Continue your passion for animals. You incorporate this into everything you can, from papers to speeches. You love your animal behavior training team time, ManeGait and horseback.
Are a vegetarian. See above. ;) You made this change over the summer and have continued to want to stick with it so far.
Love research.
Have an energy and zest for life.
Love learning.
Love to read and color in your spare time.
Listen to a horse podcast often. You get bits of news from that and share it with us.
Love surprises.
Are working hard to save up for horse camp and try to earn money in a variety of ways.
Enjoy learning different languages - Spanish and American Sign Language are currently the two you are focused on.
Appreciate good food. If it could be a love language it would be one of yours. If you are eating something you especially love, you tell us thank-you for it multiple times.
Love an adventure.
Quotable Moments:
Me: Don't forget to say please and thank you.
Lor: Mom, I'm not a heathen.
"I don't have an attitude. I have an independent mind."
(Immediately after opening her pumpkin for carving.) "Ooooh! It already smells like Halloween!"
L: (sigh)
Me: You're ok.
L: Am I though?
"We take our ornaments pretty seriously."
Me: Do I look old in this shirt?
L: (pause...smile...) I mean, you don't look any older than you usually look...
(After sneezing several times as she is getting started on school...) "I guess I'm allergic to math."
Me: Have you had any fruit today?
L: I've had jelly...
Me: We just purchased one meal and it was almost twenty bucks!
L: That's why all the millennials go to Taco Bell!
B: Do you know what cliff notes are?
L: No, but they sound terrifying. Like you are taking notes on a cliff.
"In my emails I use lots of exclamation marks. When I use a period it makes me sad because I don't sound excited!"
"Mom, I feel like if you had your way you would somewhat live Amish."
(On her way home from her first IEA lesson...) "That was so much fun. I had to keep reminding myself I wasn't dreaming!"
"I'm just saying, cake fuels my brain."
Me: You aren't supposed to have ten answers on each. (filling out survey below)
L: BUT I LOVE SO MUCH STUFF!!!!
Lorelei's Sixteen Year Interview
Favorites -
Food: Spaghetti
Place: beach, school, CMA, barns, my bedroom, nature
Movie/TV Show: Harry Potter, Walk Ride Rodeo, The Young Woman and The Sea, Rescued by Ruby, How To Train Your Dragon
Color: Pink, Purple, Turquoise
Thing To Do: read, knit/crochet, color, crafts, ride horses, train animals, edit movies/videos, school, try new foods
Animal: Dog, Horse, Dolphin
Books: Harry Potter Series, any animal books, historical fiction, Gryphon Chronicles, Keeper Of The Lost Cities, High Hurdles, The Christy Miller Series (and all series related to it)
Song: Brave Souls and Handpainted by Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Ku Ha'Aheo
Treat: Ice Cream, cake, peppermint bark, dirt
Holiday: Christmas
What do you like to do with Dad? back massages, color, eat yummy food, business stuff
What do you like to do with Mom? adventures, school, fun activities, read alouds
What do you like to do with Makin? reading the same books, teasing each other/wrestling, playing games, outside time
What do you think about before you fall asleep? the next day, planning out anything and everything, the beach, animals
What do you want to be when you grow up? Anything with animals, preferably work at CMA, anything with animals/children combo, eventually stay-at-home mom and homeschool
