On December 28th, Lauren turned 5! We had an early birthday  celebration at her school, since her actual birthday falls over holiday break.

She did the traditional Montessori celebration of holding a globe and walking around a candle for as many years as she is old, to represent how many times the earth has circled the sun since she as born. We also read a story to the class. Lauren picked How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and she passed out chocolate chip muffins that we made for her classmates.

And we were in the Florida Keys for her actual birthday.

Here she is doing her most favorite thing – swimming in the pool! On her birthday she decided that she wanted to be in the pool for the entire day. She made it about 5 hours straight before she threw in the towel (pun intended).

Life is good for this 5 year old!