Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Monday after fun weekend


We woke up at Gram and Grandpa's house.   I packed up our stuff and we hit the road pretty quickly.  I had to be at work by around noon.   Tatiana and I cleaned up our stuff.    In the evening, I told Tatiana that Gram had thanked us for cleaning up (I was trying to encourage her to clean when I wasn't there to tell her to do it).   Scotland was there and said that was one reason he didn't want to drive home late Sunday.   We had a nice ride home.   There were lots of pillows in the backseat.   When we dropped Ty off, I gave Tatiana the option of sitting in the front seat.   She took me up on it.   Scotland got annoyed when I commented to Tatiana how nice it was in the backseat with the pillows. 
We got home and Tatiana let the chickens lose.   She said that a chicken was laying and that she wasn't broody because she had lots of feathers under her.  She had a headache but she still did schoolwork and cleaned up some.  Cleaning up she found her Kindle that had been lost forever.  Living Room is still a disaster.  We wonder if the headache might be because she didn't have her shot the last two nights. 
We made a super cute tail for her Halloween costume.   Then she played with it.   It really swings since the center is a wire hanger that was straightened.  . 

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Tatiana enjoys the soccer game

They had an ordinary morning.  She slept a little late and Scotland woke her up so that they could do schoolwork.  Then they went to McKinney to buy something, I forget what.   Then they want to the Habitat store.   Scotland called me to say he found a bath for the Master bathroom.   He wanted me to approve it.    It was an excellent choice.   Brand-new, nice and big and it had handles on the sides.  Scotland said that most of the nice big ones have jets on them.   Tatiana was playing with Scotland's phone, and I was quite upset at him about that.   




This is Tatiana last night just after she got a goal.   She got two goals and one assist.  I think the best part was that when she was playing goalie, she was cheer-leading for her team.  Something she did that I thought was funny.   When the ball came flying toward her she would put her arms in front of her chest so that a ball would hit her forearms instead.   She'd also cringe a little.   She is such mommies girl.   Scotland was totally glowing throughout the game.  It would have been a practice, but they made it a game because so many were rained out. 

When we got back from the game, I combed her hair.   She is totally and completely combed right now.  She also finished the Building Thinking Skills software.   It was hard there at the end.   A few of the questions didn't have a good answer and I had to call Scotland in and we'd discuss as a family. 
At bedtime, she wanted more Daddy time instead of Mommy time.  She was really worried that she would hurt my feelings.  Since she was upfront, she didn't hurt my feelings at all.  Then later she wanted some Mommy time, but she just talked.   She is worried about this 'Caravan'. 


Went to Ty's house

They did schoolwork in the morning.   Then they went to help Godfather Ty.  They emptied a storage unit and brought the stuff to his house.  They were ready to leave around 4 pm, but it was raining so they decided to wait until after rush hour.   Tatiana made a giant fort in the hallway.   She also gathered stuffed animals and put them in the fort.  For example, a lion was guarding the entrance.  They left at 6:30 pm and didn't get home until 8:00 pm.  She needed some mommy time, so we had belly time.   At tooth brush time she tried to say that the song was better than usual.  It was so bad it was hurting MY ears. 

At bedtime while she was waiting for us, she read a book called "101 pet jokes".   She had been doing that the night before and she told me some of them.  One was "How do you stop a 200 lb Hamster from charging?"    Answer, "Take away the credit card."

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Nice Tuesday



This is her Ortho Bucks.   She will get some at every appointment if she does what she is supposed to do.   She wanted to put them on the fridge.   I worried that they'd fall to the floor and get kicked under the cabinets.   So, she was going "to use lots of strong magnets."    




Yesterday was a pretty ordinary day.   They did schoolwork.   I got home just in time to take her to dance.   Scotland was installing a hitch onto the Ram.   He said he understands why they charge $150 to install those. 

When I went to pick her up, I was waiting in the lobby and the dance room door was open.  She popped into the lobby to say "I love you Mommy." 

When we got home, she was hungry.   So, she ate first.   Then we read the new Beast Academy Guidebook.   We do that on the couch and call it couch-schooling.   We both really like that.  BA3A, the book we were reading was the first book they published.   I heard from other homeschoolers that the first chapter got too hard too fast.   They recommended that you skip to Chapter 2 and then when you finish the book to go back to Chapter 1.   So, I read the first couple of sections of Chapter 2.   But she was nonplussed by the idea of starting with chapter 2.  So, she insisted that I read some of Chapter 1.   I really couldn't argue with her.   Now, if Chapter 1 problems get hard hopefully she will power through and not get discouraged, since she will know that it isn't her being insufficient. 

