I’m sure Amelie has inherited lots of things from me, some better than others, probably. But one cute thing that I think is kind of fun is that she often says, “amn’t”–a contraction I used as a child. Amn’t is short for “am not,” as in “I’m going to her house, amn’t I?” It actually makes a lot of sense. “Aren’t” should be reserved for plural subjects, right? It makes me smile to hear that sweet contraction coming from her, especially because my own mother has told me that I used to say that, too.