Miss L.E.D.

Our little Ellie D. is growing up so fast. She just finished pre-school, and is very excited to start kindergarten. She asks me all the time why can't she go to the big school since she is already 5.
She still loves her dollies and when she grows up she wants to be a mom. A few weeks ago she stopped drinking milk at dinner and I told her she needs to drink it to make her body healthy for when she has babies. She has been very good about drinking milk since then, and even explained to Nate how important drinking milk is.

She is an amazing reader. I went through the Hooked on Phonics program with her, just like I did with the boys and she has really taken off with it. She loves to read and is always trying to read things she has around her. Last night as I prepared dinner, she read me a book and then decided she was going to read it backwards, she went ahead and read it word by word from back to front.

She loves to play with friends. Every day she asks if she can have a friend over and as soon as she is done with a friend she asks for another one over. Good thing there are lots of girls her age around.

She likes to be in the middle of everything. In fact, of the fights between children in our house, at least 75% include Ellie. It probably doesn't help that she is outnumbered by the boys, 3:1.

She likes to be with me, and loves to follow me around and help me do things- especially anything in the kitchen.

She loves everything girl- getting her hair done, doing her nails, bows, babies, dresses, pink, it is a nice change for our family.

She loves to be daddy's girl. When he sits down on the couch she will cuddle up to him and rub his arm or back. He, of course, eats it up. She has a shirt that says Daddy's little angel and every time she wears it, she shows him and he tells her it is his favorite shirt, and she tells him its her favorite. It is pretty darn cute.

She loves gymnastics and dance. She spends hours a day doing cartwheels and round offs and practicing bridges in our living room. Its amazing how much better she has gotten this past year.

We sure are lucky to have such a cute princess in our family.