5!!!!!!

How can it be that my Baby Angel is 5?
It wasn't so long ago that I only had her in my dreams.

Today I celebrate you my angel.
You are such an amazing little girl.
Your spirit and personality are truly one of a kind.
You brighten my days and fill our family with such love and joy.

You have grown so much this past year.
You are in your second year of preschool.
Pre-K this year!
And you are soooooo smart!
You amaze us and your teachers daily!
The other day the class was coming up with words that started with the letter C and you said "catastrophe"!
And for F you said "frantic"!
(I think you get all those dramatic words from Grammy!)
Mrs. Nettie couldn't believe her ears!
And you are reading like nobody's business!
You read chapter books. About 8 of them so far.
Every night daddy or I sit in your bed while you read to us!
It is amazing. I am blown away every time!

You are quite sassy.
I have had to talk to you recently about being a smart mouth.
It is a bit of an uphill battle though, you come by this trait naturally.
(my dad didn't call it smart mouth, he called it smart a$$!)
All of the adults in this house use sarcasm and have smart mouths, so it isn't a surprise that you do it too.
Somehow it sounds worse coming from your sweet mouth.
And even though you are very smart and mature, you don't quite know how to use sarcasm just yet.

You are still my little fashionista.
This year's ensemble of choice is black leggings and t-shirts with knots in the back to make them tighter and shorter. You would love for your belly to show, but I say NO WAY!!
Now I know why my parents were always making me dress a certain way. I get it.
I'm pretty sure I didn't start this early tho.
Thank goodness for school uniforms!

You are very into Pop music nowadays.
You even got an MP3 player for your big day!

It is so cute to watch you dance and listen to you sing with your headphones on!

Above all my sweet girl, you are beautiful on the inside.
You have such a tender heart and always strive to do the right thing and make everybody happy.

I am so thankful for you.
You are still my best girl,
and you still say I am your best mom!
Hope that lasts for many more years!

So glad you were born Mia Raney!