Mikaela’s Upcoming Birthday

Several people have called and asked what Mikaela wants for her birthday. So I set up an Amazon.com wishlist of things that Mikaela has mentioned. Here’s her wishlist. Those are just suggestions - if you look you’ll see that most of the things on her list fall into broad categories of things she’s expressed interest in - Lincoln Logs, puzzles, princess dress-up stuff and Toy Story dolls. But to be perfectly honest, some of her favorite presents have been things that she didn’t even know that she wanted until she got them She also likes rocket-type toys - the kind that you can shoot off outside by either stomping on something or a pump action-type thing. We don’t let her have any weapon-type toys, but figure that rockets are more science-related than weaponry-related.

Most of all, she’s just VERY excited to be turning five. To her, five years old is pretty much the definition of “big girl.” Between turning five-years-old and starting Pre-K, Mikaela is convinced she’s all grown up. Just the other day in the car, she was lamenting to me that she didn’t know when she was going to get married! I told her she should just relax. She’s got PLENTY of time before she needs to worry about that.