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- When she was 1.5-2 years (2017-18) she was obsessed with books and whenever I sat in my recliner in our old condo in MN, she would bring me like 10 books, climb in my lap, and ask me to read to her. She never got enough.
- She has always been really great about sitting and playing by herself. Since she has no siblings her age, she would sit and pretend with all her toys, creating really elaborate scenarios. She has the biggest, most beautiful imagination.
- At 6 years old she wants to be an architect and design and build buildings and houses. I think she mostly wants to decorate and paint them but if she wants to be an architect, I will support any dream she has for herself (7/18/22).
- When she has had to do performances for holiday shows at daycare or school she has always been a big ham. She always remembers all the songs and dances and does them perfectly, and really gets into it. Even when she was like 20 months old (2018) and had to "SIGN" a Christmas song, she was the only toddler that remembered how to do all the signs.
- Her first word at almost 9 months old was "Dada" (1/19/17) and when I would try to get her to say "Mama" she would start giggling. She didn't take me seriously I guess...lol.
- When my mom died, Autumn was only about 17 months old (Sept. 2017) and she was such a big rock for me. She always knew when I needed a really big hug or some quiet time and would then play quietly by herself. She has always gotten me through all the tough times.
- At 6yrs old, she loves My Little Pony (4th gen.) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 version). She watches the shows and plays with the toys. Her favorite MLP character is Pinkie Pie and her favorite TMNT character is Michaelangelo (7/18/22).
- She LOVES watching Youtube. Currently her favorite Youtube channels are Cherry Pop Productions, who makes videos of her playing games, and she also likes Cookie Swirl C, who also makes videos playing games but also makes videos doing skits with dolls like LOL Surprise and My Little Pony (7/18/22).
- Shortly after my mom died (Sept. 2017), Autumn and I were in our bedroom and she looked up at the ceiling over the foot of our bed and she started laughing. There was nothing up there but she kept laughing. And I said, "Autumn, do you see grandma?", and she just laughed again.
- She loves when I have spontaneous dance parties with her. Neither one of us are very good dancers but we have fun (8/3/22).
- Everyday while she was in 1st grade we would feed the squirrels nuts before and after school on our way to and from school. We even named some of the squirrels...Brownie, Cocoa, Blacky, and our favorite...Mr. Grey the Chunkster (3/31/23).
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