I’ve mentioned before how sweet Avery can be at times – and she often likes to make sure everyone (herself included) feels happy. Here are a few recent examples:

-When Pop Pop left the house on the day we were flying back from Maryland last month, Zoe started crying. “Don’t be sad, Zoe,” Avery raced up to her and said. “You’ll see Pop Pop laaaaater.”

-On the ride to the airport, Avery turned to her sister and asked, “Do you feel better, Zoe? Are you not sad anymore?”

-I commented to Avery one evening that I missed the big blue exercise ball that we used to have in her room (the one that I used to bounce her and Zoe on when they were babies). I must have looked a little sad and  sentimental because she asked me, “Why don’t you buy another one? So I can see it and you can see it, and you’ll be happy.”

-At bedtime one recent night, Avery told me that she didn’t want me – she wanted Daddy. Seeing my disappointed her face she tilted her head and said, “Oh, but Zoe loves you.”

-I teased Avery – a huge fruit fan – one day that I was going to take her to live with the monkeys so she could eat all the bananas she wanted. “Will you come with?” she asked and started to sniff. “I want you to be there, too, or I won’t be happy.”

-At pick-up one day I asked Avery about school. “I was sad because I wanted Mama,” she told me about her morning. She then started jumping around and said, “But you’re here now and I’m happy!”

-M

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