JOY!

Today someone turned a light on in Wu Yi . . . and his name was EVAN!!  BIG BROTHER EXTRAORDINAIRE!  There was no school for Evan today, so the three of us spent the day together, and by noon, she was smiling at him.  Smiling so big that she would get embarrassed and turn her back to him so she couldn't see his antics!  His tactics were simple ~ give her milkbones to feed the dog (or tease the dog as it may be!) and make goofy faces at her.  By midafternoon, he had her laughing as they chased each other around the coffee table.  By evening, she was bouncing off the walls engaging him in pillow fights and nerf wars (good thing our dog, Sami, doesn't mind being shot by foam bullets ~ she did get 1/2 box of dog treats in return!).  And she is not just engaging Evan, she has also totally opened up to the rest of us and Grandma Janice too!   That girl had to have had a stomach ache by bedtime for all the laughing she was doing.  In addition to laughing and playing, she did some coloring and dot-to-dots ~ which she could easily do from 1-20!  I've only known this girl for 3 weeks and I had NO IDEA she could shine so bright!  Yep, 3 weeks of grief were made up for in fun today.  I am completely stunned!  Way to go Evan!