You're Only Six Once

want some?,
originally uploaded by gail on the web.

Miss Meliss has the pool all to herself,
originally uploaded by gail on the web.

Melissa turned six years old on Saturday.

SIX!

It's hard to believe,
but it's true,
the Sweet Baboo
is no longer two...

(she'll soon be DRIVING...!)

On Sunday I went to visit Melissa. We filled the wading pool and splashed around in the sunshine, chit-chatting in a rare moment of one-on-one.

"How do you like being six?" I asked Melissa.

She fished out a bug from the pool with her digging claw and paused for a moment to consider her answer.

Very earnestly, she said: "I don't know, Auntie Gail. This is my first time to be six."