5 Years Old!

Dear Nora,

You are a whole hand now! We celebrated big for your 5th birthday, with a couple family celebrations in Keller and Fort Worth over the weekend, a car parade back home with your friends and preschool teachers, and a birthday dinner at home. You were on cloud 9 for all of it! We weren't able to have a traditional party because of social distancing right now, but you didn't seem to notice at all. We more than made up for it with so many celebrations. On your birthday you enjoyed donuts for breakfast, a picnic in the living room while watching Frozen, and a 2 hour nap in addition to your party time.

At 5 years old, you love Princess Leia from Star Wars and Elsa from Frozen. You often walk around humming the Star Wars theme song, and I sometimes ask you to go in your room if you want to sing! When you want to do something, you run quickly on your tip toes to make it happen, prancing along. However, when asked to do something you are not excited about, you really know how to drag your feet. You love to carry around little toys and often leave a trail of "Nora's been here" reminders. You learned all your sight words for the end of the year and our family celebrated with pizza and ice cream. Luke likes to read to you and says he's teaching you how to read. You love to sit in bed and talk with Daddy and me at night before going to sleep. Topics range from unicorns to disobedience and everything in between. You love to have your back tickled. You are an early riser and often are awake when I get up, just waiting for someone (me or Luke) to get up and turn on the light downstairs. You love to play family and your imagination comes alive with any toys that can be made into a family unit. It's so interesting to hear the scenarios that come up in your play, paralleling our day to day experiences. You can really show some sass and have a great sense of humor. You tell jokes that are genuinely funny and really make us laugh!

We love you so much and are so thankful for your life!

Love,
Mommy