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Junior Varsity Volley Ball
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You are totally doing the damn thing! I am so proud you – you faced your fears, and you tried out!!!
And. you. made. it.
Sweet 16
Posted onWell Sweet Pea – You are 16.
So strange to write that, but in many ways, it’s just perfect. It’s been so fun to watch you grow. I have always said that this age – where you are when I am talking – is my new favorite age, and I have never lied about that. You are witty and joyful and thoughtful. You are creative and talented and committed to school. What an awesome friend you are. You take risks and you stand up for what you believe in. I could not be prouder of who you are. I so enjoy being with you; we really enjoy being together. Driving you to school usually results in both of us laughing – and dancing and singing. Jojo is your FAVorite creature on the planet. And yet your torture him in sweet ways. Today you tied a helium balloon around his belly and laughed at him when he tried to lay down under the table.
Tuesday’s real birthday was lower key as you had school (at home, asynchronous because of COVID, but school nonetheless). I bought you a cronut (strange but delicious donut they sell on Main Street) to start your day. Eventually we went shopping to buy you sleeves for VB, a couple new books from Barnes & Noble, and a cozy new sweatshirt. Then I took you to your first VB game as a JV player. You played GREAT and the team won all three sets. I got you Chipotle for dinner; over all a stellar day.
But it wasn’t even close to over.
Saturday, March 20, was the celebration to top all celebrations!! Auntie Amy organized the most incredible day for you!!! She created an advent calendar of sorts to walk you through your day: Include in this 16 grided day was 1) edible bouquets for breakfast; 2) a comedian/magician for the family zoom; 3) a $75 spending spree on Amazon in 16 minutes; 4)lunch of your choice; 5) cotton candy in 10 different flavors for you and all your friends; 6) a party bus for you and your closest 4 friends; 7) Java’s coffee; 8) a Rocky impersonator to wish you happy birthday; 9) thrift shopping; 10) A video-taped greeting of a Criminal Minds TV show actor personalized for you; 11) rented out the entire ice skating rink; 12) bubble tea for you and friends; 13) sushi from your favorite restaurant; 14) hired a botanist to redecorate your room in plants while you were out; 15) carrot cake from NY City; and 16) Presents. WHEW!!! What a day. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO CELEBRATE YOU IN ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE WAYS!!! THANK YOU AUNTIE AMY!!!
Halloween, Thanksgiving & Photo Shoots – notice the changes in hair color
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Driving Practice, a trip to Niagara Falls, socially distanced Friends Christmas & a visit to Willowbend… Good Riddance 2020!
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This is completely inappropriate but so accurate – between that president of us, the horrible way Black people were treated and COVID, 2020 sucked.
How do I capture three years in a post?
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It’s been too long since I’ve written to you on your blog, and I so treasure going back through these pictures and stories, so I better do something to keep it up.
It’s Feb, 2021 – we are still in the midst of COVID… Which started, for us especially, on your birthday last year. We found out schools were closing on March 15, 2020, and you thought it was a little gift from God – a special kind of snow day. That lasted a little while, but by now we are all good and tired of Covid-19.
You are currently going to school on Mondays and Thursdays with kids whose last names start with A-L. The great news about that is that Hilgers starts with A-L too. Whew! On Wednesdays you check in with all your teachers through Zoom, and on Tuesdays and Fridays you are on your own to do the work teachers assign.
A bonus for this nightmare is that I get more time with you. I really enjoy working with you on Tuesdays. We sit in the dining room and work near each other with some version of pop or Harry Styles or Megan Trainer playing.
Let’s see – some relatively recent highlights:
* Last year you started your open company – Moonbeam Photography. Pretty awesome if you ask me.
* You are now taller than me.
* You have been driving in parking lots for a few months now, though it technically isn’t legal until you’re 16, which is coming up quickly.
* Jojo is still you favorite creature on the planet.
* You and I moved into the loft on St. Paul Street August, 2019, so we have been here a while. It’s quirky but you really love it. I do too most of the time. We have spent A LOT of time here since last March. I work from home 100% of the time. I haven’t been to campus in forever.
* Your best friends are Sophie, Emma, Allie and Zoe. You have a lot of other friends too (like DeLara, John, Bridget).
* Your Dad and you moved to the cutest house in Brighton for your sophomore year (since we live in the city). You are literally across the street from the middle school and around the corner from the high school which will be even more convenient when you actually go back to school full time.
* Your hair color changes relatively dramatically and often – your Hilger sisters do it for you. You Love it!!
* Biden/Harris is SUCH a welcome relief from a previous four-year nightmare of CRAZY, HURTFUL, AWFUL crap.
I’m sure there are a million more things, but I’ll leave this here for now. I love you so much Sweetness. Your spirit is just AMAZING. You are so deeply thoughtful and passionate, so witty and expressive, such a goofball in all of the best ways. SO grateful to be your Mom!!
Love you
Some recent pics
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Summer Vacation
Posted onThis year we went to Delaware on the Fourth of July week. We had so much fun! My brother’s girlfriend, Frankie, came and we met my sisters friend, Hannah, there and it was great to have new people on our family vacation. We swam in the pool and in the ocean, we had food on Rohobeth Ave and we went on bike rides. I had a BLAST!!! We went to many different restaurant, they were all delicious. I can’t wait for next year when i can bring a friend.
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Friend Fiesta 2018
Posted onThis friend fiesta was the week right after school ended. On Sunday wee went and slept over at Sophie and Emmas house and on Monday we swam in their pool. On Tuesday we went to a rock/gem mining place with Zoe. On Wednesday we went to Corning Glass Museum with Ava and her parents. Thursday we went ta Abbys house did tye-dye and then went and picked berries. After we made jam and biscuits. Then on the the last everybody came over to my house to decorate umbrellas then go to Corpets Glen and use our new beautiful umbrellas. I had so much fun that week cant wait until next year.
Grandma came to town
Posted onMy grandmother came to town and she took me out to my favorite bookstore, got me three new books and a a Starbucks refresher. I am reading one the books that she bought me. It is a great book about a gay guy who is have family issues and his friend just got very cute. The book is called The Dangerous Art of Blending In. I highly recommend it. My family and i then went to out to dinner to celebrate my grandmother coming to town.i had so much fun and i would love to do it again.
