My 11th Birthday

     Today is my eleventh birthday! We did so many fun things to celebrate, but before I tell you what we did, I'm going to tell you a little about myself.

    My name is Willa Rose Petersen, and I am a fifth grader at Pierce Elementary School. I do soccer, and I love to write, read, sing, bake, cook, make slime, watch TV, play video games (Sims 4, Hogwarts Legacy, FIFA 23, Minecraft etc.), hanging out with friends, and play on the phone. I love school, and my favorite subject is ELA (English Language Arts, or Reading) and PACT (Program for Acedemic and Creative Talent, or you may know it as TAG, Talented And Gifted), which my mom teaches, and she will now be working at my school this year, so I really hope I get in. 

    Now that I've told you a little about myself, I'll tell you what we did to celebrate.

On Wednesday, we went out to The Pines, a pizza place only a two minute drive from my house.

    Yesterday, the 26th, before my party, I opened up the presents from my parents. Then, we had my party.

Today, we went to Kohls to get a new backpack, and after that we went to Target (the shirt I'm wearing I got at Target)

Today for my Birthday Dinner, we might go to Edith Lucelle's or the Sushi House (I originally wanted to go to Need Pizza, but my parents said no because we already went out for pizza). 

The Rest of Summer

     August, compared to the rest of the summer, has been pretty low-key. We have only a couple other events going on, such as a sleepover that I'm going to tonight, Back-to-School Bash at Jeff tonight, Open House on Monday, Freshman Orientation sometime, school starting on the 23rd, my birthday part on the 26th, and my 11th birthday on the 27th. Oh, and A LOT of cheer practice. Also, Soccer is starting back up next Thursday, and I am so exited! I'll have the same coach I did last year, so that makes me extra-exited.

On August first, my mom had surgery on her Achillies Tendon. She had Tendinosis, which basically means instead of her Achillies Tenson being inflamed (which would be Tendonitis), the tendon was actually damaged. She won't be able to put pressure on her left foot until the 23rd I believe, and then she'll be in a boot. If you're wondering how she's getting along with only being able to put pressure on her right foot, she has both a scooter and crutches. She can still drive, because she uses her right foot ti drive.

On Sunday, we made homemade pizzas with our leftover Pesto sauce on it. We had one chicken and tomato and one sausage and tomato (my favorite), they both had mozzarella cheese, and they were so good!

And on Tuesday we went and picked corn. When we got to my grandma's house to cook the corn, freeze, basically prepare it, I started silking, but then grandma called me in to be the "ice girl," and what I did was after Papa cooked them, I put them in ice water, then once they were cold, I would bring them to my mom to cut off the cob. I also would put them in the freezer with my grandma after she put the cut-up corn in a bag three times.

(You may have noticed that I have somethings tucked behind my ears. My mom actually cut my hair and gave me curtain bangs)