Tatiana spent most of the day at Adventure Kids yesterday because Scotland was working.  She was eating when I arrived.  Then she walked to the front all bright-eyed.  She was just looking for someone to play with.  Then she saw me, and said Mommy Mommy!  The way the doors are, they can come to us, but the adults can't get to the back with the door being already opened.  So, she came straight to me.  I asked her about her day, but all she wanted to talk about was the bag of goldfish she was eating.  She really loves those things.  I hadn't eaten yet.  So I gave her the option of going home or the McDonalds across the street.  She chose McDonald's and she had lots of fun.  She is really enjoying playing with other kids.  Then we went home and we were going to use the swing but it was dark and the swing was wet because the sprinkler had been on.  So, we played inside. She is getting even better at talking and communicating. She helped me clean potatoes for mashed potatoes for me to take into work today.  It was fun.  She looked so cute on the helper tower. Last night, she fell asleep quickly.  Of course, she never naps at Adventure Kids. 

We'd had a nice Thanksgiving visit at mom and dad's.  The highlights for me was her giving her Grandpa a big hug Friday night, and her playing jewelry with her Gram on Sunday morning. 

Lately, she has requested to read the book "up high".  It is the bible from Terri.  Of course, it is adorable that she asks, and I've gotten it down several times.  But, she gets bored and flips the pages looking for pictures.  It is more a kid's Bible than a toddler's Bible.  She flips the delicate pages a little to fast. 

Gram wrote:

" We all went to ELKS for Sunday breakfast .
Tatiana was Belle of the Ball . She wore a pretty dress with red velvet top & full skirt bottom with black doggy print. She loved to twirl around to show her pretty full skirt of dress.
People loved her Squeakers shoes too."

Gram wrote :

 

"Tatiana & Susie & I set up my precious manger set & decorated my big tree.

Not all ornaments ended up at bottom of  the tree. Tatiana told her mom to hang angel ornaments up high & also airplane ornaments etc. We worked as a good team .Gram unwrapped ornaments. Susie fluffed tree & hung higher ornaments as Tatiana wanted. Tatiana had fun hanging lower ornaments herself.She really enjoyed looking at & admiring each ornament.

We had our family Thanksgiving a week early due to MENSA RG on Thanksgiving weekend.
We had Lasagna & Garlic Bread & Lettuce salad with Bleu Cheese crumbles today.

Of course , a good bottle of red dry wine too."

More Gram

 Gram posted :

"As Susie said  on her post of 11-12-12 = my heart was so full of love to talk & giggle & sing with Tatiana on first phone call last night."

Then when they called back because Tatiana said " More Gram" = I was so HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! Did I say that I was HAPPY?
We sang 'Mary had a Little Lamb " & said "ABC's" together.
Then Susie said it was time for Tatiana to brush her teeth & go to bed = Tatiana did not want to end our phone call. But I told her that Gram needed to brush her teeth & go to bed too. That sounded fair to her.

I LOVE BEING TATIANA'S Gram !!!!! "

Tatiana has started to figure out the concept of "weekend".  As in I am home with her for two days and then I go to work.  Last night after lights out I was doing something I just started doing the last couple of days.  I was holding her on my shoulder during lullaby.  She was trying to figure where daddy was, and what mommy would be doing.  I told her daddy was probably sleeping, and I'd be going to sleep too.  But, I think what she was really talking about was where I'd be in the morning, i.e. working. 

We had a really great day yesterday except for right when we got back from church.  I'd asked her if she wanted to go to church, or stay home.  She wanted to go.  Unlike normal, I wasn't the first parent in the nursery.  I peered around and one of the adults was spinning a top and she was giggling with delight.  The tops were made so that you could stack them upside down.  He helped her stack it on top, and the tower fell.  That was when she saw me, and came running.  I love it when she does that.  Then he started to clean up the tower and she ran back to help.  She is so great! 

Because we did it two weekends in a row, Tatiana expects a cookie after church.  She runs down the hall going "cookies cookies".  Then I let her wander around the fellowship hall.  We ended up sitting on some stairs to a stage.  Two little girls came to sit with us.  A 6-year-old and a 2-year-old.  They were both wonderful kids.  The 2-year-old ran to check out the plant.  Tatiana looked at me to see if she could.  I nodded.  They thought that was great.  Then the other little girl checked out the other plant and Tatiana followed.  Then Tatiana ran to me and the other followed.  They were imitating each other and giggling loudly.  It was wonderful.  The daddy of the 6-year-old introduced himself and said it was time to go.  I decided it was time to go to, and Tatiana did NOT want to go.  She was saying "No Go" as we were leaving.  That got a bunch of smiles on the way out the door.  She was not happy at all when we got home, then she settled down. 

That evening I made some phone calls.  At one point she was talking to Gram and I had to hang up to make some calls before 9pm.  Then I was playing with Tatiana who was bouncing in Tigger.  She pointed to the phone on the floor and said "More Gram."  So, we called Gram again. 

On Saturday we talked to my Grandma, and Tatiana sang the alphabet song and counted to ten.  I was looking online and that is really advanced. 

LOVE ME

Gram wrote:

Tatiana called us. YEAH!
We all had fun talking & giggling. She would hold items up to phone for us to see.
Then when it was time for Tatiana & Susie to go change her diaper = we all said "Goodbye".
Tatiana said a sad goodbye to us.
We told her that we loved her. She replied back " Love Me ".