Victoria - my oldest is TWELVE!



I love to see joy on my kid's faces. Allan stuck three number
one candles on her cake. Well at least their candles.

I can't believe my girl turned TWELVE on Monday. She is an amazing person, who is growing up to be kind and loving and sensitive toward others and I love being her mom! Since I haven't been able to shop for her with my recent surgery I sent Allan on a busy holiday Sunday out to our local towne center. He was armed with a list of items to buy, took Benjamin along and managed through a busy shopping day to get everything on the list. Well done dad! On her birthday, he took her to pick out a dessert for her birthday which was an ice cream cake. Here are some photos which show who she is and how we celebrated with just our family and my folks.



Victoria often has her face buried in a
book or a magazine.



 

Victoria helped at her brother's birthday party.

 

Victoria and her friend Audrey dressed up themselves and Elizabeth
to have an outdoor tea party. This was Elizabeth's first tea party
and she was so happy to be included with the big girls. They
taught her how to how the tea cup with their pinkies out.

 

 

Victoria loves to swim and race because she is competitive.

Victoria dressed up as an 80's teenager for
this Halloween. She was diggin the
pink hair and big earrings.

 

 

They actually all sat next to each other before Victoria
opened her presents.

Allan always buys the girls flowers for their birthday!

I love how they are all listening to Victoria while
she read her birthday cards! Maybe they were
looking to see how much the check was for
from Grandpa and Grandma.

Victoria was thrilled to get these black ruffled
curtains/panels for her bedroom. She also got a
black shag rug that she was longing for.

This is an eiffel tower jewelry holder
that Victoria was excited to get as you can see
on her face. Her room is painted turquoise and she
has a Paris theme with black & white accents.

Finally, she received warm fuzzy slippers
and a soft robe.