Aftyn's First Day of Primary

Oh the many faces of Aftyn. We sure love this girl. She is such a little thinker. Very studious and serious and other times so silly.

   I was privileged to get to see what singing time and sharing time were like for her on her first Sunday in primary and boy were they interesting! :)  She volunteered answers to every question and wanted to participate in any activity that our primary president needed help with. :) She even wanted to help the person saying the prayer and to help lead the music. (It probably helped that I was conducting primary at that point and so she thought she should come and stand by me. We'll just keep working on it and she'll understand that her place is to sit with her class.) The primary pianist said to me in the middle of the meeting "Boy, Aftyn is sure excited to be here today!".  :)  I think that about sums up her day. On the other hand, in the morning before church I was talking to her about what her day in primary would look like and I noticed as I was almost done her little eyes were filling up with tears. I asked her what was wrong and she said "Mommy, are you going to be there too?".  It made me happy to be able to tell her I would be there. During junior primary, she did occasionally try and catch my eye and I would smile a big smile at her or wink at her and she would smile. She really enjoyed being a big girl going to primary.
      The best part for me came after church when Reed and Bronwyn were napping and Aftyn quietly played with her toys for about 2 hours by herself. That's unheard of at my house! I think it's because she missed that play time that she normally gets in nursery and I don't mind that at all.

Aftyn is such a great helper and also great at helping me feel better. She is really great at doing any tasks I ask her to do and really wants to help take on some of those big 'mommy' jobs. Her favorite thing to do right now is play mommy to her dolly or pretend to be a puppy or a kitty. Whenever she senses that I'm feeling upset or stressed, she tells me "you're the best, mommy" or once even she rubbed my back which surprisingly did make me feel better. She is very sensitive to me and I greatly appreciate that about her.
   She is also a great helper to Bronwyn. She likes to get Bronwyn out of her room after naps and likes to help cheer for Bronwyn after she uses her toilet. Bronwyn loves to watch Aftyn and Aftyn really tries to help Bronwyn, especially when she's asked to. Aftyn is our little coat cleaner upper and it also great at organizing our shoes in our shoe holder.
    She still holds so still for me to do her hair with hardly any complaints and because of her great example, Bronwyn does too! :) Both girls love bows in their hair and will ask for them. Aftyn loves all the snow we have now and just wants to tramp through it all no matter what kind of shoes she has on. I don't blame her. I think every kid is that way.
      She still misses all our family and friends back in Idaho but has started forgetting people. It's a good thing we have blogs and pictures here at our house to remember people by. Today for the first time, she said she liked living in Massachusetts. :)  Usually she says "I don't want to live here forever!" which is something she has heard me say.
 Okay, that's it for now. Be on the lookout for a video in the next few days!