Caitlyn

I can't believe this cute little girl is almost 6 years old.  She is so much fun.  It is hard to describe all the cute things that Caitlyn does because you really have to be around her to understand just how funny she is. The way she talks just cracks me up.  When she went back to school after Christmas break she came home and told me, "mom everyone was like hi Caitlyn and I was all, hi. Then everyone was like cute hair Caitlyn and I was like, thank you.  Then people wanted to hug me and I was like,  umm Okay."  It is much funnier to hear her say it with a little attitude and of course some hand movements.

This is Caitlyn's room.  She is constantly rearranging it and decorating it.  She has decorated most of the walls and doors with photographs or pictures that she has colored.  I used to fight it a little, but then I realized that is silly.  Now I love it because her room captures her personality. 

We went to Chuck E Cheese a few weeks ago and she spent a bunch of tokens getting pictures of herself. I told my sister that I knew they would end up hanging in her room and I was right.  I just let her keep tape in her room because she is constantly hanging things up.

She loves to draw pictures so she always has something new she wants on her walls.  Now that she can write and sound words out she hangs up a lot of that as well.  She wrote out the rules for her room and had to post those on her door.

Caitlyn got this fur coat from her cousin last week and she hasn't taken it off.  As you can see she even sleeps in it.  Caitlyn always has something she is attached to and obsessed with and it will usually last for a few days and then she will move on to something else. Caitlyn is a pack rat.  She is in charge of emptying all of the garbage's and a while ago I found stuff in her room that I knew I threw away and she said, "sometimes I take things out of the garbage, I love garbage."  She loves any type of ad or magazine or coupon.

Caitlyn loves to pretend.  She loves to play house and dolls and she loves stuffed animals.  She came up with these leashes for their dogs out of her necklaces.  I love to watch her use her imagination.  She is doing amazing with her reading and coming along with math and numbers.  She is so excited that she can read some Dr Seuss books on her own.  She thinks its really fun to read to her brothers.  Her teacher told us a few weeks ago that she wished she had a classroom full of Caitlyns. Every parent loves to hear that!

Caitlyn is such a sweetheart.  She is very concerned about every ones feelings.  She hates to see anyone sad.  She is always complimenting people.  Last week after Jonah told me dinner was gross she said, "mom, I don't know how you make so many yummy meals, that must be your talent."  Caitlyn is always looking out for others. She came home from school and said we needed to go buy more gloves because she always lends hers to people that need them at recess.  She tries so hard to do what is right all the time.  I'm so impressed with her, she definitely seems wise beyond her years.  She is a wonderful big sister.  She loves to play with and take care of Wyatt.  As you can see from the picture Wyatt loves Caitlyn.  He will always smile for her.  We love having Caitlyn in our family.  She is so much fun and can always make us laugh.