Zany is almost 8!

Zaynzley (you say it like Ainsley but with a Z) is soon to turn 8!! How can my baby be nearly 8? She is the youngest and only girl in a family of four brothers.  She is full of spunk and sass at home I think she is more timid at school but not to sure. She really loves friends and delights in going to friends houses or having them come over.  Zany, her nickname, has very wavy hair that gets extremely tangled and she hates to have it brushed out but doesn't want to cut it. It can be a struggle. I have the same tangly hair so I literally feel her pain!  

Zaynzley decided she wanted to learn to blow bubbles with gum 

so she kept at it until she could

Everyday when she comes home from school she gets right on her homework 

so she can get on to other funner things.

Zany being the only girl gets her own room. It is the smallest room in the house but it is all girl! 

She wanted photographic evidence of her clean room to show 

her older brother Quinton who is on a mission in Mexico

She actually cleaned it herself

 Zany loves to cook and bake! She had a play kitchen when she was small that she really loved to fix meals for people. When she outgrew it we gave it to the Duncan Public Library where it has been a big hit with the 8 and under crowd.
Now she likes to help in the kitchen if there is some baking to be done.

Helping to make Declan's strawberry cake

Declan tries to pinch out the flame

Declan got to pick whatever kind of cake he wanted and I was surprised he picked strawberry. But I vaguely remember when he was younger he did like strawberry cake.  In the last couple years, I have gotten lazy and tend to just buy a small cake from the bakery but I guess strawberry cake is a niche flavor and they don't carry it ready made. So I had to make one from a box which was easy and cheaper.  He wanted cream cheese frosting so I took the lazy route again and bought pre-made cream cheese frosting and added a package of cream cheese and the juice from the frozen strawberry stuff. And while the cake isn't as pretty as a bakery cake it was a big hit with all who ate it.

Back to Zany, this girl loves to craft and I mean loves it. 

Painting, coloring, making bracelets and any kind of craft kit.

This is a shaving cream snowman she made with pasta

Zaynzley is a delight and such a fun and tough girl. Don't let her smack your bum she packs quite a wallop! I guess rough housing with four brothers has some advantages she is a strong girl.