Melanie is 8!!!

I can not believe our Mel Bell is 8!!!  I am so happy with the young woman that she is becoming.  She is so responsible and thrives on that! 

We were so lucky and had family to celebrate with!  Chris and Andrea were down from WA and Melanie felt so special to have them here to celebrate!!

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This warm robe and slippers were from Chris and Andrea and she LOVES them!  She loves to get out of the shower and put this on.  She wants to learn how to wrap her wet hair in a towel on top of her head!  HAHA!! 

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We gave Melanie her own set of scriptures with her name on them, scripture bag, picture of the temple to put in her room and a new outfit to wear to church.  She loves that it is a skirt!  She has out grown the dresses some and loves skirts!  Another sign of her growing up!  She also got money from both grandparents and she wanted to go shopping and buy some more clothes for church!  She got another cute outfit and it included new shoes and earrings! 

Melanie loves so many things right now and has such a strong desire to choose the right.  She LOVES animals still and I don’t think that will ever go away!  She is learning and growing as a pianist and loves improving every week.  She always chooses to practice the piano first over homework when those are the options given her after school.  She loves to have her own room still and likes to rearrange and organize it.  She has asked when she can babysit and how old she has to be.  She wants to earn her own moneySmile  We did let her babysit while we were at a Blue and Gold banquet across the street for 1 1/2 hours.  We said we would pay her if the house was kept clean and the kids were in bed when we got home.  She did not disappoint us!  Like I said before she thrives on responsibility! 

She has so many great friends at school and in our neighborhood.  I love that she has chosen good friends to surround her!  They will be so important in a few more years!

Love you Melanie!!  So proud of you!!!  You are beautiful inside and out!! 

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Candace and Brian said…
She seems like a dream.
March 19, 2012 at 8:42 PM
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