Halloween 2024! THIRTY POUNDS OF CANDY!

 

Gru and Minion!

Beetlejuice and T-Rex!

Wolverine and Holly as "Holly!"

.... this was the year of THIRTY POUNDS OF CANDY!!!!!!!

Julia is 12 years old!

 Okay, okay, so... as you have gotten older and have busier lives, these birthday updates have gotten more and more delayed. In fact, I took these pictures when you were 12.5 years old, and I'm literally posting it like 5 days from your thirteenth birthday, but I think that still counts!

Julia, you are an amazing young woman. You are brilliant, extremely self motivated to explore whatever creative passion you are in to at the time (taylor swift bracelets, scrapbooking, rearranging your room), you are generous of spirit and kindhearted, you work incredibly hard, you have a beautiful singing voice and sing ALL. THE. TIME. As of this writing you're in your Newsies era and you and I have been practicing the National Anthem in two part harmony. You love your lessons with Miss Bonnie. You have a tight group of friends, and you have big dreams to be on broadway some day.

You are a delight and you have the brightest future ahead of you.

When you turned 12 you were at the beginning of your last year of Upper Elementary School, on the precipice of adolescence... you have always been mature, but you still giggle like crazy when your funny bone is tickled or when your brother (and I) burp on command. 

We are in awe of you daily!

Here's the FULL birthday photo shoot, and - I'm no fool- I only posted the pictures that you said you approved of! Except for one that I loved that you didn't...can you guess which one it is?