Child Observation Of A Child

Introduction & Child Description
Ava was born to Kim C. and Rob M. in August 2006. At the time, Kim had a 10 year old daughter, Sofia (an old friend of mine), and a 13 year old son, Danny from a previous marriage. Rob had no other children and had never been married. Kim and Rob married about a year after Ava was born, and divorced about a year later. Since a very young age, Ava has spent her time moving between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses, like many children of divorced parents.
Kim has problems with alcohol consumption, and has in the past struggled with an eating disorder. She has little patience for raising an elementary schooler, especially now that her other two children have moved out. Kim and her children are very close to their family: Aunts, cousins, and grandparents all live in the same city so they see each other multiple times a week and provide a lot of support.
When Ava was younger, she was a compulsive liar, making up ridiculous stories about her family members. More recent to my observations, Ava claimed she was
Ava was the seeker first, and she asked if she could hug me and cover her eyes by pressing against me while she counted. I told her that was fine. I slowed her down and counted for her when she started counting too fast in an attempt to catch the other children before they were done hiding. When we finished counting, she whined a little bit and tried to convince me to tell her where the other children were hiding. She pouted briefly and skipped away to look for them. She found Luca first and gleefully shouted “I found Luca!” Apparently Luca had not understood the rules, or that he was supposed to run away and touch the base before he could be tagged. Ava insisted that no matter what, the game had already started and she had tagged him, so he was the seeker