It's hard to believe that Hannah is 7! It feels like just yesterday that we packed up our apartment in Wake Forest and moved to Greenville with our 3 month old (and 2 year old)! We are so thankful and blessed for that the Lord is doing in and through our Hannah!
Here a few things that we treasure about our 7 year old:
-She's a good friend and loves to have playdates or hang out with friends at church! I think she would say her best friends are Penny and Violet.
-She loves to play outside, especially ride her bike. She also loves to play on a certain tree in our back yard that Hannah and her friend Penny named "nature." Ha!
-When we go on family walks on the golf course Hannah and Emily ride their bikes and love it! We walk (ride) a 2 mile route and they do a great job! They ride on ahead of us a little ways and we tell them where to stop and wait on us to catch up. They love having check points...I think they feel big that they're out riding by themselves (kind of).
-Hannah loves dance class and looks forward to it each week. This is the first year she and Emily have been in the same class, which seems to be working out just fine!
-She's a night owl for sure, although she doesn't get out of her bed much at night after we tuck her in. She reads in bed for awhile, plays with her dolls and listens to stories that Emily makes up and sometimes long after we thought she was asleep she come to the stairs and tell us in a sad voice that she can't go to sleep. Bert just tells her to lay back down and count to some large, random number (5,654). In the morning she is tired and groggy no matter what time she wakes up or what time she went to sleep the night before. She just doesn't love waking up! Ha!
-She sleeps with about 853 things in her bed. I help her clean out her bed of the stuffed animals, dolls and books and in a day all these things are back. It's crazy!
-She's the biggest Georgia fan Bert's got in our house right now.
-She wants a dog sooooo bad! She gets so excited when we see a dog and always asks the owner if she can pet it. She wanted to start a puppy club for our friends that have dogs "so that their dogs could play together." She says she wants a Golden Retriever, but she'll take any kind of dog. Sweet thing!
-She's progressed so much with her reading this year. She's reading some chapter books and has recently started reading Charlotte's Web. Go Hannah!
-She loves dresses and wears one most days (with leggings).
-Her favorite fruit is apples and she even wants to eat the core.
-She's in Mrs. Hiller's class this year, which we are so thankful for! Mrs. Hiller is a wonderful teacher, with so much experience.
-She's had a fear of fires for a little over a year now. The fear seems to come and go. A few months ago she was soooo scared to fall asleep at night because she was convinced we were going to have a fire at night. It broke our heart to see her struggling with such fear. We prayed with her so many times for God to calm her heart. Sweet thing!
-She was picked to play "The Old Woman Who Lived In the Shoe" in her school play. The whole 1st grade is singing but only about 12 kids have speaking parts. We are proud of her hard work and excited about seeing the play!
-She has 3 friends from her class who have been going to Good News Club (a Christian club that meets on Thursday afternoons after school from 3-4). Her friend Violet invited her to join them so she started going sometime in February! She LOVES it and looks forward to it every week! Bert and I love the gospel truths they talk about each week. They learn fun songs and play games and Hannah loves to come home and tell us about what she learned that week.
-Hannah is THE most tenderhearted human being I know. She's quick to cry at a movie, a book, a story, or watching a babysitter walk out the door after a fun evening. She doesn't usually cry for long, but I love it that she shows her emotions so easily. I think many of us need to do it more!
-I LOVE her freckles and her smile lights up her face and melts my heart! The fact that she has a front tooth missing right now only makes her more adorable and makes me want to take extra pictures of her.
-She loves movies and shows and is often the first to ask for one, even though the answer is often no.
-The other night we were in the church gym before MC Kids started on Wednesday night and the girls were playing with basketballs at one end of the court while some high school guys were playing on the other end. Hannah and I had this conversation:
Hannah - "I bet people think I'm a professional basketballer."
Me: "You think?"
Hannah - " Yeah, because of my dribbling....but they don't know I can't shoot!!"
-She loves to pray – at the table, in the car, when we have guests over, at church – anytime!
-Her nicknames are Hannah Beth, Hanney, and Han and she's called one of these often (by Bert and me anyway)!
Interview with our 7 year old:
What is your name?
Hannah
How old are you?
I'm 7
Where do you live?
5 Oak Brook Way
What is your favorite color?
Pink
What is your favorite toy?
My big Minnie and my little Minnie
What is your favorite food?
Salad
What is your favorite drink?
Juice
What is your favorite thing to do?
Play with my sisters
What do you want to be when you grow up?
School teacher
Who is your teacher?
Ms. Hiller
Who is your best friend?
Penny
What is your favorite song?
Holy, Holy
What is your favorite book?
Charlotte's Web
What is your favorite movie?
Incredibles 2
Who is the funniest person you know?
A clown
Where is your favorite place to go?
Movie theatre
What does your Mommy always say to you?
I love you
What does your Daddy always say to you?
I love you
Hannah, you are loved more than you can imagine. We pray that you would follow us as we follow Jesus and that you would then point others to Him. You're a precious gift to our family. Keep smiling, sweet girl!! We love you!
