1st day of 7th grade

First day of 7th.  I'm much taller after growing like a weed over the summer.  I'm taller than mom.  On my birthday I was 5' 1.5"...and now I'm pretty sure I'm 5' 3".

Seattle - Summer 2016

Got to spend a few weeks in Seattle this summer.  It was a short 3 weeks, but we were able to do a lot too.  Mom flew us up, along with cousins Jenna and Enzo.  

 Took a little nap on the plane.  We just got back from London a few days ago!

We built a fort in our bedroom.  

Waiting for golf camp to start.  Only B and I took the camp.  It was pretty fun. 

Practicing our putting

Hiking at Bloedel Reserve.  

Find me.

Rest break.

Sailing camp?  Yes, that's right.  I can actually sail.  Amazing.

Just watch my moves.

Ugh! Braces!

So we started the braces process a couple months ago.  First they took a bunch of measurements and xrays and then the Dr came up with a game plan.  It seems my upper jaw is growing much slower than my lower jaw...and it's also sticking out further.  So if we didn't do anything, I would have a serious underbite.  So...of we go.

This was one of my first appointments.  For measurements and molds and things.

Here is my latest...actual brackets on the top teeth.  What Mom missed (she didn't take any good pictures) is when they put the jaw expander on a few weeks ago.  It's basically a device that is wrapped around 4 of my teeth and Mom uses a special tool each night to twist the device more open.  It's just a small twist, but we did it for a few weeks...until I had a gap in the front!  Then he told us to stop and wait.  While I waited, the gap closed itself!  Phew!

So now he's putting some brackets on...cuz I have a super wonky tooth up there on your right.

He used a small blow torch on the ends of the wire.

And now I'm all set.  Now where's the wax?

Dance Videos

Here are the videos from my last dance competition of the 2015/2016 season.  

I'm as tall as Mom!

Yeah, it's official.  I'm as tall as Mom....and growing fast.  In August of last year (2015), I was probably a good 5 inches shorter.   And now....BOOM!  Growing like a weed!

Science Expo - Tower

The Science Expo at school was for extra credit and Mom and Dad said it would be a good idea to try it.  We had the choice of building a tower, a bridge, a catapult or do the traditional science fair board.  I decided to go for the tower.  We could use 1 box of flat toothpicks, glue and a spool of thread.  Also, there was a specific base and top size.  That part was given to us by the teacher.  And it could only weigh 71 grams. Oh, and the tower had to be able to hold at least 2 science books.  All these things had to met to qualify.  Mine came in at 70.1 grams and I knew it would take at least 4 books.

2 students went at a time and stacked books on their tower...this picture isn't me, but you can see that the books flattened this girls tower.  Smoosh.

Here's my video

I got to 19 books and then I tried to adjust the stack....and it came down.  There were loads more people after me, so the winning tower held 34 books....I still have a couple years to improve my tower.  Nice try though, huh?

Here's another video

Another video, not of me though.

I'm getting braces!

I'll be getting braces in a few weeks.  Here I am getting measured up.