Caroline is seven (and 4 months). Wow, I'm getting worse at this!
Caroline continues to be all that is sweet. She was so happy to be gifted piano lessons for her birthday. She has been eager to start and had been self-taught/sister-taught for quite awhile. Since this is being written four months after her birthday, I can report to you that since starting lessons in January, she has already completed level one piano. She LOVES to play. She LOVES to practice. She LOVES her lessons. She LOVES her teacher. She often forsakes her other school work in order to play piano longer. In fact, I had to enforce rules on when she can play piano since she was not getting any school work done.
As sweet as Carrie is, she really doesn't love to complete school work. She would prefer to play with Heidi and Ruth or play piano rather than other school work. She does like to read, but not to the degree that her older three sisters are book-obsessed.
Caroline loves spicy foods and even adds sriracha to many of her foods. Her favorite foods are Chinese food, rice, tacos, broccoli and cauliflower (especially if there is cheese sauce), chili, coffee and more. Her least favorite foods are lasagna and ravioli.
Carrie's favorite color is still purple and she still loves roses and zinnias. She loves to help in the flower garden and is very happy to be alongside of me pulling weeds. She loves to drive the mower sitting on my lap and is already showing marked improvement from last year.
Caroline loves to be outside, climbing trees, swinging on the tire swing, and more.
 |
| Played more video games than I care to admit during the winter. |
More than anything, Caroline loves her two little sisters. She asks and prays daily for more siblings. Caroline has a tender heart for orphans. She grasps that her sisters would not be her sisters without adoption. She was so sad when she learned that we cannot adopt from China again because of certain rules China has that we do not meet (specifically the number of children currently in our home). She was quick to ask if there were other countries that don't have that rule.
She still wants to sing about Jesus in prisons when she grows up and wants eight or nine children. Her one concern was who will watch her children while she's singing about Jesus. It was so precious to hear Ruth pipe up that Aunt Ruthie will watch Carrie's kids. As you can see, Caroline has a very soft heart for many people. It will be a joy to continue to watch her grow and mature into a sweet young lady who follows Christ whole-heartedly.
The main complain lodged against Caroline by her sisters is that she's “perfect”. The older sisters complain that they “know how Jesus's siblings felt” growing up with a perfect sibling. Of course, Carrie will readily admit she's not perfect, which makes them all the more angry.
With a house full of girls with lots of different strengths and personalities, it's been very pleasant to have such a happy-go-lucky child. Carrie is easy to be around, and a friend to all. She loves to chatter non-stop and loves to be with other people. She has been wrestling with a fear of the dark but I have faith God will help her overcome it soon.
Happy 7th (very belated) birthday, Caroline Rose. You are a joy!
