Wayward Watsons: I'm a BIG kid now!

These kiddos I have are growing fast. Time is here and gone before I slow down long enough to realize it. My sweet Aisley just turned 5 and we're taking another year with her before sending her off to kindergarden. I'm so thankful for this last year before all-day school begins. She'll continue at her preschool but will make a jump from 3 afternoons to 5 afternoons in school. I have to cherish these mornings we have together and will be making a list of the things we want to do while we still can-like go to the zoo on a week day, and have a lunch picnic in the park, those things that you take for granted the 5 years before all-day school begins.

For her birthday she got a new kitty. This cat is a saint. The kind of saint that tolerates being shoved into a baby stroller, carried around like an infant all.day.long, and ornery little brothers dragging him around the house by 1 paw. A saint. Forget miracles after his death, if you knew what this cat endured you would agree.

Let me tell you about Aisley:

Plays with: Littlest Pet Shop, Barbies, baby dolls, My Little Pony, dress up

Listens to: K-Love and sings along with all the song (yay!) and instrumental

Reads: Junie B. Jones, Fancy Nancy, Amelia Bedila (with mommy, of course)

Wants to be a singer when she grows up. Sometimes she wants to be a mommy too, but sometimes mommies are mean and she doesn't want to be mean ;)

She loves doing random acts of kindness for all of our neighbors, but it could kill her to do one for her little brother.

Adores animals, especially cats. Mr. Kitty was her adoption choice from the animal orphanage.

Loves dancing, riding her bike (with training wheels), and will sit for hours if you'll scratch her back. Touch is this girl's love language and it's obvious by the way she needs to be held, cuddle, tickled, and loved on.

A sweet, sweet blessing is she. My little princess.