Dahlia is SIX!

Happy 6th Birthday to our practical, sensical, creative, beautiful baby girl, Dahlia! 

You like answers and you like things to be just right. We have to convince you often that it is ok if things aren't perfect or if you have to practice something a lot before you are good at it. You're learning to read and write and you seem to love math the most. For fun sometimes you like to make math problems and practice writing out different ways to add two numbers to make another number. You like it when people follow the rules. The other day your daddy gave you some leftover potato chips for your school snack (what was he thinking?!?!) and you came home a bit upset about it, tattling on him. I asked you if you'd eaten them and you said, "NO! I can't eat chips in the morning!" Talk about self control and rule following! You later lectured your daddy and he promptly apologized. I think many kids would have taken those chips as a special treat but you took them as a bad parenting choice. You also said another day, "That scared the crap out of me!" when we bumped into each other in the hallway, letting me know I say that all the time so therefore it is ok. So while you like to follow rules, you still have quite a bit of sassy attitude. We are infinitely proud of you and the genuinely kind person you are, Dahlia. Infinitely. 

2015 interview, similar questions to last year and many similar answers, which I suppose means these interests are really taking shape.

Favorite Food: Slippery noodles (udon soup) 2nd favorite: Chinese (chow mein)

Favorite dessert: Chocolate ice cream

Oh, so would you rather have chocolate ice cream on your birthday? No, I still want chocolate chocolate cake. 

Best friends: Weeeelllll, I have two kinds of friends: family friends I've had since I was a baby and school friends. My best friends are my school friends. But I love my family friends, too. But making friends at school is the best.

What are you proud of? Getting better at ice skating and hanging upside down on the bars by myself.

What do you like to do? Go to Hawaii! Also having playdates, going to the park, drawing, ballet, swimming

What is exciting about being 6? Going to first grade

What scares you? The dark, when it's like really dark. And when Milo gets hurt. 

What do you like learning about? The planets

What makes you mad? Going in time out. 

Do you go in timeout a lot? No!

What gets you in timeout? Not listening.

Fave song: Wide Awake (Katy Perry)
Fave movie: Frozen

Why? I like the songs!
What do you like about school? Learning

What do you like learning? Subtraction!

Are you good at subtraction? Yes!

What do you like about Milo? He's cute

What is cute about him? His drawings.

We think you and your drawings are cute, too Ms. Rae. Happy Birthday!