Our little competitor

Helen is competitive. Very competitive. She's not quite as into sports as her big brothers, but she is VERY into winning. In fact, she thinks about pretty much everything in terms of winning.

Case in point:

The other day I told Will and Helen that we needed to go pick up Charlie and Joe at their friend Colin's house. Who's Colin? Helen wanted to know. (They've been friends with Colin for two years now. She should know him.) I reminded her that Colin was Charlie's friend from school. She said she didn't know him. I tried to jog her memory--remember, Colin was on their soccer team too. Nope, she insisted she didn't know him. I said, "Remember, he has a little sister named Kiera and she is going to be in kindergarten with you." We have discussed this pretty much every time we have seen Kiera for the last year. Will and Helen have played with Kiera multiple times during the boys' soccer games and practices. Still, Helen said she didn't know Kiera or Colin. Since Kiera also played soccer last fall, I tried that tact: "Remember, Kiera was on the red soccer team?"

To which Helen immediately responded: "Oh. Yeah. I know Kiera. We BEAT them. Twice. And they LOSED!!!!"