Little Angel

Night before last we lost my grandpa and one of our baby guinea pigs. So last night we held a little ceremony for the guinea pig. Moya stayed upstairs while Brad, Belle, and I buried him in a pot and said goodbye. Belle came upstairs VERY upset, crying, and went into her room. Moya stopped what she was doing, looked after Belle and just took off after her saying "what's the matter Belle?" She then stayed at Belle's door knocking gently at it and saying "it's ok Belle. It's ok."

I went and took her in to Belle's room and she climbed on Belle's bed and hugged her and kissed her. Then started talking about Monster High and doing Lion-O's "Thundercats Ho!" from Thundercats. It was an obvious attempt to cheer Belle up by trying to get her thinking about stuff she knew Belle liked.

Belle was touched but needed some time alone so I had Moya give Belle her munch-munch and a kiss and then we let her be.

But I was just so moved by how empathetic and sweet and loving and selfless Moya was. She is such an affectionate girl.

6/19/12  - Update: I mentioned this to Belle's therapist and she was amazed and said it is extremely uncommon for a 3 year old to be that empathetic. That empathy for others is something we have to teach to some degree. We have a certain amount of the ability we are born with but it has to be cultivated. And usually by 3 it's not so strongly there. But the fact that Moya could see pain, understand it, and do so much to try and make Belle feel better was amazing! :) Very cool.

Oreo

I handed Moya her first Oreo cookie... She twists the top off and scraps the frosting out with her fingers. Awesome. :)