That reminds me.  On Monday, at the AHG meeting the kids were supposed to add up some numbers.  The mom that was leading was talking the kids through adding each number to the previous sum.   Tatiana looked at the numbers and re-ordered them in her head and came up with an answer really quick. 

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Orthodontist visit


Yesterday started out pretty normal.   They concentrated on English since Tatiana and I haven't had a chance to go over the BA 3A guide book.  She had piano class, then they drove all over McKinney doing shopping.   Scotland tried to buy the materials to finish the addition.   Ordering all at once to save on shipping.   The line was so long that they had to leave before he could place the order.  They picked me up and we went to the ortho. together.  We got there a little late and that was distressing. 


One thing the orthodontist does, is she gives out tokens at every visit.   2-3 for coming in for the appointment, 2-3 for keeping up with clean teeth, 2-3 for something else.   Then they have a prize cabinet.    They had Tatiana look at the cabinet to pick out something to work towards.  She put the tokens in a baggie and placed it with about 10 string magnets on the fridge. 

This is Tatiana being evaluated. She was wearing her new Unicorn shirt.   One of the nurses commented on her cute cowboy boots.  She tells everyone that her Grandpa got them for her.  She'd gotten a unicorn statue for her birthday.  She'd played with that yesterday.    


We have an appointment for early January to get the phase 1 braces started.   Scotland checked and we'll have plenty in HSA to pay for what insurance won't pay.  Tatiana did excellent during the appointment. 

Yesterday evening was an AHG meeting.  It was archery.   We didn't miss much since the girls took turns using trying to shoot arrows.  She wasn't allowed to play after the meeting because still in the doghouse.

When she doesn't get asleep we let her turn the light on and stay in her room.   I was trying to sleep and I heard a pounding.   I thought it was Scotland fixing something, but it was Tatiana.   She was on her chalkboard.   She was also singing to herself.   She is such a happy girl. 

Monday, October 22, 2018

Good weekend


We had a good weekend.   Tatiana is still in the doghouse.    She was invited to a birthday party on Saturday.   The invite came a few hours after she lied.   We agonized over whether or not to let her go.   We wouldn't have even considered it if it weren't Samuel's party and he is a sweet boy.  We decided to let her go because it would be unfair for Samuel to be hurt. 

Saturday morning was her soccer game.   It didn't rain, but it was very mudy.   Tatiana tried hard and kept her head in the game.   She had some hurt, like a ball hit her, but she kept playing.   We told her how good that was. 

Saturday afternoon I mainly combed her hair.   She had a huge knot from when we got behind on the combing, so I've been working on that.  She did amazing on the Building Thinking Skills program.   They did analogies and she got the idea right away.   The program is listed as 4th-6th grade logic.  Scotland sometimes comes by when she is doing that and watches.  He is impressed too.   We haven't told her it is advanced.  I think partly it being software helps.   If she had to write, her hand would get tired writing in all the answers she is able to give on the computer during one combing session. 

Sunday we went to church.   She doesn't think Sunday school is fun anymore.   They have donuts in the fellowship hall after church.  I used to get one for her while Scotland got her out of class.  Then a couple of weeks ago she got demanding about it when they had fun out before I got to the box.   So, I told her they were a treat, and obviously she'd had too many if she didn't realize they were a treat.   So, I wouldn't get any for her for a bit.   By the time they get down from Sunday School, the donuts are all gone.  She didn't ask for one Sunday. 

They were going to leave at 1 pm, so she changed clothes.  Then we cleaned each other's earring area.   She watched how I did hers, and did the same to me.  She was so careful and concentrated hard.  It was adorable.   I worked on combing her hair, and I got it close enough to completely combed that she could wear her hair down. 

Scotland and Tatiana and Ty went a soccer thing in Frisco.   There was a Dallas game, then a Legends game, then some autographs.  They didn't get home until about 10 pm.  Scotland was totally glowing.   He said everyone had fun.  Scotland had found the soccer book that he used to convince his father to let him play soccer.   The book convinced his dad that soccer wasn't 'that commie game.'   I wish I'd met his dad.  Scotland had the legends players do the autographs in the book.    He said it is now Tatiana's book since it says "To Tatiana ..." all over it.  It was her that asked for the autographs.  They were apparently quite charmed by her. 


