Lumi: 5 Years, 1 Month

Summary
We have had some fun adventures this month, but also some awful behavior. Her general rudeness in London inspired a focus at home on manners and feelings and managing those feelings.

Events
30.1 (from last month) switched to loft bed
5.2 Karneval at barnehage. dressed up as Doc McStuffins, spent the night with Helmine 
6.2 Leon birthday party
7.2 birthday party
11-15.2 in london
14.2 Cat in the Hat theater performance

20.2 dinner at Helena's house

21.2 "sledding" at the castle with Sanni

26-28.2 äiti gone for the weekend

27.2 isä's birthday

29.2 amy visiting

Language
She speaks a lot of English at home, even to Kimmo. Sometimes it seems like she isn't as confident with the vocabulary in Finnish.

Learning
Loved the whale exhibit in the museum of natural history.

12.2 we got to visit the cousins' school in London and Lumi was very sad she couldn't stay the whole day in Elsa and Veera's class.

Social5.2 after a playdate, she invited herself to spend the night with Helmine. It apparently went great! She didn't get scared at all. 
7.2 birthday party. a couple friends from barnehage, plus helena. it was fun, but maybe too much for lumi. 
She enjoyed Elsa and Veera. Sometimes she preferred one over the other but it was mostly peaceful.

Leisure
She really loves crafts, especially the perler. One of the gifts she received was a perler kit, and she can be quietly occupied for hours with it. She also received a "my first sewing kit" for her birthday, and she loves it.
Favorites at cousins' house : my little pony castle and legos. And they played "Rescue Princesses" and it was hilarious.

21.2 we met Sanni + family in the city and while the ice skating rink was closed, the "ski jump" at the castle was still snowy/icy. the kids had a blast sliding on their bottoms over and over. Lumi had a huge smile the whole time and it was nice to see her enjoy herself without holding back.

26.2 after 1.5 years, the reign of Frozen is crumbling: Lumi said she liked "My Little Pony" better than Elsa.

Food
She ate very little in london, but then tried a chicken mcnugget in the airport on the way back. She ate 2 mcnuggets and my happiness at this is probably the best evidence i can give of how generally terrible her eating is.

Health
8.2 still stuffy nose, but she seems much better.

Though we have kept her bangs, her hair is getting longer now, and we can do more interesting things. She really liked the banded ponytail how Maria did it in London.

Stats
size: 110 (5T) in most clothes. 28 shoe.
height: 109 cm on 1.3
weight: 16.4 kg on 15.1

Random
When discussing in anticipation of the theater performance in london, she asked if it was in Finnish. We said no, then she said "will it be in funny English?"