Okay, this is two months late (so sorry!), but happy fifth birthday! You are my sweet little mini-me. A girl full of imagination and personality. A letter cannot truly portray everything you are, but I’m going to try!
You are an average-sized little girl, but it surprises me with how picky you are! Your favorite foods this past year were mac and cheese, corn dogs, chicken nuggets, strawberries, protein shakes, and watermelon. You hate everything else. It is so hard to feed you! And some of these things you don’t really like anymore. Hopefully, you get past your food aversions later like your older brothers! Another area you might need to get past is pronouncing your f’s and v’s as th’s (like “I want thood!” or “three, thour, thithe…”) It is pretty cute, though!
You are a very talented and imaginative little girl! Your drawings are some of the cutest I’ve ever seen! You draw a lot of your made-up creatures and even act them out in pretend play sometimes. I can’t keep up with your imagination it runs so free. You still absolutely love dragons and draw those the most. I love how creative you are. Other than drawing, you enjoy playing Pokemon on Nintendo Switch or watching the show Spidey and His Amazing Friends. Although you don’t watch movies, you really love Stitch from Lilo and Stitch and Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon.
Last year you started preschool and really seemed to enjoy it. Your best friends were Olivia and Ritwika (or RiRi). It was sad to leave your friends behind and you still ask about playing with Olivia. Interestingly after starting preschool, you became super lovey-dovey to me. Constantly saying “I love you mommy!” or singing songs about me or being attached to me all the time. You became a total mama’s girl. Now you are in Kindergarten and really seem to be keeping up with the class work despite being one of the youngest in your grade. I’m really proud of you!
Something that has been either fun or interesting is how particular you are. With food, yes, but also with a lot of other things. You love the colors pink and purple, along with light blue and “green dragon” green. You hate being alone and have to have someone with you all the time. Whether being upstairs, downstairs, outside, or even in your room you can’t be alone. We ended up boarding Noah with you in the meantime. You hate having dirty hands and face and you still love your little bear blanket and use it as a comfort item. I used to be able to dress you and pick your clothes but in the past few months you have been calling all the shots and I just have to sit back and let you wear a tutu and five hair bows to school. You are expressing your individuality and that’s a good thing!
I need to wrap up this letter but I want to let you know how much I love you, Eden! There are so many things you do and say that reminds me of myself when I was young. Like I said, you are a little mini-me! Continue expressing yourself and being the sweet little girl, you are. I hope you have a great year being five!
Love,
Mama