Friday, October 19, 2018

Tatiana lied


Yesterday morning I was trying to reach Scotland's cell phone while they were home.  Around the same time he was looking for his phone.  He asked Tatiana if she knew where it was.   She said that she didn't.   She had the cell phone. 

Thursday, October 18, 2018

State Fair Visit


We went yesterday with Jaedyn's family to the State Fair.   The highlight for me came at the end.   The last thing we did was ride the Ferris wheel.  When it was being discussed earlier I'd said I would ride it on one condition that Scotland and I kiss at the top.  The first time through is when they were loading people, and we kissed on the top.   The second time it doesn't stop.  Tatiana said, "I will tell you when to kiss.  Now"  I think she was just telling us what she was going to say at the top.  But, I decided to give HER a kiss.  Scotland saw what I was doing, and gave her one too.  She got a really happy smile.   That was the highlight for me. 

It was cold and rainy.   It was only mid-50's which wasn't bad except that it was rainy and it had been rainy for awhile so there were many puddles.   Everyone had cold, wet feet the entire day.   But, the girls had fun.   Since their weren't many people the animals in the petting zoo were appreciative of food.   Normally, even on weekdays they are full and don't really care for more.  At one point, Tatiana called Jaedyn, "Kristen".   No one noticed except Jaadyn and I.  I didn't want to emphasize by saying anything.   There wasn't any animals to see because it was a public speaking contest day.  The girls rode lots of rides.   The only weird food we ate was deep-fried spam.  It was extremely salty.   Early in the day Tatiana was bored and whiny and wanted to go home.   Around lunchtime she started to enjoy herself. 

Monday, October 15, 2018

Busy weekend


Saturday morning Tatiana slept late.  In fact I had to wake her up around 11 am. She had a birthday party to go to at 3 pm.  It was in Plano and we wanted to run some errands on the way so we had to leave early.   It was at Jump Mania, which is the bounce house place we liked when we lived in Plano.  They had originally planned on doing a park day, but they switched because it was predicting rain, which happened.   Tatiana seemed to have fun. 

After that Scotland did some hardware store shopping while Tatiana and I listened to the audiobook.  Then we went to a Chinese buffet. 

Sunday we went to church.  I had to wake both of them up for it.  I started to feel a bit ookie during the service.  So, I took a nap in the afternoon.  I felt better after the nap.  We went to a home church meeting Sunday evening.   The boy there played on his tablet all evening.  Very annoying. 

Tatiana and I went over her recent math.   There was a problem in the guidebook that was interesting.   There was a room with 6x6 checkerboard tiles.   There was a door into the room on one side, and three doors out.   Two of the doors had a 'colossal collection of creepy crawlies'.   The third door had the kidnapped math teacher.   The door with the math teacher is the only one that could be reached by by walking on every tile once.  She knew from the chapter that if you make an even number of moves, you finish on a tile of a different color.   I had her color in the tiles like it was a checkboard and she got the answer right away because the first door had a tile of a different color than the other two.  I was so impressed that I showed it to Scotland. 


Friday, October 12, 2018

Tatiana recited a poem


Tatiana woke up feeling not sick.   She had a good day.  They did schoolwork.  Then they went to the old folk's home in Princeton to recite the poems they had memorized.  Scotland has a recording.   He said she spoke clearly, but the sound on the video wasn't that great.   There was lots of applause.  Then Scotland went to help James get something heavy.  So Tatiana played at the Stallmans.  They got home just before time to leave for soccer practice.  I had forgotten that it was soccer practice night and they piled into my car when I pulled into the driveway.  She was adorable!    Only problem was that Jack kicked a ball into her back.   Jack is totally out of control.   During practice Scotland spends lots of time telling him the same things over and over and over.   After practice the other coach had to yell at him to stop him from running in front of a car. 
When we got home I needed to comb her hair.   She hadn't had dinner yet, so she was eating a Totino's pizza while I was combing.   She kept wanting to tilt her head back for every bite.  Drove me nuts. 


