Today you are SIX years old! Wow! Such a big kid now. This past year has been filled with fun, growing, changing and love.
Your biggest milestone of the year was starting your school career in kindergarten. In a few short months you have already learned so much. The biggest is learning to read. You love reading and are learning so fast. Your teacher says you are doing a great job and one of her top readers. You don't love before and after school care and it breaks my heart when you beg to be a car-rider. But you will turn out just fine with these adventures. I think you really do like it because you come home with arts and crafts and stories. Last night you even said you loved after care, just not before care. Everyday when we leave you are giving out hugs and yelling goodbye to others on the playground as we walk to the car. Addison you are loved by many. The energy you give off is so attracting to others. You fit in well and play well with everyone. My daily prayer for you is still "be nice". I want to drill that lesson into your head because I believe it takes you far.
You still seem to get your energy from others. And love being the life of the party. At your birthday party this weekend. You so much loved having your friends around and leading the pack with squeals and a huge smile on your face. The biggest smile was brought to your face by your "boyfriend" Ryker. You beam when you say his name. It is a sweet little smile that only appears when you say his name. It is cute and adorable but my goodness you are a boy crazy girl. At school you bridge the gap between boys and girls. You aren't the typical kindergartner hanging out with only girls, thinking boys have cooties. You seem to bounce back and forth. Some days saying you played with your bestie, Molly, while others days you play with the boys.
All of this playing with the boys has lead to a whole different world of play this year. While last year you were into princesses and dress up, this year you moved into ninja turtles and dragons. You were a ninja turtle for Halloween. It was hard to settle on a theme for your birthday this year. It was a toss up between dragons, ninja turtles and a fall carnival. You tried to convince me to do all three. I think your dad enjoys this type of play because now he has a little buddy to watch How to Train a Dragon and Ninja Turtles. While you like all these "boy" things, you also enjoy playing house, school and still love arts and crafts. Singing is also still a passion. You are constantly singing. I love hearing your sweet little voice.
This year you participated in cheerleading and gymnastics. You started cheerleading with spaghetti arms, everything flowing together and sloppy. But you ended the season much more crisp with arms straight and strong. I am not sure you enjoy cheerleading as much as I do, but we will see how you feel when next season comes around. You still go around the house yelling out cheers and such. We will see if you put your new skills to work at Daddy's basketball games this winter. You are still in gymnastics and will probably continue throughout the school year. You don't love it as much as Lilah does, but I think it is helping to develop strength and coordination. So I am going to push you to finish out the year.
You and your sister are still best buddies. She looks up to you and wants to do everything you do. While watching you two play, I am constantly saying to myself, "how did I get so lucky? God, please let them always be this close". A sister bond is like no other and I pray that you and Lilah always treasure it. While you two genuinely love each other, within the last month you have been starting to have some disagreements. So I do what my parents did, put you together and let you figure it out. My parents drilled into my head that no matter what family figures it out. While now it is over toys, I want you to have the ability, skills, and desire to always work it out. When you guys start bickering I have been putting you in a chair together. You may not get up until you have figured it out and apologized to each other. Once you have decided to make up you may come tell me by holding hands, hugging and telling each other you are sorry and you love each other. By that point you are smiling and happy again. Addison, you are so quick to forgive and move on. This is such an awesome trait. Saying sorry is hard for most, but you are so willing to admit and apologize. Always as soon as I walk away you tell your sister, "Lilah I'm sorry" in a soft, sweet, genuine voice. You get close to her face, speak softly and just diffuse the situation. You have a way to calm Lilah like neither your father nor I do. She loves and respects you so much that she is willing to apologize to you and move on. This is no small task and so far you make chair time quick and change every one's attitudes.
Addison, you are a true joy. Having you has made the past six years so much fun and special. You are such a beautiful, sweet and loving child. Thank you for being our first, our road paver, and our special girl. We love you so much! Happy birthday!
Love you forever and always,
Mommy
This year taking your 6 year old pictures was so enjoyable. Yes it was cold but you did an awesome job. We went too a park behind our house and had fun while doing it. You happily posed. I couldn't just pick a few, so here are a bunch!
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