Happy Birthday Ruth!

Ruth turned 8 in April!  We are so amazed at how quickly she's growing. Our little girl is becoming so responsible.  She is now the proud owner of her own room.  She does a great job of taking care of it and keeping it clean and organized.  Ruth's favorite thing to do is read! (We are so proud!)  She wakes up way too early and she's not allowed to come out of her room until 7:30AM so she spends who-knows-how-long reading each morning.  She's currently reading the fourth book of the Harry Potter series.  She's frustrated that we are making her wait until she's a little bit older to read the rest.  Ruth hasn't got a single spelling word wrong on all of her spelling tests this year. She also enjoys math.  She got 100% on her end-of-year math test. Yay Ruth!  Moving didn't really slow her down in the making friends department.  She's still very social and loves talking.  Her favorite food is still Sushi.  We're so proud of the way she treats her brothers (most of the time).  She loves to read to them and play with them.  She's also developed an interest in helping me in the kitchen... which is nice....mostly. :)

For her birthday this year, she wanted to have a luau party.  We had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa Capel's house eating Hawaiian Haystacks, hula-hooping, eating cake and opening presents.  

Ronan kept saying "It's raining!"  He thought the little umbrellas were pretty neat.

Ruth and Ember are pretty amazing at hula-hooping.

Instead of candles, we did a sparkler in the shape of the number 8.  She was worried it would catch her on fire so she backed up... it was cute.

An impromptu conga line.  It was cute.

We're looking forward to our year with an 8-year-old!  She's so fun to have around.  In the fall she will be starting 3rd grade!  (I still can't believe how fast she's growing up!)