Peculiar Audrey

All three of our girls have their quirks. Lydia hates socks. Audrey refuses to wear jeans. Charlie sucks her thumb and holds her ear when she's tired. However, Audrey seems to have a few more quirks than the other two. As mentioned above, she hates jeans. I think she's worn jeans only once or twice in the past two years. She asked me to get rid of all her jeans. She will occasionally cave and wear corduroys, but she prefers leggings and sweatpants. Audrey also asks to be alone when she's upset. I don't blame her. We have a small house and I frequently want to cry and be alone too, but I'm 33. She's 4. It's a little different when a four year-old asks for some time alone.

This is Audrey's diamond.

It's currently on our Christmas tree because its previous spot was hanging from a nail on the wall that is now behind the tree. It is currently on the black side. The other side is blue. When it starts to get dark at night, she turns it to black. In the morning she turns it to blue. She does this every day. She has bee doing this for a couple months. As soon as it starts to get dark out, she runs to change her diamond. I have no idea where she got it. She either made it at school or at home, but I don't remember how or why it appeared. But, she must change it every day.

This is Audrey grocery shopping.

Audrey loves brussel sprouts. She has cried at the grocery store when we bought frozen brussel sprouts and wouldn't let her eat them immediately in the store. When she was allowed to bring a snack to school because she was Star of the Week, she asked to bring brussel sprouts. We talked her out of it, but I still think it would have been funny and I like to imagine Audrey cheerily eating her brussel sprout snack while the other kids looked at her with disgust.

This is a picture Audrey colored.

It's creepy. You can say it. It makes me very uncomfortable. She gave it to Charlie and Charlie was very pleased with her gift.


Now, not despite, but because of Audrey's little quirks, I love her so much. I love that she's goofy. A lot of her goofiness is rooted in her intelligence and individuality and I just love that. I can't wait to see how this quirkiness manifests itself as she grows up.