Yesterday, Portia turned 5 years old! She is so excited to be five because she knows that she gets to go to kindergarten when she is five. We’re excited that she is five, because that means we have had her in our lives for five whole years!

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For Portia’s birthday she requested Reese’s Puffs for breakfast, pasta with red and white sauce for lunch, hot dogs for dinner, and strawberry cake with chocolate frosting for dessert. We drew a diagram beforehand of precisely what she wanted for that cake. She also wanted to make sure that we did some fun activities for her birthday, though she never really specified what those ought to be. Multiple times during the day she reminded me that we hadn’t done anything birthday worthy yet. Ultimately a trip to the “fish park” was deemed sufficient.

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Here is Portia on her birthday with her birthday dress and her birthday doll, Lily.

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Some things you should know about Portia include:

• She is getting to be quite good at reading! She is very proud to have read her first “chapter book” on her very birthday. It was Dick and Jane. 🙂
• She still loves snuggles and sucking her thumb.
• She is as enthusiastic as ever, only she has left the majority of the toddler drama behind her and is, most of the time, just fun fun fun to be around.
• She has a big, beautiful smile and bright blue eyes that reflect her inner sparkle!
• She loves playing outside and riding her bike. She can pump on the swings all by herself, but still likes a good under-doggie every now and again.
• She is SUCH a big helper to me while Fay and Carter are at school. She prides herself on being the oldest one (and the biggest helper) at home during the day.
• She is an excellent listener and picks up lots of things that Josh and I just say in passing. And she still astounds us with the caliber of words she is able to use.

We are SO grateful for this amazing girl! She is just every wonderful and happy thing! Happy Birthday, Portia!