Happy SIXTH Birthday to My [ALWAYS] Baby Girls!!!

Monday, my girls turned six years old.  SIX!!!

I’m coming to terms with them being BIG KIDS.  They…

·         Love to draw

·         Love to craft

·         Enjoy math challenges

·         Write the sweetest notes

·         Read pretty proficiently

·         Make their beds (sometimes)

·         Rinse their own hair in the shower (no easy task)

·         Eat (most of the time) without getting food on their clothes

·         Sit on their bottoms and are tall enough to reach the table

·         (Usually) like to help unload the dishwasher, and they know where almost everything goes

·         (Usually) like to help with laundry…they can set the washer and dryer themselves!

·         Buckle and unbuckle themselves in the car

·         Complete all zippers and buttons without help

·         Can tie a bow

·         Know the way to most places we go in town

·         Are excellent travelers

·         Can recite all our address and all our phone numbers, including the phone numbers of some family members

·         Can put their own hair in a ponytail (Baby B can, anyway)

·         Know far more about an iPad than I do

·         Ride bikes (with training wheels)

·         Hula-hoop

·         LOVE our kitties

I could go on and on.  They are smart, and sweet, and kind, and thoughtful.  As they are growing into such amazing young ladies, I am so thankful they still…

·         Love to snuggle with their Mommy and Daddy

·         Love to sit in my lap

·         Squeal with delight at tickles

·         Can’t resist a good strawberry kiss on their bellies

·         Love to be read to

·         Let me carry them to bed at night

·         Delight in talking to Mommy on the phone

·         Are so affectionate with their hugs and kisses

·         Talk about when they grow up, and their “house” plans always include each other and Mommy and Daddy

·         Play with their baby dolls

·         Create amazing pretend scenarios, often involving “vet” or “store” or “train”

They are the most precious BABY girls…always will be…at SIX or SIXTY.