A day in her life …
Thursday morning
Sam eats all her waffles on her plate. Then wonders what the plate will look like on her head? Strands of syrup attach from her head to the plate when she pulls it away. Amused by her antics Matthew asks, “Can we keep Sammy forever?”
Thursday mid morning
While Mom works on her laptop Sam plays nicely with her toys.
She takes out Matthew’s football men and lines them up in a chorus line fashion on the football field. When asked if she will help clean them up into the bucket she interprets that to mean the trash bucket and promptly carries out the order by dropping a fistful in. The men are quickly recovered and returned to the proper bucket by Mom.
Thursday afternoon
Mom offers her some markers and crayons to color with. Sam obediently colors on paper and in her Sesame Street coloring book. Then on her face. She looks like Health Leger’s Joker in Batman.
Following a bath she parades around on top of the coffee table while Mom puts the bath towel in the laundry bucket.
“No Sammy! Get down from there,” Mom scolds. Sam waves.
Resigned Mom has no other choice but to use her secret weapon. Sam does not listen to the word No unless it is drawn out in a level tone like the word Boo. “Noo.” Sam quickly climbs down and spends the next two minutes inconsolable.
Thursday Evening
The family is watching Toy Story (Matthew is amazed when Mom tells him stories about his Toy Story phase and how he changed his name to Buzz Matthew R. for a year – he claims to have no recollection of it). Sam covers Matthew up with the blanket and kisses him a half dozen times. Matthew politely thanks her but does not take his eyes off the movie. Before he knows what has happened Sam has wedged her way onto the chair by climbing in behind him and he is sitting on the floor. Without a blanket.
