Five Years Old

 5 Years Old

Dear Millie, 

Today you turn five. You were so excited to be a whole hand now, but even more excited that you are old enough to start Kindergarten after the summer. We celebrated by having a princess tea party with your kids. We invited some boys, so they came dressed up as knights and one was a Star Wars character. We played games like pin the nose on Olaf, Snow White's hot potato game with an apple (they had to fall asleep if they end up with the apple and I would "wake"them up with a kiss-hershey's kiss), blind man's buff, rescue the princess scavenger hunt, and ended with making fancy tea cups for our tea party. Each of your friends adore you because you are so good about being kind and including everyone. Today, Sunday, you requested store bought oatmeal for breakfast, mac-n-cheese with hot dogs for lunch, fancy ramen for dinner, and molten lava cakes for dessert. We watched Enchanted (your first time). It has been so good to have this special time to show you extra love. 

I love you so much Millie. I love how you are such a caring sister. There have been many times where you take JoJo downstairs and play barbies or babies with her so I can make dinner. You are always proud to be her sister. When she comes to your leader day, you take the time to have her come up with you to count the numbers and always find a sit next to you for her to sit. This all comes back to your caring and nurturing nature. You are going to grow up to be an amazing mother.

Millie, I also love how happy you are with life. Sometimes, life can get boring, running around on errands or visiting an older couple with me. You are so good about finding fun moments wherever you are. You are an awesome buddy to have, asking to play 20 questions when I curl your hair or riding the lift up at Snow Haven. You love coming up with creative ideas (also very messy ideas too). The other day, you were making a baby hotel. You even made me money to spend at it. At night, when you should be reading books in bed, there have been time where you sneak out and play. The other day, I found a whole bed set up in the storage room. When I asked you about it, you told me you did it the night before. 

Millie, I love how you do hard things. The reading lessons were a real push for you. I noticed that you have a slight dyslexia which made getting it down a lot harder and a slower process. You kept at it all year. When you finished, you were so proud of yourself. Even now, we have finished set 4 and set 5 of the bob book series and are reading actually picture books. I love hearing you call yourself a reader. Another time when you have done hard things with with your room. Oh boy, it can get messy. I try to help you here and there so it doesn't get too out of control. But on those times that it is, you are good about taking it one task at a time without complaining. 

Millie, I love every bit of you. I love cuddling on the couch in the mornings before breakfast because you need a few minutes to wake up. I love how you need to give me a hug and a kiss to calm down. I love how you will sit by the window waving goodbye to your friends until their car is over the hill. I like working on puzzles with you and having you tell me silly stories. You have brought not only me but all those you are with so much joy in our lives. I look forward to seeing you continue to grow up to be the person that God wants you to be.

Love, 

Mom