Esme brought home a writing assignment she did at school. The prompt was to give advice to children as if you were the parent. I thought it was good insight to some of our baby’s core beliefs.
I am starting to see how Esme has so many traits like Reese. She is more social, but is definitely my little shadow. Esme would literally follow me around 24/7 attached at my hip doing daily tasks if I didn’t remind and encourage her to discover her own joys and creative activities. I think she will love being a homemaker. She is nurturing and responsible by nature. If anyone is at our home, she gravitates toward them. I used to think she had some kind of radar to stalk our guests because she often sort of quietly hovers around them in a sometimes smothering way. We had new sister missionaries over for dinner last week and she carried her plate around until they sat and she could choose a seat next to them. Last night, I cut Noah H’d hair and she pulled up a chair directly facing him and watched. This is not uncommon behavior for her and it is juuuust socially atypical enough that I’ve been trying to understand it for a while. Eventually, she asks questions, but she takes her time. Lately I can see that she is quietly taking inventory of our guests needs and yearns to offer them hospitality. She is quiet but the spray bottle and cape for the haircut appeared on the counter out of no where. The sister missionaries each were given a glass of water from the cabinet and napkins from the pantry. When I mentioned that my sister was coming over, she instinctively told Bear to get his bike off the front porch and called Sloane to help her pick up their shoes and jackets from the entry way. “Don’t leave anything on the ground for Auntie to trip on!” She knows that my HolleeAnn is an unsteady walker, and falls a lot without support. Esme is an observer. She notices and takes everything in. I love her to the core!
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