Brielle Interview and Stats

My name is: Brielle (aka Ellie, Miss Biscuit, Brie-Brie, Bo, Bo-Bellie)

Height: 4ft 11in (96%)

Weight: 74lbs (54%)

Sleeping: about 10 hours (8:30pm-7:30am), although probably more like 9 hours.  She usually sneaks a book in bed and likes to come out a few times for random thoughts she forgot to share.  She also loves her blanky to be cold and sticks it in the freezer just before bedtime and then goes to get it to sleep with.

Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, Volleyball, Piano, Science, Dogs (really wants a dog, as been researching them for a year and knows a lot about the different breads).  

Brielle loves babies and playing with little kids.  When we get together with cousins she always ends up with a baby in arms while entertaining all the 3-year-olds.
She is quiet and reserved, but also quite confident with who she is and that her interests are different than friends at school. She has a fun sense of humor that sneaks out unexpectedly at times.  She got a microscope for her birthday and is loving identifying tissues in the slides borrowed from a pathologist at City of Hope. 

  Birthday Interview Questions

What is your name? Brielle Christine Finlay

When is your birthday? May 4th, 2007

How old are you? 10

What is your favorite color? Pink and Green

What is your favorite song? Lots

What do you want to do when you are a grown up? Teacher, Librarian or Veterinarian

Where do you want to live when you grow up? In the mountains or by the Eifell tower

What is your favorite food? Lasagna and Tortilla Soup

What is your least favorite food? Corned Beef and Cabbage

What is your favorite animal? Flamingo?

If you had a million dollars, how would you spend it? A dog, another dog, another dog and the rest would go to an animal shelter

What is your favorite movie? The new Cinderella

What is your favorite dessert? Any dessert

Where do you like to eat? At Gramma's house, outside and at picnics and at the zoo.

Who is your best friend? Lots of people

What is your favorite book? All the books in the world

What is your favorite thing to do? read

What does your mommy do? cleans the house and watches us

What does Daddy do? works at USC

If you could get anything you want, what would you ask for? A dog!

What was one of the best days of your life? When I got to sleep in my own room

What was your favorite thing you did when you were still 9?  Moved into our new house.
What are you excited about with turning 10? I'm in double digits

Happy 10th Birthday Brielle!

Brielle is 10!  

She decided last year that she wanted to have lemon bars in the shape of a sun and had fun planning and decorating.

I didn't realize when I made cakes for my kids when they were little how quickly I'd get out of doing that job.  Ethan and Brielle always want to make their own cakes now. It's fun to see what they come up with.

We got to spend her birthday in Palm Desert for the SCAG conference.  Her Gramma Finlay was being installed as president that day so most of the Finlay side of the Family was all together that day. 

She loves being with all her cousins.  It was a much more fun day to be with family at a hotel that day.  Especially since she was supposed to be doing state testing at school.

She especially loved the library at the hotel.

That night she was presented with a beautiful cake while all SCAG members (about 500 mayors, city officials, etc.) sang happy birthday to her.  She was so nervous to go up in front of everyone, but felt very special.