Six

The number that comes right after five…. a whole hand of fingers PLUS ONE or a group of tally marks PLUS ONE.  SIX.  It may just seem like another number to you, but I have blinked and now my baby has gone from a comfortable five to six… overnight….without my permission.  It just snuck up me!  I knew that it was coming, but now that it has come and gone…wow! 

A family of only THREE… that seemed so amazing back then!

Grace had her birthday on Saturday.  Just a typical day here in Iowa, but a special one as well. We all went to an indoor playground to have fun as a family on Friday, but on Saturday we did things Gracie style: cinnamon rolls for breakfast, pizza and wings for dinner and then chocolate fondue for dessert!  We DID raise her right… what great choices!!!  We opened her presents after breakfast and even watched one of the movies she got… how spoiled!  She went with Danny to an indoor pool in Urbandale which was having a winter carnival.  It was a great date time for both of them.    

We are so proud of our Grace Elizabeth!  She has a kind heart which is compassionate towards those at church but especially those in our house!  She loves to snuggle and give kisses… either regular ones or puppy kisses.  She has the biggest imagination and loves to pretend to be doggies, kitties, other people, other animals or the characters from a movie or book!  I never know WHO she is going to be so I frequently call her the wrong name!

School work comes very easily to her, but she does have to think and be challenged at times… she THINKS she knows more than her teacher!!  She loves reading and has just finished the 42nd book in a series that she is reading.  She can read 1-2 books (with 10+ chapters each) while the other kids are napping!!  What a girl!  She loves to make up her own stories too!  She has finished her whole AWANA book in Sparks, has completed the review of the entire book and has nearly finished with the other book of verses and activities.  (I am trying to keep her from finishing too fast! I want her to have verses to say until the end of the year!)  Because she loves to read so much, we decided it was time for her to have her own Bible --- ones with all of the chapters and verses in it.  She is IN LOVE with it.  She reads along with me at Bible time every morning and is soaking in all of the extra sections which give more information about the stories or have maps.  AMAZING!! 

We love our little Sugar.  There is so much to say about her…. we continue to pray that she will love the Lord HER God with ALL her heart and with all her soul and with all her mind.  We want our faith to become HER FAITH!  Happy 6th birthday, Grace!