For months, we have been dangling the five-year-old card over the girls' heads. Every time we expected them to be "big girls," we followed up with "you're almost five years old." Since turning five is looming heavily, they are banking on becoming big girls overnight. Lauren has already asked if she will be as big as Lexy, their 16-year-old cousin. When that obviously was not going to work out, she asked, "Will I be big like Riley?" Riley, also a cousin, is 10. We had to tell her that she would not exactly be as big as Riley, although she is getting bigger every day.
And, of course, she has already begun saying that she will be six on her next birthday. When we confirmed that she would not be as big as Lexy or Riley, she jumped to 20, saying she would, for sure, be big as soon as she is 20.
As a side note, we are also making final decisions on Halloween costumes. Lauren has settled on Cinderella, and Gracie is deciding between Sleeping Beauty or a reprise of her Barney costume from last year. For a few days now, Lauren has been asking if her Cinderella would still fit.
"Will it fit me?"
"How is it going to fit?"
And today, "Will it stretch to fit me?"
Again, we explained that she will not awaken on her 5th birthday and suddenly be the 20 year old diva that she aspires to be, but something tells me she will still have a twinge of disappointment on October 3rd.
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