I think it's about time to write this post, Maddie turned 5 on the 11th and I think I've been in denial or at least mourning the loss of her babyhood, but it's time to buck it up and celebrate that I have such an amazing kiddo. I decided to interview her for this so these are her, unedited, answers.
Maddie - Age 5
Who is your favorite person in the whole world?
"Like maybe Nora"
What is your favorite color?
"pink and purple and golden"
"Like a pattern"
What is your favorite TV show?
"Um, the one I like is like maybe Peg and Cat"
What's your favorite outfit?
"Hmmm….I like outfits that have like dresses and skirts"
What sport do you like best?
"My favorite sport, the sport I like is soccer"
What song do you love?
"I like the song twinkle twinkle little star"
What's your favorite cereal?
"I like the fruit kind"
Who is your best friend?
"I just told you that"
So Nora?
"yeah, she is always my best friend, we play a lot"
What do you want to be when you grow up?
"what I want to be when I grow up is a doctor, I want to be a doctor when I grow up"
What is your favorite book?
"My favorite book is like….Snow White. My Snow White book"
What are you really good at?
"What I'm really good at is drawing"
Where do you wish you could go on vacation?
"Hmmm…what I wish to go on vacation is like, I want to wish like to go to the beach. It's what kind of vacation I want to go to"
What is your best memory?
"My best memory is, like, what is a memory?"
…(Insert, long boring explanation)...
"My like best memory was going to the park, you me and Ella practicing on the playground with our bike and then we played and it was fun"
What would you buy if you had $1000?
"If I had a $1000 dollars I would buy cookie mix, wouldn't that be FUN?"
What vegetable do you love the most?
"The vegetable I love the most is cucumbers"
If you could make a wish what would it be?
"Uh, it would be like that I would have like 18 gardens"
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
"Hmm………….uh, strawberry"
Who is your biggest hero?
"What does that mean, biggest hero?"
"Like if you got hurted then who would catch me? is that what your asking?"
"sometimes when I trip you catch me while holding my hand"
Does that mean that I'm your hero?"
"Yup!"
What do you like to do best with your friends?
"I like to do with my friends is I like to play with my friends"
What do you hope you'll get to do before you turn 6?
"What I would do before I turn 6 is I would like to maybe like like catch butterflies and make a butterfly nest and maybe get the butterflies some food for when the butterflies are home.
The. End.
Also, my kid is amazing and funny and like really like says like a lot.
She may be a valley girl reincarnate.
Ha. Or maybe perhaps I talk this way. It's possible. I did get called Blondie yesterday…
Anyhoo, onto some birthday pictures.
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| She buckled her helmet by herself. She wanted to be sure that I documented it. |
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Maddie's super fancy cake…this years theme was "Let kids decorate cake"
My laziness has rose to a whole new level…
but also, they did a pretty superb job. I was impressed. |
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Mike brought home some GORGEOUS roses for Miss Maddie, so pretty.
They are still alive a whole week later, which is a green thumb success for our family. |
