Our Sweet Pea is 5! It seems impossible that it's been 5 years since she surprised us by coming 4 weeks early. We celebrated together on Tuesday with presents, a 2-layer swirly pink cake, and dinner out.The next day she had her
first "friends" party, where everything was pink, pink, pink. They had fun dressing up, playing musical chairs (after a few turns we realized they enjoyed it more if no one got out), eating cupcakes, and following a treasure hunt to the favor bags. Thanks for coming, Audrey, Maia, Johnny, Marquessa, Jake, Brynlee and Peyton!At age five, Haley:
Loves art and craft projects - she brings home fun projects from school and doesn't let a day go by without drawing, coloring, stapling or gluing something.
Loves to dance and dress up. She really wanted tap shoes for her birthday, even though she's not taking lessons right now. She squealed and ran to hug and kiss Rob and I when she opened the box. One of her favorite songs to dance to is "Sarah" (you know, that one from the 80's, "Sar-aaaah, Saaar-rah!"), which is on the demo track of our keyboard. Yeah, it gets old pretty fast, but she loves it.
Is such a good big sister. She (almost) always plays happily with Jake and I hear her saying "Come on, Jake. Let's go play in my room." She's quick to help him out when he's stuck somewhere (quite a frequent occurrence) or needs his socks on. She says he's her best friend and they're going to get married someday.
Loves to ride her bike and "train" for runs. She plans to run the 1/2-mile kids' event at the Fargo marathon in a few weeks. When we go for a bike ride she tells me that she's cross-training.
Is goofy and funny. She loves to tease and tell jokes and tickle. She skips when we walk places and brings a smile to those around her.Is so sweet and thoughtful - she can't stand to see anyone upset and is always ready with a hug if someone needs it. She always wants to surprise us with breakfast in bed or pictures or presents.
Still surprises us with her intelligence and deep thinking (you'd think we stop being surprised by now). She'll be quiet for a while, then blurt out a question like, "Do you think Heaven is past the stars, or one of the stars? Maybe some of the stars are lots of other Earths!"
Happy Birthday, HaleyBear!
