FIVE

My little girl is five years old.

She is a ball of opposites.

Fiercely bold and adventurous yet sensitive and tiny. She is amazingly agile but once refused to whack a piñata. "Too scary mama"

Loud and funny yet likes to do rabbit and mouse impersonations. Still.

Helpful and thoughtful yet often goes along with crazy schemes of her own making. Like the time she practiced writing letter A...all across our house...in permanent marker. I thought I had stumbled across an anarchist hideaway.

She has a big heart that reaches out to others but often leaves her undies on the ground.

I love her. 

She has taken on Kindergarten like a champ and is starting to read and do all kinds of independent things. 

She has started playing the violin and gets a bit flustered but knows all the tunes (to sing) so well. Thank you big sister. 

She loves cooking with me and her special job is to set the table for dinner. She is a pro at cracking eggs and chopping mushrooms and loves making brightly coloured pancakes which grossly come out the other end brightly coloured too. 

She has a great imagination and is happy to be on her own creating worlds and adventures for her mind. 

She's pretty great.

Here's some questions we ask the kids each Birthday. I'm not sure I've ever blogged Norah's answers but Lucy's are back in the blogging abyss somewhere.

1. Favourite colour - blue
2. Favourite toy - Coconut monkey
3. Favourite fruit  - Strawberries
4. Favourite thing to watch on TV - Magic School Bus
5. Favourite food to have for lunch - Sushi
6. Favourite thing to wear - Dress from Granny.
7. Favourite game - Uno
8. Favourite snack - Donuts
9. Favourite animal - Rabbits
10. Favourite song - Trolls - Hair Up 
11. Favourite book - Thea and Geronimo Stilton
12. Your best friend - Maddie
13. Favourite cereal - Cheerios
14. Favourite thing to do outside - Play on the swings.
15. Favourite thing to drink - Ice cream when it's melted. (?)
16. Favourite holiday - Granny and Waa Waa's house
17. What do you like to take to bed? Little grey mouse. (Toy lol)
18. Favourite food for breakfast - Cheerios...but actually pancakes.
19. What would you like to have for dinner on your birthday? - Pizza!
20. What would you like to be when you grow up? - Science teacher
21. Favourite shop - Kmart (not sure whether to be proud or ashamed)
22. What do you like to do when it's raining? - Stay inside and eat ice cream.
23. When it's not raining? - Go outside and run.
24. Favourite movie - Annie
25. Favourite game with your sister - Chess