Mimi

I love this kid!

Marian is a hoot. She is so much fun, and I love her little mind. She refers to herself in the third person sometimes. She calls herself "Mimi", which is what Delaney called her before she could properly say "Marian". When Marian is on a roll, she just cracks me up. She'll skulk into the kitchen and demand, "Mimi want food!" or she'll declare "Mimi doesn't like!". It does get a little annoying on occasion, but mostly it is pretty funny. I do sometimes have to remind her to speak with proper words, and not like a cave man, but again, it is mostly amusing.

Her perspective is fun too. Last week, I had a frustrating morning coordinating all the things that needed to happen to get her to her doctor's appointment. As we were hustling there, I was griping about all the things that had gone wrong. I realized what I was doing and I apologized to her and told her I was sorry, it had just been a frustrating time, due to X, Y, and Z. Marian looked at me and said, "I think I'd like to be frustrated; it sounds like fun!" To her, the comedy of errors looked completely different than it did to me!

Its also interesting to see what she comes up with. She's hard to read and since she has a tough time coming up with answers when you ask her a direct question, it is a surprise when she says things you didn't know she knew. Yesterday Callie was very tired. Very tired and reeeeaaly cranky. Callie was having a crying meltdown about something and complaining that it was a horrible day, and Marian looked at her and said, "You can choose to have your best day. You have to decide to." I was floored! What a neat kid Marian is. And never dull!