Spotlight on Mariah 2007

Mariah Jeane Ferrara

age 3 1/2

Fun Things About Me:

• My birthday is in March and I will be four (or fourteen or fifty-seven, whatever I feel like I want to be at the time you ask)
• started primary last week
• I am the 6th child of 7
• I have 5 sisters and 1 brother
• I am sweet a lot of the time, but I am also VERY stubborn and I want things my way. Don't mess with me, I'm the 6th kid so I get my way a lot!
• My favorite colors are pink and purple
• My favorite food is string cheese and apples
• My least favorite food is probably chicken....yuck!
• I love to sing all day long. I have a beautiful voice and I even sing in tune. I do make up my own words a lot of the time, but I know a lot of the primary songs almost perfectly (the words I don't understand I just insert whatever word sounds good to me)
• I wish I could watch a movie ALL THE TIME! My favorites right now are Meet the Robinsons and Ratatouille
• I don't like bears (she thinks we have them in our basement) or scary movies
• My favorite things to do are: play barbies, dolls, and dressups; color and write letters; talk on the phone; put my play make-up on; listen to scripture scouts in my room; read books with mom; play tickle monster with dad; play with my friends (especially Brooklyn and Sam); jump on the trampoline and swing outside; play with (or torture) Elli; play legos and read books with Tanner; and play school and queen with Adri and Anna. December Right after we opened presents on Christmas day Annalisa and Mariah rushed to put on their new Christmas clothes, then they put makeup on (without my help) and came out to show everyone how lovely they were! Boy, you can't tell they have older sisters(the primping queens)!! Do you see the bangs that Mariah cut herself? Luckily I can hide it pretty well and she didn't get any further. We've had much worse (Corina) hair-self-cutters! October We went to a corn maze/pumpkin patch this year. We picked up the older kids from school and we took off! It was such a fun day. Each kid got to pick a pumpkin to take home but it had to be one they could carry to the car. Mariah picked a tiny one "just my size" (she said). This was Mariah's pumpkin that she chose at the corn maze/pumpkin patch that we went to. She drew the pretty face on herself! She was a fairy princess for halloween this year. It was the easiest costume since I didn't have to put anything together for it. It was so cold she had to wear a turtle neck and a heavy coat to keep warm. She loved trick or treating up our neighborhood, but I think she loved being in her dress-up dress outside (usually a no-no!) even more!
  
  

September We started school again and Mars sits right in between the girls while we do everything. She loves to color while Adri and Anna do their school work, then when we read she sits on my lap. She's been the most attentive pre-schooler by far. The others had a much harder time sitting quietly. She knows colors and shapes, and she is learning her letters and numbers. August Mariah got a new haircut. She has the prettiest puppy-dog brown eyes. She has such a fun personality! She has a very funny sense of humor (we don't always get her jokes, but we laugh at how funny she thinks she is!), and she is very loving.

August Mariah and Ellie at Hogle Zoo in Utah

4th of July Mariah loved watching the fireworks! She's at such a fun age now where she remembers things and talks about them for a long time afterwards. The sparklers were her favorite. She still talks about making designs in the air with the sparklers.

May Wow! Mariah should be a makeup artist! I don't know where she found that lovely shade of red....I know it's not mine! Mariah is all girl. She loves pretty dresses and makeup and getting her hair done pretty. As soon as she has her hair done in the morning she runs to show all the girls how pretty she is, then she bats her eyelashes and poses with her hand on her hips. Silly girl!

April 3 cuties all dressed up on Easter Sunday! April It's crazy living in such a cold place now after living in a much more mild climate for so many years. We went to our favorite park (we call it the "rock park" because there's HUGE rocks the kids can climb and slide on), between Saturday general conferences. It was still so cold. Pocatello often gets snow until May. It doesn't stop Mars from having a great time!

March We had so much fun at the cabin we rented in Yellowstone. We want to go back again this year! It was great playing and finding animal tracks in the snow.

March Mariah turned 3. She wanted a butterfly cake and a fairy princess dress-up dress. She got both and had the best day ever! Uncle Jim was nice enough to pose with her! Don't they all look pretty?

February Every month we go to the homeschool skate here in Pocatello. Mariah gets right out there and skates away! She has a fearless personality and loves trying new things. She is very independent (which can be bad at times) and likes to do things for herself. She does love following the older kids around and being big like them, but she also enjoys exploring alone. She is often downstairs playing barbies in her dress-ups all by herself.

January Mariah and Annalisa are best buddies! They do everything together including getting into trouble together! Aren't they sweet when they sleep?

Doing this spotlight has made me realize how many pictures I have of Anna and Mariah together. I really need to have more individual pictures of each of my girls. (Sigh!) Another New Years resolution I guess!