We celebrated Rease's birthday a little bit late since we were gone on our road trip, but we didn't forget her big day! She asked for a sports cake so I did a basketball and volleyball for her. She loved it! We had family over for cake and ice cream and to celebrate our girl that is getting way too old! We got her a nice chess set as a gift and she was super excited about it. She has gotten to be a really good chess player and beats me at least 50% of the time. Yikes.
My favorite things about 11 year old Rease:
1) Rease is the best oldest sister and the biggest helper to me. She has no problem just taking care of things that she can see need to be done and is always willing to help out whenever I ask something of her. She is a very responsible 11 year old.
2) Rease and Rhen have gotten to be great babysitters for us. They don't mind being home with the kids while Josh and I go out for a night. And I think they secretly love to be home doing "their thing" and being in charge of themselves. Once the boys go to bed they have a routine of popcorn, ice cream and settling down to watch their show - which at the moment is Heartland. I love that they love being together and being the oldest.
3) Rease is very self-motivated. She doesn't often have to be asked to do things that she knows need to be done or things that she likes to do. She has been training for a 10k with me and will get up and run in the morning all on her own. She loves to read and is always wanting to finish the next book so she can move on to another. She doesn't mind taking a day to clean up and organize her room when she can see that it needs to be done. And she takes her job weeding seriously and gets Rhen up first thing in the morning so they can get it done before it gets too hot outside. She is the best!
11 year old stats from Dr. Erickson:
Height: 5'5" - 99%
Weight: 140 lbs. 10 oz. - 98%
We sure are lucky to have Rease in our family. She is one special girl.
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