What a sweetie this one can be! Nearly 6, Sidney is so much fun to be around if you have the time to listen to her entire dialogue of whatever she happens to be interested in the moment. She is an excellent artist for her age, and actually prefers to explain things in art form sometimes when she's describing things! She loves to cut things out of paper, which explains the photo of her with the robot made of paper cuttings above. She LOVES bugs - in fact every time she says her prayers, she ALWAYS closes with: "and Jesus, thank you for helping the spiders make their webs, in Jesus' name we pray, Amen." And if you happen to MISS that little sentence, she'll catch you and either interject it herself OR ask you to please remember the spider part of the prayer. She says she wants to be an animal rescuer someday, and that mom will be able to drive the car she rescues the animals in. What an honor for me! As much as she is into animals and insects, that is equally how much Alyssa prefers dolls and princesses, so it surprises me often when I find Sidney playing dolls with her sister, which they've been doing quite a bit lately. They do their share of fighting with each other as well, though, so there's been a lot of "alone playing time" lately. Hopefully they'll realize what wonderful "built-in best friends" they can be and really learn to play better more often. That's definitely one of my great hopes for them - that they are good friends as well as sisters! We'll see!!! In the meantime, wow are they fun to watch and listen to, especially when they don't know I'm around the corner! Usually I give myself away quickly because I'm laughing so hard at the fun scenarios they dream up in their play! For instance, right now they LOVE to play queen (Sid) and princess (Alyssa) and they stage a wedding between the two of them. I TRY to explain that queens and princesses don't marry unless they live and perform in west hollywood, but they don't get it yet!
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