He's 11! Happy Birthday Adrian!

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9 1/2
Nine


11 years old, Adrian!  What is 11 year old Adrian like? Pretty much the same as 10 year old Adrian, 9,8,7,6,5,4,3 or 2 year old Adrian. You have liked what you like your whole entire life. Tractors. Cows. Trucks. Related machinery. You still collect all these things with wheels and love setting up farms and quarries outside. You sometimes let your sisters join. Sometimes. You always have a truck in your pocket.

You also love to eat.  You've barely started eating a meal before you ask if there are seconds or what's for dessert or what's the next meal.  You pretty much eat anything, except you cannot stand eggs. 

You ask 10,000 questions every minute.  Okay, that's an exaggeration, but that's what it feels like sometimes! 

You enjoy routine and are very responsible. You keep your room just so. You know what your jobs are and you usually do them without being asked. Often you will step up and do a job you know needs to be done, just to help.  I think your favorite job is hanging clothes on the line in the summer and shoveling in the winter. 

You are an amazing artist. I have given you prompts each week over the last year challenging you to take your drawings to the next level and they keep on getting more intricate.  Your trucks in particular are so detailed, 3D and now have all these shadows. 

You enjoy swimming, horseback riding, biking, x country skiing and nature walks. You are excited to take up archery lessons this fall. You plan on being a game warden. 

Your newest hobby this past year has driven me crazy. You love to get trucks to beep at you. You wave to everyone.  People are constantly beeping driving by...which you love.

School would be much better, in your opinion, if you were just read to and you could draw simultaneously all the live long day.  But, writing and math, and you are doing better coping with those things you want to go away. You love being homeschooled and frequently say that you want to be homeschooled your whole life.

I think my favorite thing about you is your heart. You get along with people of all ages and try to say and do kind things for everyone.  You try to stay on the right path, but when you fall off, you are good about apologizing and working to do better. 

Your quote today is noteworthy: "I don't really want to be a teenager, I don't want to grow up. I just want to be 11 forever."  11 is that fabulous.  I am looking forward to a full year with you as an 11 year old, Adrian!  

Love, 

Mama



Adrian requested a photo of all of them.

Nicknames: Adri

How old are you? 11

What is your favorite color? Green 

What is your favorite animal? Cow

What is your favorite book? Henry Huggins and Farmer Boy. I can't think of more, I have so many favorite books.

What is your favorite song?  I don't have one, I don't think.

What is your favorite food?  I have a lot of favorite foods. Oreos, Jolly Ranchers, Sour Cream and onion chips, Santa snacks (snacks from the stocking). 

What is your favorite drink?  Cranberry Juice

What is your favorite breakfast food?  Waffles, even though we haven't had them in a while.

What is your favorite snack?  We don't have snacks. 

What is your favorite outfit?  Tractor and truck shirts. And the new one from Uncle Randy and Aunt Di.

What is your favorite game? John Deere Monopoly 

What is your favorite toy?  John Deere tractors, the new Nissan Titan from Grampy. 

Who is your best friend?  Daddy and Pap

What is your favorite thing to do? Play trucks and tractors. 

What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Play trucks and tractors in the dirt.

What is your favorite holiday?  Eliot Tractor and Engine Show and the fair. Those are holidays for me!

What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  Lucky (stuffed puppy) 

Where is your favorite place to go? John Deere Dealership Stores

What is your favorite restaurant? We don't really go to restaurants.

Where do you want to go on vacation? NY and visit Cousin Dave's farm

What do you want to be when you grow up? Maine State Game Warden. I feel like all my answers are the same every year. (They pretty much are.)

What will you do on your birthday? Ate hotdogs, corn on the cob, sour cream and onion chips, fruit salad, cranberry juice and coconut cake. I hiked a mountain too. 

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