Laneah at 5 years, 3 months

*Laneah had her 5 year check up last month and is very healthy. She weighs 49 lbs and 45 inches tall, which puts her at 85% for both height and weight.

 *Laneah decided she wanted bangs and took some scissors and came to show me. I couldn't stop laughing. She was pretty mad at me. She is proud of her "hair cut" but has promised me to never do it again...we'll see.

She loves to take pictures of herself. 

 * Her favorite book right now is If You Give A Cat A Cupcake.

*She has started replacing e for a in the beginning of certain words, for example instead of saying adoption, she will say edoption.

*She still wants to be a cheerleader. She loved our super bowl party. She made "cheer signs" and had Jason help her cheer. It was really cute.

*Laneah graduated from her gymnastics class and moved up to the next level. She is officially a Comet and she was so excited to go down to the lower, big kid area. She practices about 100 cartwheels a day and is really close. She can also do a handstand (knees bent though) for about 5 seconds.

*Unfortunately Laneah's teacher, Ms Debbie, canceled the rest of the school year. One of my friends decided to fill in so she took most of the kids from the class and is teaching preschool now. Laneah is enjoying her new preschool, but misses Ms Debbie.

*Laneah loves the snow. It hasn't snowed too much this winter though. On a side note you can see our new van in the background. We had to buy a new van. We got a 2010 Toyota Sienna.

*Laneah is very curious and very creative. One day she decided we should have a hair party and put a lot of bows in all of our hair. And then we danced.

*She is liking books more. She could read if she wanted to; she just isn't very interested. But once in a while she will focus and she can read one of the learning to read books out loud. Our library is really fun. They built this reading igloo out of milk cartons. The girls had so much fun playing and reading books in there.

*These are a few outtakes from her photo shoot that I didn't get the digital image of.

*She started swim lessons at Sport Fit. I like this place a lot better. She is getting better and more confident in the water.

*She is still my busy little girl. While we are in the middle of an activity she is always wondering which one comes next.

Love this little girl!