Dear friend of mine has a 9 (soon to be 10) year old daughter who I adore. I've been to every one of her birthday parties, plus numerous weekend visits and Disneyland jaunts together. Now in 5th grade, she's growing up so damn fast. I haven't seen her since early summer, and with her 10th B-day coming up, I was a bit concerned she may have changed a lot in this time. I talked with her mother today and here was the report: " No, she's still a tomboy and doesn't care a lick about hygiene." Whew.