Amity - 5.25 years

Sweet Amity, at 5 years and a quarter, you are truly a jewel!  This is what I want to remember about you: 

• You love playing pretend, more so than when you were younger.  I love that you are not growing up too fast and still enjoy using your imagination to play mommy, teacher, big sister, etc.
• You are becoming such a good reader.  This is that magical time when you are reading street signs and store signs and pretty much everything you see.  So much fun and reminds me of when I first learned to read!
• At the library, you still pick out books based on whether the general color scheme is pink or purple OR if there is a ballerina or princess on the cover.  Fancy Nancy, Louise the Cheese, Princess Peepers, and Pinkalicous are your current favorites.
• You desperately want to do a cartwheel but you just can't get your feet more than three inches off the floor.  I look forward to the day I can write about you doing it!
• You are such a great and willing helper!  I just need to give you a task and you (typically) are more than happy to help:  dusting, vacuuming, emptying the dishwasher, cleaning your room, getting the newspaper/mail.  You really want to start helping wash the dishes so maybe we will work on that soon.
• Your favorite show right now is Wild Kratts and watching super hero shows with Daddy on Saturday mornings.  You have also enjoyed watching Little House on the Prairie episodes. 
• You can be heard singing throughout the day and you are really starting to remember the lyrics to songs.  I love singing next to you at church.  I can't wait for you to start Carol Choir with Mrs. Fray soon.
• You tend to get nervous about new situations but once you have experience something, you REALLY love it and love to tell everyone we meet about it.  You like to go up to adults and say, "Excuse me?" and then proceed to tell them about one of our latest adventures.  I love that you can carry on a conversation! :)