Happy 8th, Noelle!!!!

Sweet, sweet Noelle. You are eight!!!! 

A snapshot of you right now:

- you LOVE ballet and want to be a ballerina when you grow up

- you love to sing and have a beautiful voice

- you still love all things tiny and cute

- you seem to travel in a cloud of glitter and sparkles

- everyone loves you: you had four friends give you a BFF necklace for your birthday

- you are thoughtful and kind and tender

- but when you get mad, you get VERY mad; we call it "tiny rage!!"

- if you have a fight, you are quick to make up and say you're sorry

- you love to snuggle and cuddle, and some mornings you take turns snuggling with all of us: Delilah in her bed, then me, then Daddy, then Disney. 

- Delilah is still your favorite person in the world, even though you two do have the occasional sister spats. The two of you currently enjoy making outfits for Barbies out of whatever materials you can find. The sound of you two in the middle of a giggling fit is your dad's and my favorite sound in the world. 

You had a big weekend of celebration this year!! First, we picked you and your sister up from school on Thursday and drove to Great Wolf Lodge. Oh my goodness, did we have fun. The water park slides and wave pool were a blast, and you even were brave enough to do the ride where you drop straight down!! Y'all also got glitter tattoos, mined for gems, played in the arcade, and went on the MagiQuest. Delilah and Daddy partnered up for the Quest, and I got to be your buddy. We followed every clue, vanquished every goblin & dragon, found all the gold and gems, and helped the fairies and princesses. At the end, you and your sister were knighted. It was so fun. We got back to Lenox just in time for you to go to Olivia's sleepover for her 8th bday on Saturday night. Then Sunday we took you and your friends to Build-a-Bear for your party. We were all exhausted by Sunday night...we'll have just enough time to recover before the Halloween festivities on Wednesday. :)

Sophia, Chloe, you, Olivia, Willow, Ada, Abby, Frances

We saved the sparkler candle for when we got home; last time we used a sparkler candle in public, we set off the fire alarms!

Happy 8th, Ellie Bug. Everyone you meet adores you because you are so full of light; you brighten the world.