As I sit down to write this post there is one excited little girl who is having a hard time going to sleep. Every morning for the past week the first thing she says when she wakes up is how many days until her birthday. How she is that coherent as soon as she wakes up I'll never know. She obviously doesn't get that trait from either of her parents.
You are a spunky little girl who keeps us on our toes. You are developing quite the sense of humor and you love making us laugh. In fact you love it so much that you keep repeating whatever it is that got us laughing in the first place.
Some of your favorite things this year are:
Food: Deli meat, yogurt, fruit, cheese, pasta
Restaurants: Sweet Tomato and Brooklyn Joes (or Broken Joes as you often call it)
Things to do: play Minecraft (a skill that blows me away every time I watch you play it),
playing with your sisters, dolls, and watching TV
TV show: Sophia the First and PJ Masks
Movies: pretty much any movie
Nickname: Baby Bear
You played your second season of soccer this year and loved it. You are also still taking a ballet and tap class.
Kindergarten is halfway over and you are doing an amazing job in school. You love your teachers and have made many new friends this year. You are picking up reading skills so quickly and easily. Books are one of your favorite things and it is such a joy to listen to you read them. You make school look easy!
This was also the summer you became a world traveler. We planned a summer vacation to Mexico and so you took your first airplane ride. The vacation was amazing and you had a great time showing off all of your new swimming skills.
We then had an unexpected trip to Australia! Five years old and you traveled to the other side of the world. The plane ride was LONG, but you didn't complain once. Well except for the food they served you. ha! We did so much walking on this trip and I know it wore you out, but you rarely complained. In fact it was on this trip that you gained a new nickname: Little Legs. You did your best keeping up with us in the miles and miles of walking we did.
And you still don't like getting wet if you aren't wearing a bathing suit. Some things don't change.
Brooke,
You are such a ray of sunshine in our family. Your smile lights up the room and we love to hear your big belly laughs. You know what you want, how you want it, and when you want it. Quick decisions are one of your specialties, and that is completely unlike me. Your teachers are always telling me how sweet you are and I'd have to agree that you have some extra sweetness bubbling over inside of you. Let's see if you can learn to show some more of that to your sisters this year. :) You are so dearly loved and I am incredibly grateful that God decided that you would be the one to make our family complete. I can't imagine my life without you.
I'll love you always and forever,
Mommy
