Self Reflections at age 8

We went to the open house at the girls' school last week, and Sophie had displayed a poster about herself. It reminded me of a similar project I did when I was her age (though mine is arguably much more fictional than hers).

Sophie's self portrait:

Autobiography:

"My name is Sophia Bevans. I was born on March 27, 1999 in Oregon. I was born in the hospital late in the night [around 4pm actually]. My mom said I made her most sick out of all my sisters. [very true] She also said that she could barely eat the whole time. My favorite things to do are go to school [blessed child], read, play games with my family, and play sports. My favorite foods are ice cream, pizza, corn, soup, carrotts, green peppers, bread, cake, brownies and chocolate. My favorite colors are green, purple, pink, oarnge, brown and blue. I collect jewlery, rocks and seashells. When I grow up I want to be a beautician or an actress [this week anyway], I like spending time with my family. Here are some of the things I like to do for fun with my family. I like to play outside with my twin sisters Brooke and Janelle, I like to play peekaboo with my baby sister Claire. On Fridays we always have movie night. On movie night we stay up late and sometimes we eat treats. Movie night is one of my favorite nights of the week. All these things make me who I am."

Illustrations:

My self portrait at the same age [no my head was not actually that humongous]:

When I was born:

"When I was born I was 8 pounds and 5 onsis. I was middle front [in the picture]. And whenever I had my picture taken I made a funny face. And I was very quiet and cute [and humble]."

My family:

"My mom works at Yalli [some place in Yemen] and she is a librarian. My dad works at cid [some other place in Yemen, associated with OSU]. My sister Shanna always tesis [teases]." [note who is colored, why only the most important person of course! Steven got his hair colored. And everyone has freaky legs because that's how I drew legs out of the bottoms of skirts.]

I am happy when:

"I get happy when it is my birthday. I feel happy when people play with me. I fell happy when I understand what is going on."

I get angry when:

"I get angry when people boss me around. I get angry [when] people shout at me. [and my favorite...] I get angry when Steven does not do what I want him to do."

When I have to get away:

"When I have to get away I hurry up and do what my mother tells me to." [Yeah, sure I did.]

My favorite place:

"My favorite place is in America and it is Disneyland. Disneyland has a lot of different things to do. And it also has lots of rides to go on." [I didn't go to Disneyland until I was 21 years old...I like the picture of Mickey Mouse though - he looks like a character from "Arthur"]

My favorite person:

My favorite person is my grate grate grate grate grandma. [we were always really close] My grandma. My grandpa. My grate grate grate grate grandpa. And my family. They are spechel people."

In the future:

"When the year of 2000 I will be grown up. And I want to be a teacher. Our I will want to be a police." [In actuality, I was pregnant with Brooke and Janelle in 2000]