Interview with the 5-year-old

Our precious girl just turned five.  It's amazing to think back on the last five years and what a wonderful surprise blessing it was to learn that she was on the way, and how much our lives have changed since she's been here.  We had our typical, small, family party for her on Saturday, and I'll share a few pictures of that soon.  For now, here's a snapshot into Grace's big personality.

Favorite color?  "Black and white and pink and purple...but I have more."
Favorite food?  Macaroni and cheese, and tiramisu
Favorite book?  Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Favorite movie?  Frozen
Favorite song?  "All the songs from Frozen except for 'Love is an Open Door' because of the bad guy."
Favorite thing to play?  Fairies
What do you want to be when you grow up?  "I'm not sure...maybe a balloon maker."
What would your perfect day be like?  "Play with Princess P toys, watch 100 birthday movies, eat 100 pieces of cake, color a squillion posters."  (For the record, we don't have any Princess P toys.  She is the character on PBS' SuperWhy, and she has Spelling Power.  :) )

Here she is at her party, reading one of her cards to herself.  She is reading fluently now, but doesn't like to perform when she reads, so she is reading silently.

By the end of her party, she was wearing the Minnie dress that my mom made for her.

And Sunday morning, on her real birthday, we gave her this awesome, new-to-her bike that Jeff found for her.  He's so good at that!  She was wearing jammies and a party hat when we went in to get her that morning, so that's what she wore to try out her new wheels for a minute before breakfast.  Happy birthday, Gracie Girl!