A Little Lady Turns 5!

It's hard to believe this little girl is five already!

 Wow. How did that happen so fast? It feels like just yesterday we met her for the first time:

I can hardly stand how quickly she is growing up, but it's so fun to see her unfold into a beautiful little lady.

She is energetic, thoughtful, compassionate, imaginative, cautious yet bold, 

creative, expressive, delicate, full of joy and very girly. 

Her ability to reason and express herself amazes me. She constantly says things that surprise me and understands so much. It has been interesting to see her personality of order and attention to details come alive...she cleans her room on a regular basis without being told, she carefully selects her outfits each day and folds her clothes to put away if they are still clean, she likes to line up her shoes, organize her books and straighten her belongings...just because she wants to. She shows such care and connects with her surroundings and she is silly and playful all at the same time. The way she carries herself, interacting with other people and while at home, makes me smile constantly--she truly has the essence of a true girl.

Except when she eats birthday cake...

She absolutely, most definitely, loves loves loves her baby doll. Currently named "Della." (It was Samantha for a very long time.) Della goes with her everywhere...all day. She loves to care for her, dress her and plays with her whatever she is doing. 

Vienna is also quite the Daddy's girl. There is no one greater in her life than her daddy. 

 Vienna wanted to have a horse-themed birthday with decorations of light pink and white.

She requested to go ice-skating for her birthday, and have her cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents over for cake and ice cream.

Her cake choice was chocolate, with chocolate frosting and sprinkles, and chocolate ice cream.

And she wanted a big birthday hat. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET GIRL!!!

We ask a list of questions every year on the kids' birthdays to see how the list changes from year to year, some of her answers are the same as last years!

Vienna's Favorites:

COLOR:  light pink
FOOD:  eggs & toast
FRUIT:  grapefruit 
TOY:  "Della" my doll
THING TO DO:  Play with Finley
MOVIE:  Nanny McPhee 2
GAME:  Dominoes
SONG:  "the ones I make up"
BOOK:  princess storybook (Mary Engelbreit's Fairy Tales)
THING TO WEAR:  Dresses
ANIMAL:  Penguins...actually, ALL the animals
DRINK:  Juice

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?:  A Mommy