Eater

One week, Andy told the kids that we'd have dessert again on Wednesday.  We didn't talk about it anymore and on Wednesday, Hope-e asked, "is it Wednesday?"  I said, why do you ask? And, she said, we're eating dessert tonight!  Ha!  She is an eater.  The first to ask about snack or what are we having for dinner.  She's started "savoring" her sweet snacks lately to the point that everyone else is finished  and she will ask if she can save some for later.

She is also usually the messiest eater at the table...she is just so focused on eating that she can't seem to remember to eat carefully and keep her mouth shut.  I thought she would have grown out of this by now, but she still talks with food in her mouth.  Self control is our main focus right now.

Hope-e Quirks

She loves and always has loved, to be tickled.  It’s a strange thing to me because I’ve never known anyone else who even likes it, but she does.  She also loves her cousin, Alex!  Alex tickles her and talks about as much as her, so they have lots in common!

In the castle village, Hope-e ran a candy store and a spare parts store.  She actually built a couple little buildings, which is not the norm.  You can see here that she was explaining the intricate details of her store and Caleb’s eyes are glazing over.  “She could talk the hind leg off a mule!”

She likes to be active but is kind of lacking coordination.  She is getting very good at running though!  It used to be that her arms would fly behind her or all around, but she’s begun to focus and hold them in.  She’s gotten to where she and Caleb beat each other off and on.  Bravo you strong girl!