6

My first born child turned the big S-I-X. 

How sweet 6 is!

We are in new territory. Six year old territory I suppose. I feel like till now, the next age thing has been "go with the flow"… like we just tackle it as it comes. But as we got closer to 6, I noticed she was changing. Not in a bad way, she's just different. I feel like I can really see her maturing. It has been fun!

Now I won't say that this little change didn't come with a little attitude. 

Whew Lordy, that girl has left my head spinning from time to time. She has 2 extremes. She is either extremely happy, extremely loving, caring, sweet, and angelic… or she is the complete opposite. There really is no in between with her.  A lot of her mood depends on how much sleep she gets. I can easily send her to her room and tell her to go to sleep. 

… and I think she knows...

 Giving us a little taste of the teenage years, I suppose. I have found myself wondering how this girl + hormones will be.

I do love her so, she is the epitome of an oldest child. She is a leader, she is bold, she is loud, she is opinionated. 

She is a clean freak. I see myself in her so much in that area… and then I feel bad for her; but at the same time, my heart bubbles over with the idea of having a super clean, super organized child. I was rearranging some decor around in our living room the other day and I had it set up like I wanted… she came up behind me and moved stuff the way she wanted it. 

I laughed… cuz that is so ME!

She is really looking forward to homeschooling next year. We have done a little work this summer, and with all that we do, she has told me that this was not the way she did it with her teacher…. or at her school. I have had to remind her many a times that this is our school and its ok if we do something differently; I am her new teacher and whatever her old teacher did is ok, but my way is ok too. I think she is finally getting the hang of things. We will see when we go full swing this school year.

She is such a little helper. I find myself depending on her a lot, which really shows her age. 

She deffinitely has to have her alone time every day. She will tell you straight up, and she knows when she has an attitude problem, that she needs to go in her room and be alone to re-group. 

She is a pro reader.. and loves to do so.

She is still a girly girl. Loves make up, loves to get her nails done, loves all things pink. 

… but at the same time, she has shocked us with her new favorite show…

Transformers Prime. 

Totally cracks me up because it is SO not her. She likes princess' and girly stuff, yet she will sit and watch Transformers all day if I let her. 

Another kinda big (unfortunate) thing we have run into as of lately is FEAR! My heart aches for her, as I am a very fearful person. I hate to have passed that on to my children. She is scared to eat food that may look different, because she thinks its will hurt her. 

 She often thinks that every day things will hurt her. She asks lots of questions about anything and everything, to make sure that she will be safe doing whatever she is faced with. She swallowed a bug, a little gnat, and she was bawling in fear that it was going to hurt her. Those are the types of things we face daily. Maybe its a stage. Either way, I am praying that fear away.

all in all, 6 is pretty dang exciting! I *think* it might be my new favorite stage in life.