Happy 5th Birthday!

Our little nugget turned 5 today! I can't believe how grown up this little girl is!

At 5, Nora's favorite foods continue to be anything chocolate, ice cream and mac n cheese. Like her sister, she's branched out a bit though and requested "Evie's favorite chicken" (ie: orange chicken) and rice with egg and soy sauce for her birthday dinner. Easy and done! She's also a little bit adventurous with chili and will add a drop or two of Sriracha into her fried rice now. :)

At 5, Nora is an excellent whistler! She somehow started practicing this a few months ago and has now mastered it. I'm very impressed because it's way better than what I can do. I also really loved that we are able to use this as an awesome example of practice makes perfect.

At 5, Nora has learned to ride a bike as of a few days ago. She's still not super athletic though - she's not very interested in soccer scrimmages and is not a confident swimmer, but I am happy that she at least tries.

At 5, Nora still loooves Blankie. She sleeps with him every night. During the day, she still pulls her shirt over her nose to simulate what she does with Blankie. We've tried telling her to stop but it's eaiser said than done, of course.

At 5, Nora is very much like the sprinkles that were on her cupcake: sweet, fun and a bit messy! We wouldn't want her any other way.

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