Our sweet, feisty, kind-hearted, caring, opinionated, strong, fast, free-spirited, cartwheel turning, trampoline jumping, beach loving, and fun girl is now 8 and a half!! Nora Kate turned 8 and a half on Valentine’s Day! She seems much more grown up than she did at 8, there must have been a lot of maturing over the last 6 months. As we have entered the final half of her 3rd grade year, I love to see her love of reading. She’s recently gotten into the Babysitters Club book and I love to see her enjoying them as much as I always did.
In addition to reading this girl likes anything that keeps her moving! She loves running on the soccer field. She played soccer in the fall (season champs!) and is playing again this spring! Goalie is her least favorite position. She like to be able to run all over the field. She also continues to love gymnastics. She takes an hour class each Thursday morning. In addition to that she’s always practicing flips and the like on the trampoline and her bar and beam she got for her birthday. She spends hours on the trampoline and the bar. She really is a strong 8.5 year old girl!
Nora Kate loves her friends. She spent an entire weekend making bracelets for all the girls in her class. Nora Kate has a sweet gift-giving heart. She loves to surprise us with little gifts too (things she has made). Some of her favorite friends to play with include Madalyn from our street, friends from school like-Madelyn, Tiffany, and from our small group-Annie, along with friends she makes just about everywhere. She has always been our kid to see other kids playing and ask if she can play with them too. I love this about her. She’s also awesome at remembering people’s names.
At 8.5 Nora Kate continues to be both free-spirited and opinionated. She is free-spirited in that a mess or something half-done doesn’t bother her (even if it’s her shoes half way on or her coat half way on), but if she’s doing something fully she has an opinion on how it should be done…she also has the confidence to let others (namely her brothers) know that she thinks something should be done differently. Haha!
Nora Kate has been in a big nail polish phase lately. We very, very, very frequently have to change her finger and toe polish. She pretty much keeps them polished 100% of the time. She has also been into doing her hair different ways lately. Buns, two buns, pony tail with scrunchie, pony tail with a part of her hair braided and wrapped around the he pony tail holder (the I dream of Jeanie), all down with nothing holding it back, head bands, and of course “the normal way” as she calls it. She’s also into changing her earrings frequently…especially to her pearls or dangly earrings. Basically I need to give us about 10 extra minutes every morning to meet her hair and earring requests. :)
Nora Kate has gotten into playing Pokémon recently too. I wasn’t sure if she would like this but she loves being able to battle her brothers. I think they all enjoy Pokémon a lot because they always have people to battle.
Other random thoughts about our wonderful girl at 8.5-
-loves drawing and making bracelets of string and beads.
-loves Duke and wants to be a Vet when she grows up.
-doesn’t like making food for Rolo (the lizard) and claims her hands are allergic to it.
-loves riding her Kiki, hoverboard, bike, scooter, and roller skating
-cartwheels everywhere
-loves swimming
-loves the beach
-loves to bake!
Hard to believe that our sweet girl is already 8.5!! Here are a few pictures of Nora Kate from between age 8 to 8.5!
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