Jubilee's 11th Birthday

Jubilee turned 11 yesterday.  Oh my!  She is growing up so fast and this past year, particularly the last couple of months, she seemed to rocket right out of little girl and right into young lady.  She is more proper, more independent, more responsible, more conscience about her appearance (clothes, hair, and jewelry).  She is very friend oriented, loves journals and notebooks, cooking, having things neat and tidy, enjoys drawing fashion sketches, and loves outings and social gatherings.  The farm life really isn't her thing but she does love animals, particularly birds.  

She and I made a day of it.  I took her out to breakfast in Silverton and then we spent several hours shopping and got her a whole "new" wardrobe.  She picked out jeans and button up checkered shirts, a pink belt with a horse belt buckle, and brown boots.  I didn't say a word and just let her get what she liked.  (Kind of missed the days of picking out her outfits, dressing her in dresses, and letting her put together wild styles.) The funny thing is, she is not "country" at all, she just likes jeans and patterned shirts and has wanted a pair of boots for months because her older friends all have them.  We then came home and started the new Anne of Green Gables series that is on Netflix.  Poor Phil had a horrible migraine and ended up in the car with air conditioning blasting for several hours before joining us for dinner (he can't handle any sound and there was no place in the house where sound wasn't).  We had pizza and ice cream.  She said it was probably the best birthday that she ever had.  

I shared this picture last year....it is one of my favorites.  Phil looks like a baby himself!



What a difference 11 years can make.  


She was so excited about her birthday that she was up at 6:15 in the morning, getting the animal chores done so we could leave as soon as the restaurant opened.  Here she is feeding a little fledgling bird that she found in the driveway.  

Glorielle drew a ton of farm themed pictures and put them in a box for a farm show gift.  Evi bought her a cantaloupe.  

We couldn't find the birthday candles (we can't find anything!!!) but we found a tea light!

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