Cressey is TEN!
April 8, 2026
- She is a feeler, wears her heart on her sleeve
- Always wants to please
- Would rather live in a pool or ocean
- Can fly through a book in a day and always carries one with her. She's addicted to the Warrior Cat series. Her vocab is incredible because of this.
- Likes order and calm (and podcasts) like her mama
- Loves to experience new places but doesn't like the getting there part
- Very proud that she is now big enough to play Peggy's violin
- Loves her kitties and horses
- The tooth fairy came on her birthday- two molars out with the help of Dr. B
- Could live solely on blueberries, strawberries, and mini corn dogs
- Never ever in a hurry
- Knows where every single thing in this house is. We all ask her to find things for us.
- Still not crazy about shoes- but it's not a fight anymore!
- Still prefers to sleep on a pallet in our room when she can
- 5'2", dying to sit up front in the car!
- Wakes up by 6 am on school mornings and mayyyybe sleeps til 7 on weekend mornings. Knows her limit and will come tell you when it's her bedtime, even if during a party
- Pretty shy at times but will talk with grownups (which makes her mama proud). She's done really well doing two presentations at school this year, but when they made her stand up at Meet in the Middle on her birthday for the lower school to sing to her, she looked like she wanted to crawl in a hole!
Her annual birthday quiz...
- what do you want to be when you grow up? "I don't know, I haven't thought about it. Ok, fine, a cat owner" (Mama says she'll be an engineer)
- where do you want to go to college? Ole Miss
- where do you think you'll live when you grow up? either Memphis or Pennsylvania ("it's a nice place to live" and the state she did for her school project)
- what's your favorite singer/ YouTuber? Taylor Swift
- what's your favorite song? "Sparks Fly" and "Clean" and 1989 album by Taylor Swift, "Gnarly" and "Gabriella" by Cat's Eye, "Better Me for You" by Max McNown
- what's your favorite game? Star Stables, Minecraft
- what's your favorite color/ aesthetic? cottage core, light purple
- what's your favorite movie/ tv show? goes to sleep to Bluey every night
- who's your favorite cat? "I CAN'T!" The kitty at the beach- Tip/ Lagniappe
- how many dogs would you have if your parents would let you? "1 because 4 is hard and I'd rather be cleaning litter boxes than taking them outside"
- what other random pets would you have? snakes, leopard gecko, blue tongued skink, emerald tree boa (she could have kept listing them, but I cut her off here)
- what's your favorite subject at school? art
- what's your favorite vacation? "Greece because it was beachy and the water is clear, I liked to snorkel, I liked the homes in the caves, lots of stars"
- what are your favorite hobbies? crocheting, crafting, petting my kittens, horseback riding, playing violin, traveling
- what's your favorite food? blueberries and mini corn dogs
When your birthday falls around Easter (and your family's social calendar is on fire), you get to have your birthday party in late March. Warrior Cat is the theme this year.
Like her sister, she loves to plan and decorate for a party
Seeing her Jayfeather cake
We went to see the Shrek play at school that night
KK was amazing!!
Big kids were there too!
A night swim was up next
Birthday cake for breakfast
The day before her birthday, she finally decided to let Dr. B pull two very wiggly molars.
Ready for a 10th birthday morning!
And a Warrior Cat tshirt! She also loved a Lola blanket, pjs, swimsuits, and a book light and bookmark.
Family dinner for her real birthday
Cressey and Grandma fighting for every inch they can get on each other!
