Happy 5th Birthday Stringbean

Five years ago I was back in the hospital awaiting your birth, now you are five years old, oh how that time seems to have flown. Last year, maybe even 6 months ago, you still seemed to retain a little bit of that ‘toddlerness’ about you. But that’s gone now. sometimes, in your language, and your behaviour you seem so grown up, and then you can flip back into a little girl again, just like that.

I love your energy, your excitement with things, your thought and explainations of how things work, even if they are totally wrong I love the way one minute you can be ‘princessing’ about, the next you are ‘killing’ things around the garden with your sword. I love your dancing, your little ‘shows’, your love of climbing trees and your general derring-do.

I love you ‘sticking and gluing’, how it’s always over the top, with as much stuck on as possible.

I love seeing you display your increase confidence you have, dealing with new situations and making news friends etc. This last year was a year of a lot of big changes for you, that you didn’t ask for. You found some of it difficult, but you have managed to deal with it and continue to flourish in our new situation. I am very proud of you.
I love the way you relate to your sister Butterbean, you are so loving, caring and thoughtful towards her, and you play with her so beautifully, you have a much stronger realtionship with her than I expected with her at this age.

You are on the cusp of really grasping some major new skills – reading and writing, which will open new windows into the world for you in exploring it, understanding it and expressing your self. We really believe that our decison to home educate is the right one, it is possibly the single most important decison regarding your future we might make, I hope we are right, we would hate to have let you down.

I love you Stringbean, with a strength of emotion that is almost scarey at times, you bring me happiness and delight, in innummerable ways every day. You really do light up my life, Happy Birthday, enjoy it.

i came to do a similar type post. Chris – the first up! has beaten me too it. And said it all so well. SB, you are deeply loved and adored by both your parents. We are looking forward to another fantastic year of loving you and watching you grow and develop. Hugs and kisses, Mummy.