Happy Birthday Sophie!!

Wow!!  I can't believe my baby girl is already 5!  It doesn't seem like that long ago that she was born.  And now she such a spirited, creative girl who is constantly singing and dancing.  And changing her clothes.  I gave up long ago telling Sophie what to wear.  Luckily, she loves 'princess' dresses so if I want her to wear something specific for a special occasion, she is always happy to do it.  She was barely walking when she took off the outfit that I had picked out for her (I think it was green), climbed up the change table in her closet and pulled down the frilliest pink dress she had.  I wish I had a picture of her outfit the other day.   She was wearing every colour and size of stripe imaginable...multi-striped leggings...multi-striped skirt...and a shirt with brown and white stripes on the sleeves.  When I asked if she wanted some plain leggings or a denim skirt she looked at me as if I was crazy.  She told me that it matched perfectly-it was all striped.

Here she is on her birthday...

When I told her we should take a picture of her on her birthday she had to run and get her hat that she got at school.  She was very proud of it.  She also needed to wear the necklace that she got from her cousins.

I absolutely love her shirt.  I found it on sale too-for about 5$.  It says 'little girl, big dreams' and I think that sums up Sophie.  She is constantly making up songs and asking me to turn down the radio in the van so she can sing them.  Not long ago, she was singing away and all of the sudden looked at me in a panic and said "Quick, Mama!  I need a pencil and paper so I can write this song down!"

I told Sophie "Happy Birthday" as soon as she woke up on Friday and just could not understand that she was 5.  She kept looking herself up and down and then telling me that she was still 4 because she looked the same as the day before.

Happy Birthday baby girl!  I guess you're not really a baby anymore...but you still are pretty cute :)