(Meant to post this yesterday, Oct. 26!)
Happy Birthday Lindsey Girl!
This morning I walked into your room before you woke up and said "Happy Birthday!" You sat up quickly and responded with, "Is it today? Am I FIVE now?" Then you gasped and said, "My feet are bigger! And so are my hands!"

(Special 5th birthday outfit made by our pal Lynette)
You definitely are bigger! How did you get so big I wonder? It seems just yesterday you were as tiny as a kitten, weighing only 5 lb 6 oz, with the skinniest little legs and arms that just didn't have any meat on them. You stayed tiny a long time, but now you are big and strong and fast, which you like to remind us of all the time.
After you got dressed in your birthday outfit from Grandma and Grandpa C, we had a hurried breakfast of cereal and rushed out the door to get you to preschool, only a few minutes late as usual. A few hours later, I left Amelia with your grandparents and brought Rand and a whole tray of cupcakes to your preschool class for snack time. You looked so happy when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to you. After the snack, you jumped up to show me the little stuffed cat your teachers gave you for your birthday. I love how excited you are about everything!

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FIVE!)
Do you know, I don't know any other kid as obsessed with their birthdays as you? You are excited for your birthday the whole year. I'm sure tomorrow you will start talking about your
next birthday, when you will turn six. Six! Yikes, that sounds too old. Let's stay five for a while, shall we?
After your favorite lunch of a peanut butter and honey sandwich, with an apple on the side, you and Rand and I played princess bingo. Then we started your rest time show ("It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"). But only a few minutes after it started, we heard the doorbell ring, which sent you running upstairs to see that the mailman dropped of a package from Grammy and Grampy McB for you (and Rand and Amelia) full of fun Halloween books, stickers, and even little haunted house cutouts to decorate. Getting mail is fun, but getting a package is just about the best thing ever!

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Opening gifts)
When daddy got home from work, we loaded up and went to the pumpkin patch. You kept saying how pretty the leaves are, and you are right, they are beautiful. You are lucky to be born during the prettiest time of year here. At the pumpkin patch, you were very serious about finding the perfect pumpkin. You searched and searched. You picked up and put down a bazillion pumpkins before selecting just the right one.

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Scarecrow Lindsey)
We stopped for dinner on the way home and as we entered the restaurant, you promptly told the first person you saw that you are FIVE. I love how exciting this new number is to you!
After we got home, we had cupcakes and you and Rand blew out the candles a few times before eating that scrumptiousness. It was hard for you to let the day end and you and Rand, clad in your skeleton pajamas, stayed up talking and giggling for a long time before you gave in to sleep. But even big five-year-olds need their rest.
We love you silly girl!