FIVE!

I really can't believe Kate turned five in November.  All the birthdays have been bittersweet, but five just seems so old! 

Kate got to go to school on her birthday (it was a Monday), and she gave all of her friends a bouncy ball.  After school, we met up with Grandma Kadzban, Uncle Bryan, and Aunt Lisa (they were still in town from my grandpa's funeral) for lunch at Jimmy Johns - Kate's choice:) She opened her gifts from us after dinner.  We had a really fun day.

At five years old...

• Kate is almost 45 inches tall, and oh, so skinny.  
• She loves school and enjoys learning.  
• She can be very thoughtful and sweet, and also very wild and crazy at times.  
• She's sensitive and inquisitive, always wanting to understand why things work the way they do and how things work.  
• She's a lover, and she's bossy.  
• She loves to organize things and create things.  
• She likes reading and she loves hidden pictures and playing games.  
• When she grows up, she wants to be an artist.  
• Her favorite foods are steak and edamame, but she's a really good eater - she eats fruits and vegetables that most other 5 year olds would not touch - and she eats most meat, too.  She also loves sweets.  Pretty sure she gets that from me:)
• Her current favorite movie is Tangled.
• She loves playing outside, usually with friends, but sometimes with Olivia.
• She really likes coloring, and is getting very good at it!