My Daughter turned 5

in January.

seriously.

But January is so close to the holidays that we always kinda delay the party a bit.

you know.

Spread out the presents.

We had the party last month.

seriously.

note the VERY melted cake.

scrumtious anyway...but they don't typically melt in January.

Note the sneaky little sis.

going for the cupcakes.

little sisters are notoriously sneaky all months of the year.

My little girl is five...

OK, is nearly 5 1/2....

but she is 

growing too fast

making me so proud

struggling with so much knowledge and the context to put it in

challenging me

challenging herself

encouraging said sneaky sister

asking so many questions

trying to grow up even faster

making me want to freeze where she is at...

YET

Loving how she finds ways to fly

even when nothing supports flight

She SOARS