5 Years Old

I can hardly believe it but Darcy's 5th birthday has come and gone. It hardly seems possible that 5 years have gone by since she joined our family. In some ways it seems like she's always been here, but in other ways it feels like these 5 years have absolutely flown by.
Here she is on June 6th, 2004.

Here she is on June 6th, 2009.

For her birthday party, Darcy chose to go to the bowling alley around the corner from our house. They seem to be the only place in town that does 5-pin bowling and she loves it. With her cousins, church friends and school friends all put together we had 12 kids joining us at the party. It was pretty loud at times but a lot of fun. I didn't get to see much of the bowling with getting the food sorted out but it looked like the kids were having a good time.

There is one girl from school who drives us nuts but Darcy really wanted her there, so she was there. All the other kids were just great. A lot of the parents stayed too which is great because they're our friends too so that makes it more enjoyable for us too, and with the number of kids we had, the extra hands came in handy (so to speak). My family stayed for the weekend so she had an all-around great time celebrating her birthday. Grandmaman and Papa will be coming this weekend from Montreal so we're all really excited about that too.

I thought that in honour of Darcy's 5th birthday, I'd write a little bit about Darcy at age 5. Darcy is a funny little girl. She's got a vocabulary that sometimes cracks me up and often says things that make her sound like she's older than I am. She loves the colour purple, Barbies, dolls, princesses, books and all kinds of fun stuff. Her favourite food is spaghetti and she loves chocolate (that's my girl). No meal is complete without dessert, she'll even try to get dessert at breakfast sometimes. She knows that you can't wear socks with sandals and is horrified if someone shows up school like that. She loves reading books and is starting to read a few words on her own. She is sounding out all the letters and it won't be long before she can completely read on her own. Darcy loves speaking French and if you ever get the chance to listen to her do it, I highly recommend it. It's pretty entertaining. She has really picked up the language quickly and is doing very well at school in both languages. She can also be stubborn, bossy and whiny, like most 5-year olds. All in all, we're incredibly proud of her and we love her. Happy birthday, Darcy!