Happy Birthday, Universe!

Today TheWeeOne is seven today.
She has fast-growing interest in things like French, piano, biking, NezPerce indians, and pretty much anything else that enters her sphere of sensation.
She takes this seriously, and makes sure everyone in the family knows that her’s is THE center of gravity – her universe is our universe.

A brief question and answer.

What does it feel like to be seven?
I dunnow, I feel older. I feel like a big kid.
Besides when I turned 6 I was happy that I could be in the student lounge by myself.

Are you looking forward to anything this year?
Soccer, I wanted to do soccer. No, it was basketball – no I said soccer.

What do you remember the most about last year?
Nuthin’

Is there anything you miss about being six?
I miss everything.

Some recent pictures.

This is her first day riding – after some instruction on how to balance (without any pedals) for a couple hours off-and-on the day before, she picked it up right quick.

Speaking of instruction – this is the one what did said instruction. That’s right, I was at work and LaGrande taught OuiOne how to ride her bike, two sessions, two days. She even installed the pedals for her. 🙂

She bombed around the cul-de-sac for hours until her hands, feet, and bum were sore.

Then, today, we took a field trip up to the American Girl store for some good-ol-fashioned “dear little dolly” – and tea.
We were in the store for 2+ hours, just playing.

Tea Time with their girls.