Lyla's at 5 years old

This is Lyla at her 5 year check-up. All she had to do was get a finger prick, besides the normal height, weight, and exam. She chose to have her 5 year old shots last year and "get them over with". So, that made things much easier this year. Grace was a very sweet big sister. She was just as concerned about Lyla getting shots, if not more, than Lyla was. She talked Lyla through the whole visit and patted and loved on her to comfort her. There was really no reason for me to even be in there! Here are her stats:

Weight: 36.5 lbs (27th percentile)
Height: 42.75 inches (57th percentile)

Lyla at 5 years old...She's funny, spunky, very active and adorable. She is still attached to me and cries most nights for me to sleep in her bed with her. She loves Grace and wants everything to be exactly fair between them. If one gets something, the other has to. If I compliment Grace, I have to compliment Lyla. If she gets in trouble, she wants Grace to get in trouble too, even if Grace didn't do anything. She's very athletic and can run very fast. She can also hit a baseball really well! She bats righthanded even though she's lefthanded. She says really funny things a lot of times and has a cute "secret handshake" with Eric. She's fearless and is doing really well swimming this year. She's very stubborn and has trouble following directions. Her first reaction when she gets mad is to hit or kick. We're working on that! She still will not wear dresses, anything pink, or anything with something "girly" on it (like a ruffle, sparkle, flower, etc.) We're working on that too! She did great in pre-k this year and her teachers say she always follows directions and gets along great with friends! (too bad we don't see all of that at home) She'll be in kindergarten in the fall.
Here is a little Q & A session with Lyla...(these are her direct quotes)
Favorite color: blue and red and yellow
Favorite food: sweet and sour chicken
Favorite thing to play: play superheros with Fordie
Favorite show: Tom and Jerry
What do you want to be when you grow up: zoo keeper
Why? It will be fun
What are you good at? ride my bike really fast
What do you think about starting kindergarten? kind of sad
Why? B/c Ford's not going to be there
What belt are you in karate? camouflage orange
How is 5 years old different then 4 years old? B/c you have to do more work
What kind of work? Like, harder work
What do think about your big sister? great...I love her
What makes you mad? When Grace hits me. When I can't go over to a friends' house.
Do you think you follow directions well? not all the time
Why not? I don't know
What do you think about me? You're hilarious...you work on the computer sometimes...
What do you think about dad? He plays with us a lot...he plays with Elye
What do you think about the world we live in? pretty amazing
What's amazing about it? I'm glad that Ford lives in here.

That's our Lyla!