Penelope has a new best friend in school named Brady. She is so much less shy than she was a year ago, it is crazy. She is also such a tease. I seriously can't always tell when she is teasing or not. She is good at it. She is also probaly my best little worker. When she wants to be, that is! I can't count how many times she has cleaned the whole house on her own just because she felt like it. I also can't count how many times she has screamed, cried, hid, and feigned illness when I have asked her to pick up. I also think she may be a hoarder-in-training. We have to dejunk her 'corner' at least twice a week and even then I can fill a whole grocery bag full of trash. She asks me if she can have pretty much any piece of trash she sees. Pop cans, empty cereal boxes, sour cream containers, baby food jars: you name it, if it is garbage, she wants it. To help her become a little less trashy, I have convinced her to start collecting one thing, and she has chosen Penguins. I hope it helps.