happy birthday kestrel!

Hard to believe my baby girl is 7!!!
Kestrel had a pretty busy birthday, but a good one. After school she had gymnastics, then on to her ice skating lesson (a make-up class for the one we will miss this weekend). After skating, Paul cooked Kestrel her requested dinner, "surprise dinner" (sort of a peanut-noodle dish he invented a few years ago). We had our own family celebration with cake and presents.

Kestrel said it was "the best day ever!" Here is her list of all the great things today:

• at school she got to pick the story
• she got to go last to share her star and poem
• all the kids in the class ate ice cream sandwiches (that she brought in)
• the whole class sang Happy Birthday to her. "I've never had so many kids singing to me all at once!"
• she passed her ice-skating test and gets to move on to the next level
• the cake was the best cake ever (ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins with chocolate cake and chocolate chip ice cream)

Kestrel had a project due today in school. They had to create a 3-dimensional star and write a story, song or poem to go along with it. Kestrel made her star out of cardboard, painted it and added glitter.

My Star, by Kestrel
My star is beautiful shining in the moonlight. It is so happy twinkling next to its friends. I like to wish on the first star I see. Some stars are big and some are small. Some are bright and some are dim. My star is the most beautiful star of all.