Maddi turned 6!!

Wow, my "baby" just turned six. I cannot believe it. I guess there'll be a 7 and 8... She's been the light of our lives these past 6 years. She is so talented. She loves to sing, act, dance, read, play softball, color and ride her bike and scooter. She likes to play with Polly pockets, Barbies and my little ponies. Pretty much anything girlie. Did I mention that while she does all of these things (except biking etc..) she has to be in dress up clothes? And usually with each new activity there is a new outfit!
If I am lucky I get to be the queen or princess but usually I play the slave, servant or horse. A couple cute things she has said lately are 1-"Mom look, I can dance in portuguese!" 2- "Mom is this a dream or did you say that we could eat chocolate for breakfast?"

Her birthday was on a Saturday and Carson had to work so Maddi and I went to Sea World . (We have season passes there and if you go one and a half times it pays for itself!) As it turns out it was trick or treat day there. Most kids were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. She went as a um... "birthday girl!" She wore her "I'm gonna be a big sister shirt and all of the employees thought that was a really cool way to tell her and congratulated her on her birthday and baby!

She loves to study the Solar system. She is obsessed with reading these books I got her about each one. They have GREAT pictures and they teach a lot. She knows them in order from the sun. I am constantly amazed by my sweetie. She loves doing the monkey bars at school and is learning to jump rope. Go, go, go! Maddi being in Kindergarten has helped me remember things like "bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish", choosing things by "eenie meenie miney mo" and cubbie holes. What a fun time of life.

On a more serious note she is going to be the best big sister ever. She LOVES babies and just wants them to be happy and not sad. She loves to hold them, make them smile and give them anything they want even if she "had it first". I realize that some of that will change once it's not a novelty, but I think she's old enough to see that "the baby didn't mean to rip your paper" or "the baby didn't mean to knock over your building". She's so caring, I think she'll do great! She already is my best helper, and especially since my surgery, she is very intuitive with bringing me anything she thinks I may need. Well I love her, I love her, I love her and that's my birthday tribute to my sweetie!