Our Young Woman

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Tyra's favorite food, noodles!

The only things Tyra would ask for for her birthday were chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, having mom take her out of school for the lunch hour, getting her ears pierced, and eating Lo Mein for dinner. Even when I offered a huge sleepover, or a small one, or to go to a movie, roller skating rink, laser tag, etc., etc., she just didn't want to do anything that would call attention to herself amongst friends. She's like Queenie Farmer's daughters, except that even when it's her birthday she still asks for so little! Sweet Tyra, she seemed to have an enjoyable, if busy day. She barely had time to accept her breakfast in bed (she takes her shower then goes back to bed while her hair is drying on a towel.) then she had to rush to get out to her bus. She has a crazy early lunch, and so Beth and I picked her up at 10am and met up with Tom at the Burger King where Tyra had a breakfast sandwich for her lunch. We really didn't have time to go home for her to relax or open her presents that Grandma Lee and Grandpa Lee & Pam had sent earlier. But since she had to stop to clean her braces (she's very good and consistent at keeping them clean) so I grabbled her presents for her to open in the car on the way there. She came home from school happy and we basically left as soon as Tom got home early for her to get her ears pierced at Claire's in the mall, and then to a Chinese Restaurant and finally off to her first night of YW where they had a "future missionaries" conference ending with ice cream. Back at home it was business as usual as she had plenty of homework and studying for a test on the Byzantine Empire. She's so cute in her earrings and braces!