energetic, happy, thoughtful, sensitive, intelligent, creative. Those are the first words that come to mind when I think of Julia. She has always been and continues to be a very active kid. She loves riding her bike, running, jumping, and swimming and is coming to love ice skating and soon will be trying her hand at skiing and t-ball.
She's a happy person, usually quick to smile and laugh. She's thoughtful, observing everything going on around her, taking it all in, and figuring things out. She takes her time to consider activities or actions before she takes them and prefers to be confident that she has mastered something before she shows it off to others.
That being said most things, especially physical activities, come fairly easily to her. She is learning how to read and I believe this is the first thing that she's really had to work hard at to get. She wants to learn so badly but it's been a process getting her to understand that it does take work and patience that will eventually pay off. She is coming along though and I think beginning to appreciate the effort.
Julia is super creative - always coming up with games to play or wanting a new craft project to work on. She loves to draw and her current drawings usually feature people, a house (with lots of windows), and flowers. For games, her favorites these days are puzzles, Rush Hour Jr. (she has a very logical mindset), and anything that involves running or playing on the iPad.
Julia is fascinated by cars, volcanos, weather, and space. She is great at math and loves solving problems and has a fantastic memory. She loves reading books and could happily spend hours listening to Andrew and I read to her. Her favorite books are the Little House series, all the Berenstein books, Winnie-the-Pooh (which took forever to get her to listen to but once she did she loved it), the Bob books (early reader books which she can read by herself), and most Dr. Seuss books.
Physically, Julia is 43.5 inches tall and weighs about 37 pounds. She's still a vegetable and fruit lover and will usually choose an apple, pear, or oranges for her snack foods (unless chocolate is an option). Her other favorite foods are pasta, steak, fish, peanut butter and nutella sandwiches, chips (tortilla and salt & vinegar potato chips being the preferred kinds), and almost any vegetable or fruit. She's not too big on breakfast and mostly will eat a grapefruit or an apple along with a few cheerios if we're lucky.
To me, Julia has grown a lot this past year. She has always amazed me but this year she has had so many accomplishments - from learning to ride a two wheel bike and how to swim to beginning to read, and asking thoughtful and insightful questions about everything (with her "why?" has yet to stop!) to getting more comfortable around other people and starting to offer her own opinions and thoughts. I love seeing her personality develop and grow and watching her gain confidence in herself and her skills. But most of all I just love being with her knowing that she's my daughter and that I'm the one that she comes to when she needs a hug, a snuggle, or a tickle. And I'm hoping that lasts a long, long time!
In her words:
- What is your favorite color? Blue and yellow
- What is your favorite toy? Lightning McQueen and cars
- What is your favorite fruit? apple
- What is your favorite tv show? Jake and the Neverland Pirates
- What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Peanut butter and chocolate (Nutella) pitas
- What is your favorite outfit? Lightning mcqueen sweatshirt and soft pants
- What is your favorite game? puzzles
- What is your favorite snack? pear
- What is your favorite animal? bunnies
- What is your favorite song? Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- What is your favorite book? The Laura books (the Little House books)
- Who is your best friend? No-No
- What is your favorite cereal? none
- What is your favorite thing to do outside? Ride my bike
- What is your favorite drink? milk
- What is your favorite holiday? Easter
- What do you like to take to bed with you at night? No-no and pom-poms
- What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Granola bar (noga bar)
- What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner? Steak
- What do you want to be when you grow up? a Mama
- What makes you happy? No-No and pom-poms
- What is your favorite thing to eat? spaghetti
- What is your least favorite thing to eat? no answer
- What is your favorite thing to do? Play cars
- What are you really good at? swimming
- What is your favorite sport? Baseball
- What is your favorite place to go? Chicken and fries (McDonald's)
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