I can't stop thinking about the fact that Sadie is 5 years old. And when I think about how awesome she is and how much she's changed (and how much she's changed us) I get a little sappy. To mark this special milestone, I thought I'd post about what she looks like to me at 5 years old.
1. She's gorgeous! She has long brown beautiful hair, brown almond shaped eyes, and a sweet little smile that lights up a room.
2. She's smart and inquisitive. She can count to 100 with a little help, she's learning to read, figuring out which words and phrases rhyme, and pondering on life's mysteries. Her questions often stump me "Why do clouds float?" "How does light work?" "How do you make markers?" #thankfulforGoogle
3. She doesn't mind getting dirty. She likes to dig and roll in dirt and sand. She enjoys digging for worms and will pick them up and show me. "Mom, this is Wormy. He's my friend." I commend her on her find, but secretly I'm so grossed out! She even talks to them!
4. She's resourceful. She makes kites from leaves, old string and sticks. She fills her toothpaste cap with water and rinses her teeth.
5. She's thoughtful. She regularly finds things around the house to wrap and gift us. She makes cards that tell us how much she loves us. And she can spend 2+ hours doing it! She picks me flowers all the time and now that it's getting colder she picks me leaves. :) She will also leave the last "whatever" raspberry, chip, sip of banana milk, to share with Blaze or Papi. But don't touch her chocolate.
6. She knows how to communicate with babies and small baby animals. She gets all high-pitched when she talks to her ten-month-old cousin, Anthony, and the little furballs down the street. It's brilliant.
7. She's cultured...well, as cultured as you can be for a 5-year-old. Being half Mexican half Polish how could she not be? She's gotten quite familiar with some customs, culture and terminology. She can count to ten and knows several words and phrases in Spanish. She knows all the words to "Sto Lat" the polish birthday song, she owns Polish kapcie (slippers), and is starting to learn about different holiday's and how each culture celebrates them. She talks to Rachel on Skype and understands that she lives very far away, farther than Wujek Conrad and Ciocia Evita in Wisconsin because you have to take a long airplane ride to get there. While Rachel was visiting us a few weeks ago, she filled Sadie in on some British terminology like soccer is football and a sidewalk is called pavement.
8. She's a collector of rare finds. Price tags, sticks, dead leaves, flyers found in our door, makeup, ribbon, etc. She covets her treasures.
9. She's moody and has an attitude. Most of the time she's a delight, but sometimes she'll get in a funk where everything is
terrible or
weird. "Sadie, it's dinner time, turn off the T.V." Her response, "Errr! What a terrible day! I hate dinner!" Or she'll be on her scooter, run into the playhouse we have in our backyard because she didn't get herself enough room to get by and blame it on the scooter "You weird scooter!"
10. She's silly and playful. She tries to tickle me all day long. She loves jokes. Her favorite is the underwear joke "What are you eating under there?...Under where?...Hahah! I made you say under wear!" She likes playing school, hide and seek, and with her dolls/babies who are always named "Hailah". No one knows why. She just came up with it apparently. Her imagination reached new peaks when she named a toy frog "Throw-up the Frog."
A recent conversation between Sadie and Siri...
Sadie: Whats your name again?
Siri: Siri. Pleased to meet you.
Sadie: Sadie?!
Siri: Sorry Yvonne. I don't see 'Sadie' in your contacts.
Sadie: My mom is Yvonne.
Siri: OK, do you want me to remember that Yvonne Quintero is your mother?
Sadie: Yes! She is a Quintero!
Siri: OK Yvonne, I've added this relationship.
Sadie: I said my
mom is Yvonne.
Siri: Ok...but I already know that.
Sadie: Oh, OK.
11. She's helpful. Now that shes older, Sadie helps out with some household chores. She makes her bed, tidies her room, and helps wipe down glass/mirror surfaces. She's the official sock folder and even washes dishes sometimes. Crazy thing is she loves doing it! I hope this servant heart of hers lasts. ;)
12. Her word pronunciation is evolving. She lost her adorable lisp :( She wasn't able to say her "r"s and would say things like "not bwoccoli again!" or "can I go to Gwacie's house?" But she still has a handful of funny pronunciations:
sgusting = disgusting
lemme see daaat = let me see that
peetato = potato
peetato = tomato
beenana = banana
skeeboobydoo = scooby doo
Old McDonalds = McDonalds
So there, in a nutshell, is a portrait of our five-year-old girl. Our beautiful, hilarious, sassy, smart, silly, inquisitive, loving, thoughtful, diva-like girl who makes us proud to be her parents every day.
We love you Sadie with all of our might! You are vibrant and sweet, and along with your brother, our lives' greatest treat! You bring us worlds of joy by simply being here.
"Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will." A.W. Tozer
3 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 40 pounds
Loving ballet class...I think she is? She gives me a hard time when it's time to get ready for class and sometimes will say she doesn't like it anymore. But the moment the doors open to her classroom she runs in and is excited to show us her new moves after.
Her own unique style...
She's a fantastic big sister. I often hear her protecting Blaze at the park from the older kids without encouraging her to :)
Starting to form some real friendships. This is Eli, our favorite neighbor :)
Sadie and Maddy, they could be sisters
Sadie and Gracie, their connection surprises me. Their friendship must be partly handed down from their parents :)
Quintero, Fohrman and Tubbs kids
She will always remain Papi's little girl no matter how old she gets.
We celebrated Sadie's 5th birthday at Haunted Trails. She loved playing the arcades, riding the go carts, roller coaster and she even played her first real game of mini golf. Opening presents was obviously the highlight of the day.
She can't get enough of those cheeks!
These pictures make me laugh. She really is so silly.
