Mary's Baptism Photo-shoot!

So every year I try to take a quick photo-shoot of my kids. Here are Mary's 8 year old photo's and some info about Mary this year. 

 Mary is in year 2 (grade 2) at Coatsville Primary School. Her teacher is Miss Hemming 

 Mary's best friend is Natalie. Mary is very social and will have a 'bad day' if she doesn't get some one-on-one time with a friend or parent. With that said, she prefers one or two people over a whole group of people.

 Mary is very detailed and cares a lot about her appearance. She would rather go to school hungry (no breakfast) than compromise her hair. She loves jewelry and nails and all things glam. She loves skirts and dresses, but lately prefers to wear basketball shorts, and a t-shirt with some flip-flops + jewelry. Mary will ALWAYS wear her hair in a pony tail (I had to talk her into wearing it down for these pictures) 

 Mary LOVES babies and will spend hours of one-on-one time with them. She recently told me, she wanted to be a baby doctor, I told her that was called a paediatrician! 

  Mary got Stan's brain. She can out spell Olivia, and picks up math rather easily. Her favourite books to read are 'fairy books' she reads about fairy almost every night...which is good since she keeps loosing teeth. She gets regular visits by the tooth fairy. 

 Mary plays on an under 9 girls basketball team. She is going on over a year in basketball now and is quite good a defence. Her height is an added bonus!

 Mary also does swimming lessons and little nippers (surf life-saving) during the summer. She also started piano lessons this year.

 Mary can be very gentle and kind, but she also likes to be the second mom and if anyone in the house gets a lecture, she usually chimes in her two cents.

 Mary doesn't like sandwiches...of any kind. She usually gets raisin toast in her lunch or a bread roll.

 This year Mary has developed a tolerance for boys. She used to cry if there was one in her swimming class, this year she is the only girl and she is handling it well. To top it off there is one boy named 'Hayden' that might have a crush on her. She might have a crush on him....

 Mary has two hobbies at home that she LOVES. The first is Cooking. Mary is very meticulous when it comes to following a recipe and measuring out ingredients. She has a gift too- her food sometimes turns out better than mine!

 Her second hobby is painting. She got an easel from Stan earlier this year, and will spend hours, drawing out pictures, and then painting over them. She really enjoys paying attention to detail and has quite a bit of patience with both cooking and painting and school. 

 I think Mary is gorgeous! I love her dark curly hair, it is so thick and grows out so well. She is very tall and muscular. She got a good mix of genes. 

 Mary has a delicate balance. She loves her sleep and food. I taught her about Maslows hierarchy of needs and she likes to remind me which areas in her life needs attention. "mom my social needs are not being met, so I need to have a play date."

 Mary's nickname is Mary-Bear, but her middle name is Adelle. She loves both. 

 Mary got her ears pierced for her 8th birthday. She is wearing pink diamond studs.

 Mary can be quite shy at first and usually likes to hang back and assess before jumping into a situation.

 Mary's body temperature is about 10 degrees warmer than me and Olivia's. She is constantly hot and I find her sweating at night. She tends to sleep in 'not much' compared to Olivia who can go to sleep in a layered sweatsuit.

Mary is the teachers pet every year. She LOVES her teachers and loves school. I think out of all my kids, she is the most well-rounded and has a bright future ahead! LOVE you Mary Bear!