A Pattern of Words

She’s the Little Mama of our family: the one always desperate to be older than her actual age (five) and beyond excited the few times she gets to be in charge of anything. She’s usually pretty even keeled (except for when big brothers tease her one time too many) and incredibly responsible. She’s the kid who does school because she wants to (she’s five! I’m definitely not making her do school and would much rather she’d be off playing), is always down for earning a quarter by cleaning the living room for me, has ridden a two wheeler since she turned four, enjoys making her bed and arranging every stuffy on it, and helps cousin R with every coat that needs zippering. She loves twirly dresses, bows for Sunday mass, and all things unicorns and rainbows.