Elizabeth always put everything in her mouth and it grossed me out. I would turn around for a second and she would have something off the floor in her mouth. She has put everything from peeled ABC gum off the floor at Walmart to grandpa's holistic vitamins. In some ways it has really been a blessing because the only thing she just won't eat (as far as food goes) is purple onions. She loves avocados, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes and other things I've never been able to get the other kids to eat. She choked on a little foam barn that was attached to a necklace that she had made. When I realized what was happening I lifted her up and began yelling, "Heavenly Father, help me!!!!" The barn popped out! Christian and Meliah sat there with their jaws dropped and asked me if that was a prayer. I said, "Yes, I guess so, because it worked."
Lizzy Lou is 6 tomorrow! We had a party with the girls in her kindergarten class today. I can't believe how time flies! We were watching home videos tonight and it really made me realize how quickly this 6 years has gone by. She was a blessing to our family in every way! I had a miscarriage a little while prior to getting pregnant with Elizabeth and to have her born was a ray of sunshine to me and the rest of the family. We always sang, "You are my sunshine" to her while she was still inside of me. We think that's why she was born with blond hair and light eyes. We tell people we forgot to re-fill the ink cartridge but we know that Heavenly Father wanted to send us a little ball of sunshine and it just wouldn't fit to have her be dark. She has always been a pleasure to be around and really just goes with the flow. Meliah and Christian have been great friends and teachers to her. She has tried to imitate them from day one.
Lizzy has lost 2 teeth already this year... which is really strange for one of our kids. "The Tooth Fairy" aka daddy, gave her $5 for one of her teeth that she got out before she went to the dentist the next day. (Daddy didn't want the dentist to charge us for pulling it!)
I think I better write a few stories about her so I don't forget them or not know which child said or did what. She was at that stage that she would bump her head on the side mirrors of cars a lot and it was frustrating to her. After a few bumps in one day, she looked up at me and said, "Why do cars have ears?!!" I realized that she may have thought we were saying ears when really, we were saying mirrors.
6 year old Lizzy loves to do puzzles, to play a drawing game with her family and to cuddle. She is enjoying her kindergarten class with Mrs. Dempsey. Her class made her a birthday book for her birthday. Elizabeth is quite the artist and is doing very well with reading so far. She loves to play tricks on people and is really excited about starting T-ball this year. Aaron is coaching her team.
