Devree Promoted from 6th grade!

We're heading to junior high! And Devree is ready. She told me today she plans on having the cutest and cleanest locker in the 7th grade. A little about my Dev....

She is a fabulous student. Each week in 6th grade she had spelling, vocabulary and "parent" homework where I or James (mostly I) as well as Devree had to interpret the quote of the week. It was due each Friday. MONDAY night we had to get it ALL done. One week I didn't get my quote done until Thursday night and the next Monday I got a lecture on how nervous that made Devree and that I should take a minute and get it done immediately! This is her approach to life. She doesn't put anything off, often times jumping into things before anyone is ready or able to supervise or assist.

She's going through a difficult phase of helping when no help is needed. Like storing the ice cream cake in the fridge-not the freezer, turning on the dishwasher while James has the drain disconnected, things like that.Her intentions are good but.... we're just hoping that this is a phase and will soon pass.

She always smells good & has perfect hair and recently she has lost 11 pounds! We're on a weight loss challenge her at the Richhart house. (We'll some of us!) and Devree has taken it to heart! This is hard (as anyone who has or needs to lose weight can attest) and Devree loves to bake cookies and she's fabulous at it. Also, her teachers in school and church seem to reward their students will full size candy bars and soft drinks. So she has to have extreme will power.

I am so very proud of her and look how cute she is: