Such a grown up.

The title says 'such a grown up' for several reasons. First one being because she is SO tall....this swim suit we got her at the beginning of the year, and it is a 6x/7....and granted she has her back arched in order for her belly button to show in her little pose....but this thing MET when she first wore it about two months ago to a school swimming day. She is constantly told how tall she is, and she just giggles and says "I can't help it!"

I shared this picture also to show you the princess mermaid I went swimming with yesterday....yep, she wore the crown IN the pool the entire time.

I have also been told recently by several people we don't know very well about how grown up she ACTS. I chalk it up to her being an only child who hangs out with adults, plays with adults, gets talked to like an adult, etc....but I suppose I don't really realize how grown up she acts until I am around other kids her age. She loves to have normal conversations, is insanely curious about anything and everything, and sometimes at the playdates I coordinate for her....to get some "kid" time she would rather sit and visit with the Mom than with the playmate playing with the toys. I seem to remember acting that way myself, but I don't think I was FIVE.

Another way she is so grown up is her sweet, caring, generous spirit. I suppose she gets things....as all kids do. New clothes because she outgrows the others so quickly, stuff from sweet grandparents who rarely show up for a visit without some little something for her...even if it's just a sheet of stickers. Anyway, she has started making presents for myself and her Daddy. Random little things she puts our names on and puts them somewhere for us to find. She watches for a few minutes and if we don't notice it she will MAKE us notice it and proceed to tell us she made/got/bought that just for us because she loves us so much. I don't ever want her to think of things and love as something that goes together.....so, I always tell her she doesn't ever have to BUY Mommy and Daddy anything, we love her just as she is.....so she has started drawing more and more. Right now I have a painted rainbow on my nightstand, while Steven has a red heart on his.....too cute.

This picture is the latest thing she wrapped up just for me. Random stuff remember?! It's a lime that she wrote Mommy on the baggie and taped it to the ice dispenser on our fridge. TOO sweet!

I know we will encounter tons of hard questions from her as the years go by, but lately the hardest one for me to answer is "Momma, why are some people SO mean?" Um....speechless.