a mama's pride

Madelyn turned six today - actually yesterday now.  I still can't believe it.  Where did the time go?  When did she turn into such a lovely, smart, thoughtful, precious, talkative, bossy, forgetful, and clumsy kid?  (This mama isn't completely blinded!)  What she did today though was really amazing.  She woke up today and before she even came out of her room she was dressed and had her bed made.  Then she found out that instead of getting everything ready for her party, we had to take her brother to the doctor.  She then found out that her extended birthday celebration of dinner, movie and sleepover were going to be curtailed by her brother's symptoms of strep. (We don't like getting our friends sick!)  And she did all of this without complaining and whining!  But what I'm most proud of is that she chose a week ago to take her friends to Feed My Starving Children to celebrate her birthday.  I wondered how much of that choice was because her dad and I chose to celebrate our birthdays that way.  Then I heard her talking to her friends on the way to pack food, and she told them all about how there are children in the world (and she mentioned Haiti specifically) that don't have food all the time and that they will be packing food for children like that.... my heart smiled.  I'm immensely glad for Madelyn's developing servant heart.

Madelyn's milestones - Six years old marks the start of self-directed, solo baths (and a very sad Greyson).  It also marks the start of using a bed light for reading after bedtime.  She reads so well and is so excited about having this time for reading to herself.  She also received her own portable stereo and some headphones for her birthday and is VERY excited about those too!  Can't wait to see what the next year brings!