Saturday, November 8, 2014

My Birthday

Hello, lovely readers!  November 5, last Wednesday, was my birthday!
When I woke up, I was surprised to not to see Chrissa and Georgia in bed.  Normally, I'm the first one up.  Then I remembered: today was my birthday!
"Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!" Georgia said.
"Mom and I made you cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning." she gestured to the yummy bread.
"Oh, thank -"
"Happy B-day, Elizabeth!" Chrissa shouted, throwing her arms around me.
"Thank you!" I said, laughing. "But you don't need to yell."
"Let's eat, girls.  Your dad needs to get to work." Mother said, guiding us into the dinning room.
After that delicious food, Mother said I could open one of my gifts.
"Which should I open?" I wondered out loud.
"Why not that big white one in the back?" Mother offered.
"Oo, you're going to like this!" Chrissa rubbed her hand together.
"Oh, how pretty!" I said, lifting a sweater out of the box.
"Chrissa and I knew that you wanted a gold sweater to go with your new skirt." Georgia said. "So we told Mom, and well - here it is!"
"Now I want to get dressed, and then I'll do some school-" I started.
"WHAT?!" Chrissa interrupted for the second time. "Why on earth would you want to do school on your birthday?!  You don't even have to!"
(Side note: we are home-schooled, so if we want to have a day, like a birthday, off, we can just work ahead.)
"Well," I replied, "I was going to work on my Globe model, which fun to do.  I don't know about the other subjects, though."
"You did work ahead, Elizabeth." Mother commented. "So I think there's no reason for you to work on your birthday."
Do you like my new sweater?
I did work on my project until lunch, which was at twelve o'clock and fun and fancy.
Following that, Chrissa wanted my to open her gift, so I did.
Then, my grandparents called to wish my happy birthday.
Next I opened a gift bag to find ...
"A Nook?" I asked.
"Don't you like it?" Georgia said. "Considering how much you read, Mom and Dad thought you'd like it."
"Like it?" I laughed. "I love it!  Thank you so much. Mother!  And Father, even though he isn't here."
I quickly started downloading some books. and happily read all afternoon.
After dinner, I finished opening all my gifts.

When ever I pulled up Google Chrome that day, the search engine wished my happy birthday!  It was very nice.
Oh - an update on the Doll Wardrobe Contest.  I did not win, which was not too surprising.  Here is a link to their post of the winners: http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2014/10/summer-2014-fdc-winners.html.
What's your favorite way to celebrate?

18 comments:

  1. Happy birthday!!! How old did you turn?

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  2. Happy happy Birthday!! I tagged you!
    http://pictureperfectagblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/grateful-blogger-tag.html
    ~Rylee

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  3. Happy Birthday, Elizabeth! I love your new sweater!

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  4. Happy Birthday Elizabeth!! It looks like you had a wonderful time :)
    ~<3Ginny~

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    1. We nominated you!
      http://smalltownamericangirlz.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-awards.html

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  5. Happy Birthday Elizabeth! Hope your day was memorable and enjoyable.
    Melodie and Lexi from TN

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    1. Love your sweater, Elizabeth. Can you ask Georgia and Chrissa where they got the fabric? Lovely color and pattern.
      Melodie

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  6. Happy Birthday Elizabeth!
    I nominated you for an award on my blog!
    http://darlingdolls4.blogspot.com/2014/11/grateful-blogger-tag.html

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  7. Looks like you had a great birthday! Isn't home school awesome? On some days where a lot of fun stuff is going on, I don't do so much school work. :) And Elizabeth, your new sweater looks really great! :)

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  8. That was your Entry! That was good! I was Entry #32!
    Julia

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  9. Happy birthday, Elizabeth! I love your gold sweater!:)
    -Emma-

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  10. Happy belated birthday, Elizabeth! =) You got really nice gifts, I love that sweater. I have a nook, too! ;)

    Also, could you please check out my bog? It would mean a lot to me ^-^
    http://maplestreetdolls.blogspot.com

    ~Abigail

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  11. What a beautiful new outfit Elizabeth! We will give you your gift shortly. Happy Birthday!

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  12. I tagged you for the thankful blogger tag!
    http://2dollstars.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-grateful-blogger-tag.html

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  13. I nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award! Go to my blog for details.

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  14. Happy belated birthday, Elizabeth! Looks like you had a wonderful day. :)

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  15. Happy (Belated) Birthday Elizabeth! I hope you had a very happy day!

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