Little Miss!

My Girl!  My Little Baby Blue!  My Annabelly-Boo-Boo-Face!

Once itty bitty…

And now so tall, graceful and grown(ish) up.

(Sob!)

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY, sweet girl!

The Little Miss has had a great year.

She has truly **SPARKLED** as she learned and grew and took flight.

Because if you ever wondered what a real life fairy looked like, this is it!

She is JOY and LIGHT and MAGIC, all in one beautiful package…inside and out.

This year the Little Miss fell in love with the works of William Shakespeare.  He’s such a perfect author for her because his writings share her brilliance, spirit, whimsy, and love for the written word.  His passion for love and life jump off the page, just as hers jumps forth from her beautiful heart.

And so with help from her favorite author and playwright, I give you…

Our 10-Year-Old Little Miss

She is…

Daddy’s Girl

It is a wise father who knows his own child.
-Merchant of Venice

If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.
-Henry VIII

Mommy’s Delight
and Helper!

My father’s wit, and my mother’s tongue, assist me!
-Love’s Labours Lost

I have unclasp’d to thee the book even of my secret soul.
-Twelfth Night

Zoo Keeper
Monkey Trainer, Lion Tamer…

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
-Merchant of Venice

Friend (and Family!) Magnet

I would not wish any companion in the world but you.
-The Tempest

Camp Counselor

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends.
-Richard II

Shakespearean Scholar
A Ravenous Reader and Author in Training!

To be, or not to be, that is the question.
-Hamlet

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
-Julius Ceasar

Mover and Shaker
A Graceful Gazelle, Awesome Athlete, and Dancing Diva!

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
-As You Like it

Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing.
-Troilus and Cressida

Adventure Seeker

And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.
-Julius Ceasar

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
-Hamlet

Feelings Feeler

A heart to love, and in that heart, Courage, to make’s love known.
-Macbeth

O, when she’s angry, she is keen and shrewd! She was a vixen when she went to school; And though she be but little, she is fierce.
-Midsummer Night’s Dream

The course of true love never did run smooth.
-Midsummer Night’s Dream

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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
-Romeo and Juliet

Dear Heart

Beauty lives with kindness.
-The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love.
-Anotony & Cleopatra

TEN Year Old Little Miss!

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.
-Twelfth Night

We love you, Annabelle!

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY!