Vela

My girl Vela is getting so big. It is hard to believe that she is already 5 years old and will be heading off to Kindergarten this fall. 

 She is such a good little reader and loves to do math too. Vela is such a little snuggler. She loves one on one time with her mom or dad. She also loves to do anything that Hema does and is a great big sister to Cora. She really is such a special little part of our family! I can't get enough of her big brown eyes, sweet smile and full on belly laugh! 

Vela is a little mermaid! She would swim all day every day if she could. Even if the water is freezing Vela will swim until we make her get out of the water.

Vela recently finished her first year of Let's Play Music. She loves music and is always playing the piano or singing a song.

Vela has such long pretty hair and she loves to brush it and have me do it. She is so good to sit still for what sometimes is too long while I do fun things with her hair. Recently she got a trim from her cousin Kaili and she thought it was so much fun! Vela loves all things girly.

Vela tells me nearly every day that she wants to be a cowgirl when she grows up. "A real cowgirl, not just the kind that wears boots!" She used to want to be a mermaid, but her big brother has burst her bubble and convinced her that mermaids are not real - so she moved on to a cowgirl. We go over to the farm at Thanksgiving Point at least 3 times a week to ride the horses and play. Vela knows most of the horses names and loves to pet them and talk to them.

This week Vela decided she wanted to learn to ride her bike without the training wheels. She is often very shy and doesn't like to try new things, but once she sets her mind to something, she is very determined! She went right out and with very little help from us, taught herself to ride. She kept saying "this is so much fun!" She loves to ride and I hear her giggle and laugh as she rides up and down the street in front of our house all day long. Here is a cli from her the first night she started to ride. 

I am so proud of the sweet, independent girl that Vela is becoming and can't wait to see how she will continue to grow over the next few years! What a blessing it is to be her mother!