My Daughter is 10!

My daughter turns 10 today. I can't get over it. It seems the time has passed so quickly. We allowed her to open one gift this morning (a Tinkerbell fairy doll) before my husband left for work and now she and my son are busy playing away. We are taking the day off school.






She's a ham! Always has been and we wouldn't want her any other way. She is sharp as a tack and very quick to quip with her father and the pair of them often have the rest of us rolling around in hysterical laughter.

She is very creative, and is a very good story teller. Her short stories have such a unique voice for someone who is only in Grade 4. She is a ferocious reader, often staying up for hours after bedtime reading by lamplight. She's a talker too, and is very much aware of how she can dominate a conversation, "Am I talking too much?" she asks regularly. Reminds me of Anne Shirley.

She loves to knit and wants to learn to crochet. She hand sews many outfits for her Barbies and enjoys making 'fashion' for them. She wants to be a scientist and an artist. She is very patient with her brother and made a new year's resolution to stop bickering with him (it's a work in progress).



Turning 10 is bittersweet for me. With ten years under my belt as a mother I am more confident and excited about the future for my children. But with less than 10 years to go before maturity I am very much aware that one day she will be flying the nest and breaking out on her own. In that respect her childhood is half over and it saddens me that life is proceeding at such lightning speed. Many days I find myself wishing we could stay this way forever. All I can do is enjoy the days while they last and live in the moment.