A couple of times in the last week, I've been struck by what a great kid Amy is. I mean, she drives us batty sometimes (okay, frequently), but wow. She's amazing.
Yesterday was our annual cookie day. Mom started this tradition when Aly was a baby, if I remember right. We get together, bake a bunch of stuff, order lunch and just hang out together. None of us really needs the stuff we're baking, usually, but it's a tradition.
This year, Amy helped from start to finish, only taking a break to eat lunch. Afterward, Tod asked if she was helpful...and honestly, she was every bit as helpful as anyone. She did everything we asked her to, did her best, and was geniuinely helpful. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom and on her way said "I didn't go to the bathroom all day because I didn't want to stop working!". When it's something she's interested in (like cooking), she is all in. She works so hard. It's awesome.
Another thing was a school problem that Amy solved for herself. When we had her parent-teacher conference in November, Ms. Rokus told us how Amy was sitting next to a girl named Katie, and that Amy had been really helpful in getting Katie to come out of her shell and feel more comfortable in the classroom. How great for both of them! Well, one day last week Amy told me she'd switched seats in the classroom. The first reason she gave was that Peter (who she loves wanted to sit at the table with the girls where she sits. Then she said, "Well, that's one reason, but there was another reason too." After a little prodding, she explained: "Katie wants me to tell her the answers, but she knows what the answers are, she can do it on her own. I'm afraid she won't be my friend anymore if I don't give her the answers." Wow. So Amy saw the opportunity to change seats as a chance to get out of this problem, while also making her friend Peter happy. I am really impressed that she found a way to solve her problem, and it's one that works for everyone.
Last, Amy has unfortunately gotten a case of head lice in the last week (cue the paranoid scratching). She was invited to a 'penguin pajama party' at her classmate Morgan's home, where a couple dozen little girls were going to eat popcorn and cupcakes and watch the movie "Mr. Popper's Penguins." She was SO excited about this, since she hasn't gotten a lot of invites. Well since she had head lice, we decided it wasn't a good idea for her to go, since she'd possibly be laying on the floor next to other kids, sharing pillows, etc. We were so worried how she would take the news - it's the kind of thing that would normally devastate her. Tod broke the news to her, and while she was definitely very upset, she also told him that she was kind of expecting that to happen. So she wasn't nearly as broken up about it as we feared. We had a special movie night at home where she picked the movie we rented, and we had pizza and she snuggled on the couch with Dad.
We are so lucky to be her parents. She's quite an amazing kid.
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