Eight is Great!!

Avery Jane turned Eight!! I can't believe it! My little girl is growing up so fast.

A few fun facts about Avery:
    *favorite color: blue (she is SO over pink and princesses. Is that phase really over? I must admit I am       a little sad)
    *Avery Loves to cook. She makes breakfast for the family on the weekends and loves to help me out whenever she can. Her specialties are french toast and German pancakes. She loves to be the little hostess too and set the table and serve everyone their food. It is pretty cute.
    *Avery calls herself a fashionista. She loves anything and everything "fashion".
    *She loves Barbies
    *Loves to play games
    *Thinks she is 16 and while she is sweet, she also has a very determined, stubborn,  sassy side too
    *Loves to sleep in in the morning
    *Has an eternally messy room
    *Loves to play school and wants to be an art teacher when she grows up
    *Avery is an amazing big sister. She takes such good care of Livi and Andrew. A good example is that she got a $10 gift card for her birthday. We went to the store to pick something out. She ended up using the money to buy Livi a doll that she really wanted. It made her so happy to see Livi happy.
    *Avery is a very good sharer. She rarely hesitates to share her treats with her siblings. She is very    caring
    *Still doing ballet and wants to get point shoes
    *started basketball and is actually really good. She scored 3 baskets at her first game
    *Avery is a beautiful girl and such a pleasure to have in our family!

Opening presents with the fam on her Birthday morning

This year for her party she wanted  a Princess Pamper party. We had a few ladies from the ward come over to the house and do the girls'  hair, make-up, and nails. They loved it! Then we had pizza, a dance party, movie night and sleepover. A perfect party for giggly 8 year old girls!

Getting all dolled up

While they waited for their turn, the girls made purses to hold all their girly make up and stuff!

Strike a pose!!

Silly faces!

Opening presents

Jammie time!

 Make a wish

After her party we took Avery to get her ears pierced. Se has been begging me incessantly for 4 years to get them pierced. We finally agreed that 8 would be the age that she could do it and boy was she ever excited! She talked about it constantly. Andy didn't want her to get them pierced, so he tried to scare her by talking about how much it was going to hurt. It almost worked. We got to Claire's and she totally freaked out. Even tried to run away and said she didn't want to do it. I kind of forced her into the chair because I knew she would be upset later on if she didn't do it. Her little heart was pounding. After they pierced them she was sooo happy and sad it wasn't that bad and she would do it again. Phew! She LOVES having her ears pierced.