Dear Dalilah,
You have joined the ranks of kids infesting lawns everywhere with dandelions, by making wishes and blowing on the seeds. You call them “Wish Flowers” and I hope you always do.
Speaking of cute things you say, you have stopped calling your previous daycare your “4 year old school” and started calling it your “pretty school” because I’m pretty sure you heard me refer to it as pre-school.
While we’re at it, you continue to love Santa with all of your heart. When it was Valentine’s Day, you filled out a worksheet that had Cupid on it. When I asked you who Cupid was you said “one of Santa’s reindeer! I don’t know who this guy is!”
Your new favorite song is “A Million Dreams” from the movie “The Greatest Showman.” You call the song “Dreams” and ask to listen to it every morning on our way to school. Each time we sing it together, I silently wish that you will always take me along on your adventures – even if it is only in your heart, or perhaps a memory of us singing together will pop into your mind when this song comes on your iPod.
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a couple of hours together creating “10 Feet Dragon, King of Dragons.” It was fun to see your imagination as we made him out of boxes. And being you, you created a small Christmas Tree and hid it under one of his wings.
A few weeks ago you ate a colored pencil. Yup, you read that right. A colored pencil. For the record, we later learned it was orange.
You are also afraid of falling in love, because one of your teachers told you it feels like having butterflies in your stomach. So now you feel that you have to eat butterflies to be in love, which is naturally a disturbing thought. It’s okay, you have plenty of time for this milestone – so I have yet to correct you – though I did discourage you from eating butterflies. Because, ew.
5 has probably been my favorite age with you so far. Your personality emerges; you are funny, imaginative, and loving. You leave us hundreds of notes, telling us how much you love us and I’m pretty sure that is because your amazing Daddy has been leaving you notes in the morning since you were very small. It is so neat to see you take that on and share your love with others.
Keep creating, keep smiling, keep on finding you.
Just don’t forget to take me along.
Love you first, most, forever, more,
Mommy
