Lyla Turns Five

Lyla is truly one of a kind. I always like to tell people she marches to her own drumbeat, and she truly does. She is a challenging personality for me at times because she feels her feelings so fiercely, but I love learning her and finding ways to lean in and love her. She has learned to play so well with Violet as Brielle has joined us in school, and she and Violet have a really sweet friendship now. Her feelings get hurt easily when others disregard her, but she's fiercely loyal herself. She plays well on her own but enjoys playing with others as well- as long as she doesn't get bossed around too much. ;) She loves to sing and be silly.

For her birthday this year, it was again during VBS week. I had to fly out to Virginia Beach the morning of her birthday to meet up with my boss and co-workers for Wild + Free. I was bummed to miss a lot of her birthday, but we celebrated during the week by going to the zoo and having a tea party at Grandma's. Then on the morning of her birthday, before she left for VBS, we did a donut cake and birthday gifts. She's so sweet and laid back.

Loves: baby dolls, Calico Critters, painting, drawing, singing

Lyla's Interview

What's your favorite food? Ice cream
What's your favorite thing to play with? Brain blocks and that ball and the dollhouse people and Calico Critters
What's your favorite movie or show? Peppa Pig and Frozen
What's your favorite song? All Around the World
What's your favorite book? Dinosaur books and elephant books and bird books
What's your favorite color? Purple, orange, red, and pink
What's your favorite Bible story? My favorite Bible story is Daniel and the lion's den
What do you like to do with Sophie? Play stuffed animals
What do you like to do with Brielle? Play house
What do you like to do with Violet? Play house and then sometimes Violet quits. I like playing dollhouse people and stuffed animals with Violet too.
What do you want to do when you get older? Be a firetruck person and a vet person and a carwasher person.
What's your favorite animal? Unicorns and alicorns and pegasus
Who are your best friends? Layla and Lexi and Sadie and Braxton
What makes you happy? What makes me happy is when I play outside in the snow and sled outside in the snow.
What makes you sad? What makes me sad is when Violet quit playing house.
What are you really good at? I'm really good at not falling off the sled when I'm sledding.