Double Digits Lydia!

Lydia is ten!!  Ack!  Where did all the time go?

Here is the birthday girl diligently practicing her piano.  What a good girl.

Even if she is a little strange...

My ten year old off to help Daddy coach Isaac's soccer team.

While everyone else is away at soccer I get two special helpers in the kitchen.  Here are Evelyn and Bridget mixing waffle batter for Lydia's dinner of choice.  Amazingly none of it ended up on the floor!

Leftover waffles from dinner were cut up for Lydia's birthday chocolate fondue!  Strawberries and bananas are healthy, right?  Covered in chocolate?  Only more so!  

Ten candles!  See anything tricky?  (The blue and green flames didn't show up in the picture so well.)

For her birthday Lydia wanted a watch (a bit nicer than the one Evelyn got) and a particularly cool spiral bound notebook.  Is she Oma's granddaughter or what?  Love this girl!!

Lydia is such a blessing to our family!  She is so beautiful inside and out and the older she gets the more fun she is as a daughter and as a friend.  I'll enjoy it while I can!