Lucy at 5

 Lucy at the age of 5 years old is 3 feet 7 1/2 inches tall and weighs 37 pounds. Lucy wears all 5T clothes and can even wear her sisters 6T shirts as well. 

We celebrated Lucy's birthday by going to Chuck E Cheese with family. We have not been to this place of business very often,  so I'm not sure how she came to this request on her own but she continued to ask to have her party there so we agreed. It was a great set up and not very many people were there for a Sunday night so the cousins had a great time with all of the games. 

Chuck E Cheese even came out to dance with the birthday girl! And while she was nervous at first, her Aunt Stephanie and Mom helped her overcome her fear of the big rat!

Lucy remains our most social child. She will gladly talk to anyone whether they are just walking by our house or if they are her big sisters or brothers friends she will jump right in, she has never met a stranger. Lucy still loves to make others laugh by telling jokes or just by being really silly. A favorite joke of hers goes something like this: "Why did the cow cross the road? To get run over and dead!"

Lucy continues to love dressing up, she wears fancy dresses, dress up clothes and her new favorite thing to wear around the house is a belly shirt with shorts (unicorn sunshirt that is supposed to go with her swimsuit) despite it being in the single digits outside. Many days she will wear all of these things in one day with numerous outfit changes. 

Lucy still loves to sing, Encanto is her new favorite soundtrack and movie. She also loves to watch TV. She loves to watch Maya, Ever After High, World of Winx, Barbie, Super Hero Girls and The Hollow (Netflix). She also enjoys watching The Mandalorian, Marvel Movies and any Disney movie. Her favorite princesses are still Aurora, Belle and Tiana. With our recent trip to Disney World she has started to enjoy Mickey Mouse shorts as well. She still enjoys Teen Titans Go, Gravity Falls and Big City Greens.

Lucy still enjoys playing with her toys as well. She likes playing with her figurines, Barbies, Magna Tiles, legos and Hot Wheel cars. She can play easily by herself but really enjoys when her siblings and friends play with her as well. 

Lucy still has a hard time falling asleep at night. She keeps toys and books under her pillow but will also try to get up, go downstairs and try to watch TV with Evan and I. She still likes to "read" in her bed as well. We try to put her to bed by 8 and if its the weekend she will sleep until 7:30 am most of the time.

Lucy's favorite foods are still peanut butter and honey sandwiches and macaroni and cheese. She still does not eat a lot during mealtimes which results in her being hungry an hour later. We try to encourage her to eat more bites and she will begrudgingly do so. She really enjoys any type of candy or suckers and would prefer for these to be the main course instead of a healthier option.

She still says things like, "I don't do that very welly." or "berry" for very. 

Lucy started gymnastics for the summer of 2021. And because she dances all the time at home I thought she would enjoy ballet for the Fall semester 2021. She did not love ballet and found it to be very boring. She told me every week how she wanted to go back to gymnastics and wanted to quit ballet. In December, the dance company put on 'The Grinch' dance recital. Lucy was a little mouse with her classmates and performed very well. It was a lot of fun to watch her and I do think she enjoyed the excitement of the recital but she still did not want to continue on with ballet or dance. She is back in gymnastics with Caroline and also does swimming lessons as well. 

We are so blessed to have Lucy in our family! For her imagination, kindness, sweet heart and honesty she is a pretty great little girl!