Britta

Yesterday Britta was at the dentist, to look at her broken tooth (the result of an errant iPad flying out of the Westfalia cabinet while driving to Utah for the XCel Regional gymnastic competitions).

While in Utah, Niki and Britta bought new extremely comfy shoes. The shoes are identical, so while at the dentist I noticed Britta had written a “B” on the side of each sole.

I pointed out to Britta that she and Niki could have limited this approach to a single shoe each.

Britta hesitated, but only for 1-2 seconds – thinking it through. She then flashed a huge smile and correctly pointed out that if she had marked (for example) her right shoe (only), and Niki had marked her left shoe, they would have been able to correctly know which pair of shoes was whose.

This young lady is bright!

I see it in numerous instances, week after week. She’s insightful, logical, diligent and thorough. It’s characteristics which are uniquely, beautifully Britta.

Niki, Britta and I spent the past weekend together mostly at home, and while playing The Game Of Life I recognized (again) characteristics of Britta that being a smile to my face. To wit:

– Britta loves to be the banker; I think it is party the responsibility, and partly that she keeps busy and is fully involved in the game. Analytical.

– Britta will always be one step ahead. As the banker she notes in advance that the next player will soon pass a payday, so she will have the money ready to give to them right after the spin. [Actually, she was giving the money to you prior to the spin, but I asked her to slow it down and wait as it could be a bit confusing.] Attention to detail.

– When it is her turn Britta will spin, and before the wheel has stopped she will move her piece one place and then wait – the implication being she knows she is going to at least move once. Meticulous.

– When it is her turn and she is one space away from some Stop (getting married, night school, having kids, etc) she will simply move to the space and save the time of a spin. Logical.

Love it!

Mostly a sweetheart. She loves to clean…each day she is sweeping the floors, raking the leaves, folding the clothes…each morning her and Niki are great about getting up, brushing their hair and teeth, before coming downstairs. She is sensitive like Annika, not as tough as Niki. We went to the circus, where they had a donkey in the show. Britta reached out her arms as the donkey would go by…she really is drawn to them for inexplicable reasons. Really does make you want to go out and get a silly donkey…