Five Years of Fun

A few weeks ago, my big girls turned five. Five years old. They are becoming more and more fun each year and also bring us different challenges each year. I love them so. This year, I decided to interview them for their birthday. Here's what they had to say:

Natalee, Age 5

Nickname - Nat
How old are you? (holds up hand) - Five, I'm five
What is your favorite color? Purple
What is your favorite animal? elephant
What is your favorite book? I like the puppy book
What is your favorite TV show? I like, did you say show? I like Dora
What is your favorite movie? Rapunzel
What is your favorite song? You mean on the kiddie songs? I like "you're happy and you know it clap your hands"
What is your favorite food? sketti
What is your favorite drink? grape juice
What is your favorite breakfast food? I like waffles
What is your favorite snack? I like graham crackers
What is your favorite outfit? I like to wear a dress
What is your favorite game? Game? I like, umm, what do we have games? Duck duck goose
What is your favorite toy? I like a ball
Who is your best friend? Avery
What is your favorite thing to do? I like staying home.
What is your favorite thing to do outside? I like going down the slide
What is your favorite holiday? I like Halloween
What do you like to take to bed with you at night? I like my blue guy
Where is your favorite place to go? to grandma's house
What is favorite restaurant? I like Chili's
Where do you want to go on vacation? I'm going to a water park
What do you to be when you grow up? A teacher, a big kid teacher
What did you do on your birthday? I opened presents.

Lyla, Age 5

Nickname - Lyla Bear
How old are you? (holds up hand) - Five
What is your favorite color? Pink
What is your favorite animal? a dinosaur, rawwr!
What is your favorite book? I like the ladybug book
What is your favorite TV show? Dora
What is your favorite movie? Rapunzel
What is your favorite song? Happy
What is your favorite food? I like peanut butter & jelly sandwich. I like it more with goldfish bread.
What is your favorite drink? I like grape juice
What is your favorite breakfast food? I like the pancakes
What is your favorite snack? I like the chocolate cookies at Ms. Marilyn's house
What is your favorite outfit? I like these clothes (points to outfit she's wearing)
What is your favorite game? I like playing the ladybug game.
What is your favorite toy? I like playing with um, I like coloring.
Who is your best friend? I like Avery
What is your favorite thing to do? I like doing the laundry with you.
What is your favorite thing to do outside? I like swinging on the swing.
What is your favorite holiday? What's a holiday? Christmas? I like Christmas.
What do you like to take to bed with you at night? I like to take my new dolly to my bed.
Where is your favorite place to go? I like going to a water park.
What is favorite restaurant? I like going to Wendy's. 'Cause it has the yummiest food ever.
Where do you want to go on vacation? To that place after we go to a cation (vacation), the lego place with the pink castle.
What do you to be when you grow up? A momma
What did you do on your birthday? Get lots of presents.

Not much in common if you look it over:

• They're both five, obviously, and both hold up their hand when telling their age.
• They both like: Dora, Rapunzel and grape juice.
• They share a best friend: Avery (Might be disasterous growing up)
• They both received presents on their birthday (and nothing else notable).

I always tell people how much the girls differ - it really is true, not just in their looks.

Speaking of physical differences, here were their stats from their 5-year checkup:
Natalee:
44.5 pounds (75th percentile) up 5 pounds since age 4
45 inches (75th percentile) up 3 inches since age 4
Lyla:
33 pounds (5th percentile) up 2 pounds since age 4
41.5 inches (25th percentile) up 3 inches since age 4

For their birthday, we took the girls to breakfast to Cracker Barrel (Taco Bell, according to Natalee). After work, we took them to Celebration Station for pizza, games, and mini golf. In case you were wondering, five-year-olds are not so interested in mini golf.

We are seriously the luckiest parents in the world to be blessed with these precious little pumpkins (+ their baby sister).