Millie is five

 Millie asked for weeks how long til her birthday. But then the night before, she asked if she could still stay four. Sometimes we tell her she's such a big girl now, but she says she'd rather be a little girl, and stay a baby. I've heard this is normal for this age, and possibly also for the youngest child. 

It was really easy for me to shop for her presents -- dolls and anything pink or princess!

She asked for a rainbow cake, so I dyed the inside but forgot to make the outside look rainbow. I got carried away with pink and purple frosting.

Our birthday kisses as she holds her new doll and new pink purse

Here she is in the waiting room before her well child checkup. She chattered away to the doctor about anything and everything.

The other day, two neighbor girls were over here playing, and Millie came sobbing to me, "They don't like to play with dolls!" Nor did they want to dress up with any of her dozen princess dresses. So we all played with her the way she wanted for the afternoon. 

My heart fills to bursting with the sweetness of this girly-girl some days. And how more caring it has made the boys in our home. They tease her so much sometimes but then do whatever she wants. Her favorite saying lately is a laughing (or stern), "No, dad!" and the other thing she says all the time is, "Ugh." It's her new filler word. "Ugh, I was just looking for my dolly's shoes...."