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Five!

Callie has been looking forward to turning five for a very long time. I have not known anyone else more excited for her birthday than this little girl. For her, five is a year of new things and changes. Five means kindergarten, girl scouts, and much, much more.


She continues to our creative little girl. She has a thrill for life that I wish I could bottle up and keep for myself. She loves learning and is very excited about starting kindergarten. This year, she has worked very hard on learning how to read and has come very, very far. She is now reading books to us and her brother constantly. She loves the freedom of being able to read whenever and not having to wait for mom and dad to read to her. She loves to be outside and moving. We have decided that we need to get her in some rock climbing classes because she is a bit of a monkey and tries to climb over everything. 

Here's this years interview:
  • How old are you? 5
  • What is your favorite thing to do? dress up
  • What is your favorite color? purple, pink, blue, and turquoise 
  • What is your favorite food? macaroni and cheese and pineapple pizza
  • What do you like to do with your family? have pretend balls (dress up and get fancy and dance at the ball)
  • What is your favorite toy? my princesses
  • What do you want to be when you grow up? a detective 
  • What makes you happy? when I'm with my family
  • What makes you sad? when no one wants to play with me
  • What is your favorite show to watch? Frozen
  • What is your favorite book? Pinkalicous
  • What do you want to learn about? Fairies
  • What was the best part of your birthday? the gym
  • Where do you like to go? Playtown (it is a bit like a children's museum with pretend community locations that the kids are in charge of - like a cafe, fire station, etc.)
  • What is your favorite treat? lollipops
  • What do you think about before you fall asleep? princesses
  • What do you to do most with your family members? Dad - going swimming with him, Mom - coloring, and Liam - playing "get you"
Callie and her birthday cake

This makes my heart happy!

On the day of Callie's birthday we went to a place of her choosing. Safe to say both Liam and Callie had fun. 

Pure joy going down the slide

Our small family birthday

We headed to the gym again this year. Every kids was dripping sweat and smiling after they were done playing. 


These 2 boys had some quality bonding time this weekend


And then there were water balloons.....

Opening presents when it finally cooled down

Watching an outdoor show before everyone had to go home and go to sleep. 





















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