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Miss Evie becomes a teenager

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EEEK! We officially have a teenager in our house! 

I can't believe our little Evie is now 13 years old. I can still see her as a little girl saying "Swiper no swiping!" 

For her birthday this year, she and a few of the neighborhood girls went to get their nails done at the salon nearby. She doesn't remember the last time she got her nails professionally done (back in 2016!) so she was pretty excited about it. She picked a very pretty teal color. Afterwards, the girls had some cake. 

To celebrate her actual birthday, her ask was for tv time, shopping and sushi. So after a morning spent hanging out in from the tv, we headed to Bellevue Square mall where guess what? She got a phone! Technically, I got a new phone and handed down my old phone to her. We spent a good 3 hours doing all the transfers but she was very patient about it and grinning from ear to ear when we went to dinner that night. 

At 13, Evie has become a very stereotypical teenage girl - she loves clothes and makeup and obsesses over Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter and the like. She would readily admit that she's "preppy" but that adjective no longer means the same thing it used to so I can't tell if it's good or bad to be preppy! 

This past year, she's also gotten into Gilmore Girls and other similar tv shows. Its fun to rewatch those with her now, and I appreciate that she cringes whenever there is any kind of romantic scene. She also watches way too many youtube videos on skincare but I guess it could be worse. She's still a big reader and has graduated from fantasy novels to more adult themed books.

She's also still playing the flute (yay!), but not much into sports aside from skiing. Her favorite food continues to be salmon sushi and she's very excited for having authentic sushi in Japan in a few weeks! 

Even though Evie is now a sassy teenager, she's still a pretty darn sweet and caring lady. Her sister will push her buttons of course, but even Nora's friends were all jealous that she had such a nice, cool big sister! It was very cute that they all look up to her.

Happy birthday, Evie! Hope this is the best year yet!

Chocolate Costco cake with friends.

Another homemade ice cream cake (cherry garcia) to ring in 13!

Nails!

 

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  1. WJune 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVIE! I can't believe you're a teenager! But what a lovely teenager you are. :)

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