The Five Year Old

Sydney’s birthday falls during the week this year so we had her birthday party on Saturday. She invited just a few friends from her school and a bunch of relatives; and since it was an unseasonably warm day for April we had the party outside. She wasn’t fooled though—she knew she wasn’t five yet. Today is the day that she is five.

Sydney the five-year-old can brush her teeth and get dressed without being told (although she doesn’t always). She can jump rope and dance ballerina-style. She can sometimes do math if she’s not thinking about it too hard. She can write hers and her sisters’ names. She can play Go-Fish but doesn’t quite get the concept of Connect Four. (Oh well. There’s still time.)


Sydney the five-year-old requested that all of her friends bring their favorite dress up clothes, so we had a green lantern, two fairies, one adult in a pirate hat and three cowboy/girls. Sydney’s presents included a fairy queen costume, a Spider Man mask, and Indian Princess costume, a bow and arrow and some pirate gear. On the morning after her party, she came down with her Indian Princess costume on over her Buzz LightYear pajamas, and wanted to go outside to practice shooting arrows before we had breakfast.


To Sydney on her fifth birthday:

May we have many more exciting adventures.  I have no idea what’s coming next.