Thursday, October 11, 2018

Tatiana sick


Yesterday was a normal morning.   Wednesdays are now the day that they don't have anything scheduled.  Then she said she was feeling sick and she asked to lay down on her bed.   Scotland had thought that she might have been just trying to get out of schoolwork.   But, he checked on her in a bit and she was sound asleep.  When I got home she was moaning a lot.  Her head hurt.  She spent some time playing with Legos and watching TV.   I had to work and Scotland was working outside.   At bedtime she was very sweet.  We are reading a Bible story book like we have been since she was a baby.   The Last Supper has happened and Tatiana is getting distressed that the Crucifixion is about to happen.  The other book we are reading is the Childcraft Animals book.   They had a photo of a Rennet fox.   Tatiana ooohed and cooohed over the photo.   It had huge furry ears, big eyes and cute fuzzy fur.    We are listening to Crenshaw.  I was tired before her allotment of audiobook.  So, I let her listen to the book on my phone after I left.  When Scotland went in to get my phone he found her watching youtube videos.   I was upset.  I won't be leaving the phone with her for awhile.  This morning I noticed that she was watching age-appropriate videos called sister vs brother, it looked like they were competing.    So there is that.   She also listened to all of a Magic Tree House book.   That pleased me because I had been thinking we will start on those next for audiobooks.   They are supposed to be fiction books that teach the kids history and maybe geography. 

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Mommies bookworm


They left the house fairly early yesterday to shop for tools.  Scotland's cordless drills are really decrepit.   He uses them extremely often.  He was looking for some good deals.  He wanted a cordless drill, an impact driver and if he saw a 'worm-drive saw' he was going to get one of those.  Around lunch time, I got some silly smiley messages from Tatiana.   I called her.  She was extremely bored because Scotland was shopping.  She said something about waiting to go to the 'dog store next door'.   I couldn't quite understand what she was talking about.  Later I learned that it was a bookstore next door called "Dog-eared" or something like that.  Tatiana had requested that they shop there.  She got a book but I haven't seen what it is.  I was overcome with happiness when I heard that.  The afternoon, they did some schoolwork and then she went to dance at 6 pm.   When she was done with dance we had a nice evening watching an episode of the Bible TV show.  At bedtime she was acting a little wiggle-butt for both Scotland and I so we both ended our parts of bedtime early.  When she isn't asleep at the end of bedtime routine, we allow her to turn on a book and read.  She was reading that red book with Dr. Seuss-like books that I bought for her when she was a baby.  I took a photo, I will try to remember to upload it later. 


Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Loved Unicorn Top


Gram and Grandpa sent a gift to Tatiana.  It is a long sleeve pink glitter unicorn top..

Tatiana said : "

 She absolutely LOVES it.

"She has always wanted a shirt just like that."

So Gram & Grandpa are happy too.

Sleep Late Monday


Tatiana slept until around noon on Monday.   We'd had a busy weekend.   That is one of the things I love about homeschooling.   When she needs sleep, she can sleep.   She has to wake up by 9:30 am for church on Sundays, 8:30 am for co-op on Fridays, and 8:30 am for soccer on Saturday.  They did schoolwork in the afternoon.  Then it was play-date with Kristen.   We went to their house.  They played so cute.  Tatiana and I were both tired when we got home.  We didn't do the shot and Tatiana and I went straight to listening to the audiobook. 

Monday, October 8, 2018

Mensa Gifted Youth games meeting in Frisco



Sunday afternoon there was a Mensa Gifted Youth meeting in Frisco.   It was in a coffee shop called Nerdvana.  They had games you could borrow and games you could buy.  They had a really good selection.  This is Tatiana playing Monopoly with some kids.  It is a bad photo, but it is what I have.  We had lots of fun.   Ty was there too.   Adults were playing at the table I was in.  We played Splendor.   Ty won.  Then we played the Monopoly card game.   Tatiana and I played a game.  Then we moved to the restaurant next door.   They had video game controllers at the table.   You got a controller for free if you bought food.  At the table was the three of us, Godfather Ty, an 8-year-old boy named Tristan and his daddy.   We played several games of Monopoly with them.   Ty was mentally tired, so he vegetated on his phone messaging someone.  The dad, Rob, was really happy when I told him that the game was available on Amazon for $5.50.   He was also impressed when I told him that we'd only had the game for 2-3 months.  They are really beat up.  He said the kids want to play Monopoly.   It takes hours and hours, and then they don't play again for several weeks.  we'll probably see them at Mensa Gifted Kids functions in the future. 

