a teacher in the morning, an artist in the middle of the day, and a waiter at the end of the day
Where will you be a waitress? At McDonalds!
What kind of things will you draw? Flowers
What kind of a teacher will you be? A second grade teacher.
What will you do if the kids don't behave? Make them sit at their desks with their heads down for two minutes.
Tell me about your brothers: They're crazy. They tease me.
What is Caleb like? Umm. Mean? He pulls my hair.

I don't know what I would do without Elsie. She shares with the boys and figures out how to entertain them and involve them in her play, even if she has friends over. She loves school and playing with her friends. She also dresses up constantly, and I am afraid that she will never grow out of that. She misses her free time very much since she is now in school for 7 hours a day. When she comes home, we are busy reading, working on homework, and practicing piano. She wishes she could play all day. Often, I find her sneaking paper and crayons to draw when she is supposed to be doing her homework. I think the drawing is probably better for her than the homework, but what can I do?A girl's got to do her homework!
She feels very grown-up since she has lost so many teeth and mostly acts very mature. Except for when she doesn't.
She has set up a spy club that she started in kindergarten. It was meant to replace the "girls troupe" at school whose sole purpose was to chase boys. I heard her talking to Cy the other day and realized that it had morphed into a pyramid scheme. She has established him as the leader of his very own spy club and is encouraging him to sign up his friends.
She also likes to set up parties regularly, and i have to tell mothers who call that we actually haven't planned for anything of the sort.
How lucky we are to raise this artist/teacher/waitress.