Josephine is Five

Josephine was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on a warm October morning. She is the youngest of our daughters and the most "girly" of all. She loves to dance and dress up. Josephine loves to color and draw. She will sit and cut up a piece of paper until you need a vacuum to clean it up, the pieces are so small. She plays with dolls and cars, but, I think her favorite is to play a "game". (At our house, playing a "game" is 'Ballspeak' for playing pretend. One lady will say, Do you want to play a game with me? And another lady will answer, Okay. You be the horse and I will buy you and take you home. We live behind the couch. ...) Josephine has a vivid imagination. She can be a mermaid one minute and a lion tamer the next.

Josephine especially loves to dance. She twirls to movie credits and bops her head constantly to the radio. She sings around the house and when we are in the van and it's her turn to pick what music is on, she always picks Primary songs. Always.

A lot of our friends believe Josephine is a quiet, reserved, dainty little lady. Maybe she comes off that way at first, but, she's a powerhouse. She will tell her sisters in no uncertain terms exactly what she is thinking; she is known to have the loudest voice in the house; and she can hold her own when it comes to wrestling someone to the ground (yes, that happens all the time!)

Josephine also likes computer games and playing outside. She is perfecting her cartwheel and can jump rope. She's getting better on roller skates and can swim underwater. Another big accomplishment - blowing bubbles with bubblegum!

I asked her some questions, just so we could remember her at five years old and this is what I discovered:
favorite food - chicken and macaroni & cheese
favorite book - Yertle the Turtle
favorite place to go - Branson, MO
favorite ice cream - vanilla with "everything" (chocolate, peanut butter and cherries, etc).

For Josephine's birthday, we had birthday balloons, we had cake, we had presents. I'm just thankful we had Josephine. She is a creative, thoughtful little lady and I am excited to see the young woman she will become. We all love you, Josephine.

Happy Birthday, Puda-puda.

Birthday Balloons --- xBox with Daddy

Gifts - tutu, new shades and stuffed mouse (thanks GrandMa and GranDad), plus - her first set of wheels!