OTS Parade and First Haunted House with Godfather Ty


Friday night we made mini pies for the 4H booth.  Tatiana really figured out how to get the pie crust in the mini-pie tins.  







Saturday morning was the Old-Time Saturday parade.  Tatiana was in the dance float.  We enjoy the parade.  Scotland and I enjoy the relaxed time to chat just the two of us. 



















We got home from the parade and Tatiana and I crawled into the big bed to read books. Tatiana is reading a Captain Underpants book. 



Tatiana did a performance Saturday afternoon for the festival.   This is her and one of the other little girls waiting for it to start.  There was a frontier-era gun-battle reenactment going on in the park.  







Saturday evening, we met Godfather Ty at a big Haunted House in Plano.   We got there early so that Scotland could shop at a hardware store.  It took much less time than he thought it would so we got there early.  Tatiana had run to meet him and give him a hug when she saw him. 






This is in line for the haunted house.   They do a little show to set the theme for the house.   It was a little loud.  She is wearing her Halloween dress and her Halloween ears.  She is carrying her stuffie that is a striped cat. 



We had lots of fun at the Haunted House.   She clung to her Daddy.   I stayed behind them to make sure no one scared her from behind.  Ty went first and pointed neat stuff out.   At first she had wanted to go through with her eyes closed.  Her daddy convinced her that what was in her head was much worse and then he pointed out how they did the scary thing that she saw first when she opened her eyes.   In the second haunted house, there was a different theme.  Tatiana declared that to be scarier.   But, it had some funny moments in it.  At one point there were two 'windows' with curtains on them.  Someone popped out of the first window and said, "Scary curtain" while fluttering it.  The second person said, "Scary noises" while fluttering their curtain. 

We went to a Chinese buffet nearby.   We talked and talked.   We weren't the last ones to leave, there was one other table.  But, they were definitely giving us hints to leave.  Ty had them get a photo of us.  

Friday, October 5, 2018

Thursday


Tatiana had a mostly stay in bed day.  She didn't wake up until 11 am.  Scotland was even up before her.  She did some math and then went back to bed.  She was in bed when I got home.  Then she got her soccer clothes on and we went to practice.  She did really good at the practice and the make-up game that happened afterward.  She was engaged in the game and tried really hard.  Several times she passed the ball to Jasmine who scored.  When we got home she said that she would do some of her math 'because it is fun.'  Then she needed a shower or a bath.  She decided on a bath.   I listened to her singing to herself the entire time.  She had the water up as high as it could go.  In fact, she asked why the water kept draining whichever way she had the drain switch.  I figured out that it was the overflow drain that she was triggering.   She was so happy. 

At bedtime, she was playing with her daddy and an earring came out.  Much trauma and whimpering.    I think she thought that it would hurt as bad to stick in the second time.  It took a long time but Scotland eventually found the back.   While he was still looking, I had taken the nice back out of my earrings and used it on hers.  I was just going to use one of the not-so-nice ones in my jewelry chest.  . I was happy when Scotland found her nice earring back. 

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Wednesday - Bacon



Scotland said that he loved the way he woke up on Wednesday - to the smell of bacon.  Tatiana was cooking it.  Although, she "didn't cook enough" according to him.   On Saturday morning I was cooking bacon when Tatiana woke up and she really enjoyed eating the extra that I had made.  I thought I'd made extra enough for Tatiana and Scotland.   But Scotland maybe got one piece.  Sunday after church Tatiana cooked bacon herself when I was in the living room.   She cooked it to just the right doneness.  She said that was because "She'd forgotten about it".  Scotland said she'd overcooked Wednesday's bacon.  But, she will get better. 

Wednesdays are now a day in which they don't have anything on the schedule.  Piano was moved to Monday afternoon for that reason.  Late afternoon she went over to the Stallmans to play.  Scotland worked on the front arbor timber framing.  Then when I got home, I assisted.  The posts have this giant bolt that goes up inside the solid wood post.  Scotland had stacked pieces of wood around the bolt so that the post was able to rest at first just above the bolt.   Then he lifted the post in short bursts while I removed the wood pieces.   It is truly a sight to behold. 

Tatiana fell asleep on the way home from the Stallmans even though it wasn't even toothbrush time yet.  She woke up in bed though, then we had a normal bedtime but no shot. 

