Une Envie de Sel

 We have a smiley child. 

She is smiley. That's just how she is.

 Happiness is what defines her, and for that we are all so very fortunate.
We have our smiley days, and then  our very smiley days...
and then days like this one where she simply could not wipe the smile off her face, as hard as she tried.

 The Q knows how pretty she is, and she is capable of coy glances, when she thinks it's in her interest.

 But for heaven's sake, don't call her pretty to her face. 

She hates it. 

To her, "pretty" is an insult.

 She is an octopus (not a pretty octopus, just a "plain" octopus). She is a turtle. She is a snail. She is, according to her, anything but a "pretty girl".

 So however she may flirt and cavort, don't call her pretty.

 She is a sportsman. She is an adventurer. She is a GYMNAST. She loves her Buzz Lightyear. He is her "boyfriend". But also, she has more than one boyfriend. Her first was Sportacus from LazyTown. Her second (and most beloved, to this day) is Liam, son of a family friend, adopted from Korea and a good 6" shorter than Q. Her 3rd is Buzz.

 But, lest we forget, she is just Q, our snail, our octopus, our little athlete.

 She is also occasionally Señor Bossy Pants.