Happy 5th Birthday Natalie (OK a few days late...)

Happy Birthday to my Halloween baby!

And a little summary of the lady herself:

LOVES:

Pre-K (the teachers, her friends, the dancing, the playground- everything).

Any toy ever shown on a commercial geared towards children, although if I let her watch Home Shopping Network she'd probably like all that junk too. Especially any toy made to somewhat resemble an animal and make noise, life-like or otherwise. Zhu Zhu pets are heaven.

Drawing and painting.

Pure sugar in any form (except for Kool Aid - go figure). Gummy treats, fruit chews, suckers, Smarties. Sugar, sugar, sugar.

Edamame (soy beans). Hallalujah - a break from sugar.

Her soccer team. Her coach, her team mates, and of course the snack at the end.

Girly, glittery glamour, and getting "fancy".

Her brothers. Almost always.

Seeing her Daddy on the Skype camera when he's away on business. Or perhaps she is looking at the video of herself in the smaller box...in any case, she enjoys it.

DISLIKES:

Talking to strangers. Heaven forbid a Target employee should offer her a free sample of food. Me, I'm all over that. Natalie will make a huge circle so as to not come within five feet of them, and turn her head all the way around to avoid eye contact. Even if they have sugar.

Tags in her clothes. They itch. Especially when she is 1) tired or 2) annoyed by her little brother.

Holes. Lost a t-ball in a water drainage hole last Spring and was traumatized for months. Tonight while trying to use her new birthday scooter she became so upset that Liam was scootering within four feet of a water drainage hole that she refused to scooter and would only lie flat on the grass crying that she was scared and wanted to go home. For the record, Liam is cautious enough to never come close to falling down that hole. He was teasing her by being daring enough to scooter within 4 feet of it. Owen on the other hand...might go flinging down one someday. But she wasn't as concerned about that possibility.

Being rushed in the morning. Or morning itself. Or both.

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I love my girl! Every wise-cracking, dramatic, affectionate, singing, dancing, drawing, laughing piece of her.