Elsa turns 6!

Elsa had been anticipating her big day for a long time. A few days before her birthday she mentioned that she couldn't wait to see all the decorations. Hmmm. So I made a last minute trip to the party store for balloons and Ben and I stayed up late hanging some decorations. We didn't do a big friend party this year so the decorations made things a little more festive.

Elsa had a great year in Kindergarten. Her reading has improved so much over the last year and she is so determined to read difficult books and as many books as possible. She loves to read to Oliver. Elsa is my number one helper. I have to try not to take advantage of her because she is always willing to do whatever I ask her. She loves to help clean up and won't stop until a job is completely done. She frequently asks what she can do to help me. (In fact, just now she brought me a list of chores she wrote out and asked if she could start cleaning her bathroom.) Elsa is the world's slowest eater, and she eats hardly anything. Breakfast is her favorite meal of the day. She asks almost daily if we can get a dog. She is quick to make a friend, almost always cheerful and definitely the most affectionate, always giving hugs and telling us she loves us. She still loves nutella. And still calls it tunella. I hope that never changes.