Birthday Letter from Daddy

Dear Nora,

Happy 5th birthday! It's so hard to believe you're already five years old. I'm so proud of you. 

We woke up early on your birthday, listened to some Star Wars music, and watched a couple of Star Wars video clips. You especially like the throne room scene where Leia gives a medal to Luke Skywalker and Han Solo (You like to reenact that scene on our staircase with me being Han and Luke being...well, Luke of course!). You also love watching the clip where Luke and Leia swing across the chasm in the Death Star to escape the Storm Troopers. You call it the 'swing the rope' video. You also hum the throne room scene incessantly as you walk, skip, scoot, and scamper around the house.

A little later in the morning we had donuts as a family and you opened your gifts. Your favorite was definitely the Princess Leia action figure from Mommy and Me. You play with it all the time, and make sure to stow her two blasters safely in your dollhouse. Luke was very excited to celebrate your birthday and see you open your presents. 

Later in the day, you had a birthday parade in front of our house (because of the pandemic). That was a lot of fun - you had so many visitors come to celebrate you. You were beaming as each car would pull up in the driveway. In the evening we had dinner and celebrated again with Nana and Papa. We were in Keller and Fort Worth the previous weekend, so you got a couple birthday celebrations there too: one at Aunt Holly and Uncle Tim's House, and one at Uncle Sean and Aunt Elise's place. 

When I think of you at five, I think of how imaginative you are.  I love listening to you play with your toys. You immerse yourself in your own little world of make believe, creating characters, dialogues, and stories. Sometimes you invite me into that world and I get to play a character, which is so special. You also have a very subtle (and hilarious) sense of humor. You love music, laugh easily, and have an incredible memory. You're tough and sweet at the same time. I love reading to you and talking before bed. You like to 'give me the hugs' (which means giving me a tiny hug, medium hug, and then big hug), and then I give you 'all the kisses' right before I turn out the light. That means I kiss you a bunch of times and you crack up. 

You're a ray of sunshine in our lives, Nora. We love you more than you can imagine, and we're so thankful for you!

Love,

Daddy