Friend of the Week
I most certainly think that along with the public record portion of this blog, I'd like to do something fun with it as well. Hopefully I'll be able to keep on top of this feature, but if not on my own, I do have some help available to me.So, my fun feature is to highlight one Friend each week that you all can get to know each other and about whom I'll probably mention more than once through next upcoming 18 months (which gives me over 75 weeks worth of Friends to feature!).
My very first friend of the week is....
Alex
And she'll tell you it's just "Alex" if you try to call her "Alexandra". She's the oldest of the three children in the family I was a nanny for, and she is just awesome. But I'm biased. Alex will be (I can't believe it!) NINE in December, and she came into my life just after her sixth birthday. It wasn't uncommon to be greeted in the early mornings as I read my scriptures or checked my email if I was finished reading by Alex. She'd open the door a crack and see that I was awake and scamper to me to sit on my lap for a minute and give me a hug. Alex is one of the best huggers I know and I she loves to give them often-unless you are sweaty, that's pretty disgusting to her (and if any of you have seen the way I can sweat you know she has good reason to think this). She's funny and full of life. She's very independent and likes to do things on her own (remind you of anyone you know?) and she's full of very intelligent questions that I don't always know the answers to.
She's incredibly smart and I always love reading the stories she writes. She was delighted to learn about Tonga-where they consider it rude if one doesn't belch at the end of a meal to show their satisfaction with it. She looooooooooooved summer camp and can't wait to go back. She became a letter-writing machine while she was there so we're not going to have a problem keeping in touch. Alex has been ice skating for over two years now and she not only competitively figure skates but she also plays hockey. She also loves horses, mac and cheese and riding her bike and she wants to be the first woman to be President of the United States.
She definitely has my vote!
posted by Ashley @ 9:51 AM