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Getting pierced ears


This is Tatiana snuggling with her Daddy this morning.   Her foot is on Yogi.   She kept popping up to go to the bathroom or start heating her breakfast.   She'd tell Scotland, "Don't Move."   I told him "The sacrifices you make".    




 Tatiana and I got our ears pierced this afternoon.   First we picked out our earrings.  She picked out some pink sparkly heart ones.  I picked out some clear sparkly heart ones.  All the choices were nice.
I got them pierced first.  They had two ladies doing it simultaneously.   I tried super hard to not flinch or anything.  I succeeded, but it hurt worse than I remembered.   Tatiana was scared while waiting for her turn.   I held her hand.  They said On the count of 5, and then did it on three. 



This is Tatiana in the car.   I told her she could pick out one of the fancy lollipops that they had at the front.   I remembered mom and I going to eat pie after my first bra, so I wanted her to have something special.  I also followed her around while she looked at Halloween decorations.  The lollipop is Strawberry Banana and she said is tastes just like she would have thought.  




The afternoon between ear piercing and the first 4H meeting was good.  She whimpered occasionally when an earring was accidentally touched.   But, she seemed to totally not regret getting them pierced.   I think the fact that the earrings were cute, sparkly and pink helped. 

The 4H meetings were great.  They didn't get to play with Legos at the 4H Lego Robotics meeting, but they did get to play games.  We had to leave an hour early to go to Dance.  That was a disaster.   First, it was bring a friend free day.  She invited Macy and her mom hasn't responded to texts.  So, she didn't have a friend.  Also, I had been confused and I thought she was supposed to wear a costume.  She wasn't.   Also, she didn't have her tights.  So, I had to run home and get tights.  After dance we went to the sewing meeting.   I'd left the sewing machine there since I knew we'd be late and it was in the same room as the Lego Meeting.  Patty had my sewing machine setup, and that was nice.  Tatiana showed off her sewing machine knowledge.    The meeting was really nice and also productive.  The sewing machines were setup around the room at various tables and Kristen and Tatiana shared a table.  The girls first sewed on a piece of fabric with lines marked on it that they were supposed to follow.  That was good practice for Tatiana since she hadn't done curved lines before.   Then they made a 'Camp Caddy'.   Basically something with little pockets for shampoo, combs, etc.  They finished theirs and loved it.   I'll post photos from the meetings later. 


Monday, October 1, 2018

Weekend


Saturday morning was soccer.   I'd lost track of time, and Scotland and Tatiana had to really hussle to get ready in time.  Fortunately Scotland had put Tatiana soccer stuff in a pile.   Tatiana tried at soccer.  I had decided ahead of time that if she tried the two of us would go to Six Flags.  Sometime this weekend Scotland saw someone else's post of photos from the soccer game.  There is a photo of me.   I am paying attention to soccer and I'm smiling!    Wonders never cease.  I was obviously watching Tatiana.   We also made Tatiana promise to work hard Sunday on schoolwork in order to go to Six Flags.  So, we got ready very quickly for Six Flags.  Tatiana was motivated, and was hurrying me along.   She had wanted to redo her fingernail polish, but we told her that would be a bad idea. 
We got to Six Flags and I had the 2017 passes.   We had been plagued by the inability to tell the old ones from the new ones.  I think I'd tossed the wrong ones.  They let us in, but we couldn't get any food.   It wasn't a huge deal though, since we had to leave before 6 pm anyway. 
We had lots of fun at Six Flags.  The first ride was Justice League.  We got to the very front and they shut down the ride for 'technical difficulties.'  I needed to use the restroom.  The ride operator let us go and come back to the front.  We got back, and they had just started the ride.  I made the mistake of suggesting we go on the Roaring Rapids at the beginning.  I remembered not getting that wet in the past.  I got soaked and Tatiana got pretty wet.  So, we rode it several more times.   We sometimes didn't have to get off.  We were hungry so we got food at 7-11.   I was pooped when we got home.  Tatiana was happy to know that she is allowed to lay down in the backseat. 
Sunday we went to church.  She wore the pink dress again.  When we got home she changed into PJ's and did schoolwork.   About mid-afternoon JJ came over to play.  I had to tell him that Tatiana still had work to do.  Tatiana was sad about that.  But, she worked extra hard to finish her work.  Unfortunately when she was done, JJ wasn't home anymore.   So, Tatiana and I played three games of Monopoly.  Then she wanted some alone time in her room.