5 is a big deal

I never knew just how big a deal turning 5 years old is to a child until my son and all his friends had this momentous birthday. It’s been a month since Jace turned 5 and he still will walk up to anyone and say “You know, I’m a 5 year old”. It is the cutest thing! During his preschool graduation, a slideshow was played documenting the whole year. Scattered throughout the video were the children telling the camera what they wanted to be when they grew up. There was a lot of firemen (and one fire truck!), a race car driver, a doctor or two, an artist . . . the standard. But one really stuck out. A little boy at the end said all he wanted to be was 5. Everyone laughed because he was the last one yet to have this big birthday and he knew just how special it was!

5 years old is a precious age for your child. They are just in between being your baby and the young men and women yet to come. Our children’s childhoods go by so fast. Preserve this “big age of 5″ with big boy and girl portraits of your child. They will thank you when they are older and you will have “5″ for a lifetime.

My tribute to 5 . . .