S you are so much more independent now. You eat by yourself, you dress by yourself (and have already started having your favourites and non-favourites), you wave goodbye happily to me at school, and have already started asking when you can stay back for lunch at school. You have a best friend K, and the both of you have so much fun together and also fight so much together, you are like an old married couple as K's mom puts it! But you love to draw cards for K, call her home for a playdate and go to her house and play and generally hang around together. This year you've started so many new things. Swimming classes (you love splashing around in the water and are usually quite sporting to try the things the coach asks you to), skiing classes (not so much of a hit that we had to stop after the first three classes, maybe next year?), and ballet classes (you do love this, and will readily gulp down your milk to be in time for your ballet class). Actually the threat of no swimming class this week, or no ballet class this week helps to get you to do things much faster!
You love your little sister A so much. On the days she is in school without you, you are happy at home but seem a little lost. And the minute she's back you two are running around, playing one of your make up games or generally bouncing around. You like to make up games for you and A to play together, and keep telling her what to do and what not to do. Some of the times she readily listens to you, and some of the times she just does what she wants. And oh the fights. They've already started. A must have the book/toy you are playing with immediately and vice versa. Usually you are a sweetie and hand it over to A (after a fuss and grumble to me) but sometimes you stand your ground and then we have to hear A howl for the next 10 mins! Of course the minute you give it to her, she'll just throw it on the ground and walk away, it's all power play you see. But you are so protective of A, when you play in the park together, or are out together anywhere you always look out for her, and when she's grumpy or cranky you try to cheer her up. I hope you two remain like this always.
You love books and can never get enough of being read to. You like to sit by yourself and see the pictures in the books (and pretend read it!) and you have an amazing memory- sometimes when I skip over some of the sentences hoping to shorten the 5 stories i have to read in the night to you, you always catch me out! You still enjoy jigsaw puzzles and that is the favourite thing for us to get you. You've started enjoying board games (finally i have a partner in crime) and want to play kids dumb charades any time your friends come over for a play date.
You love to play in the snow and make snowballs and throw it at us. Sledding and skiing is not much of a hit with you, but you are happy being out in the cold.
You surprise me with your maturity sometimes. You love your pink toys, and when i picked up a glittery pink mobile toy for you you asked me to put it back since you already had one. And when i started the no TV for dinner rule, you agreed for it with no fuss. I'm sorry i lose my temper sometimes and shout for the silliest of things, its just in my nature to always set the bar higher for you and expect you to reach it. I love you sweetie. I'm still not willing to put you in the afternoon session in school everyday. From August you'll be at school the whole day anyway and I want to treasure these next few months together as much as possible.
A you're now a girl with your own mind. You want to eat what Akka (big sister S) is eating, and play what she's playing. There's no fobbing you off with the smaller sister stuff. For the last few nights you've wanted to play intsy wintsy spider board game before sleeping and you'll sit with S and me and wait your turn, and roll the die and spin the wheel and play the board game like such a big girl. You have your favourite books- Barney, Lion King, Snuggle Bunny, Jungle Book, Bubbles, Tiger who came to Tea and you'll insist on having at least one of them read to you alongwith Akka's book selection at bed time. You love your school now (touch wood) and clap happily when i pull into the parking to drop you at school. You rarely cry when i drop you off and are usually cheerful when i pick you up. You're still not having your lunch at school properly (you stay for lunch once a week) but you're sleeping ok, playing well and are generally happy so I don't mind too much.
And you're started speaking so much, and suddenly. Of course a lot of it is " Akka hit me, Akka pinched me, Akka stamped on my hands" - remember the story of the wolf? I don't buy Akka hitting you so much. Especially when you say it in your sleep!
You are not a snow baby. You refuse to wear your gloves so you're freezing in the -20 degrees in the mountains so you don't enjoy it. But you love the water and happily splash around in the swimming pool after Akka's class. You know your favourite paddle pool in the swimming pool and keep asking to go to it.
You miss your daddy when he goes on his long travels now. Whenever i scold you or tell you not to do something, you'll go to the door and shout for daddy. Like he's going to come and rescue you from your evil mom! You already know and like your TV programs and movies (yes i know i'm a terrible mom for letting you watch so much tV) and like Dora, Ice Age and Jungle Book. But you won't cry if i put off the TV. You'll instead bounce on top of the sofa and climb all over us!
You love going to the park, and everytime we get ready to go out you'll ask whether we're going to the park. You don't like the swing (why? why?) but love the slide, the seesaw and the sand pit. Bubbles are your favourite and you want to do everything Akka does in the park, including climbing up high ropes in which you get stuck halfway.
You parrot everything your Akka says and its hilarious to hear S says "I found it first" and then hear you say "I found it first" ! I love you sweetheart, and i sometimes feel bad to see my baby grow up so fast.
Happy birthday dearies. Cheers to many more celebrations!!
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