NYE Party

Wednesday

Tatiana went to see Santa yesterday.   It was great.   I took the afternoon off, and WFH'ed that morning.  They did schoolwork and I got to listen in.  Judith called to say that she is going to New Zealand on Christmas Eve.   So, she won't be with us at Christmas.    Tatiana was upset.   I think it was also that it meant that she wouldn't be seeing any of her cousins.  But, none of her girl cousins are local anymore. 

She looked adorable in her green velvet Christmas dress.   I tried to put the gold baby bracelet on her, but it was too small.  So, I put a gold chain bracelet on her.  I wanted to expose it for the Santa picture, but it wasn't there.  We wanted a profile of her, so we told her to give Santa a kiss on the cheek.   The photo was super cute.  But, then we had them get a photo of her chatting with Santa.   It was even better.   And the pose was very Tatiana since she was being natural.   She asked Santa for a goat, and then they started to chat about chickens.   Santa has chickens. 

Wednesday evening we played a variation on Splendor.   All the gems and all the Nobles.   It was interesting. 

Tuesday

Tatiana woke up first and crawled into my spot in the big bed.  There was a goat book there that I had been reading.  She propped up some pillows and started to read the goat book.  Scotland woke up to that sight. They had a productive school day and Tatiana played a bit outside near Scotland while he was working.   I got home just in time to take her to dance.  Then Scotland and I watched an Orville show.  Then I set up her sewing machine so that when she got out of dance, she could start right on her project.  She did great at sewing.  It also helped that we have a great sewing machine.   She was the first one done, even though we arrived 40 minutes late due to dance class.  She made a fleece stocking.   Bedtime was great.   I wasn't able to listen to the audiobook for as long as I wanted because my legs were twitchy. 

Monday

Monday morning they had a productive school day.   Then they went to piano.  Then they came to my work to pick up the water heater part.   Then she went to Adventure Kids for an hour.  I picked her up after work and we went to the 4H Christmas Party.   I had to do the final things for the mac and cheese and the kids were being gathered together for an activity.   So I told her to go with them.  Then all the kids were sent outside.  I checked on her when I was done with the food and she seemed to be having fun.   She said later that she was miserable with the cold and was trying to distract herself.   I don't think she really had fun.   She'd gotten cold to the bones.   Scotland joined us at the party when it was almost done.   He was on his way home from the rent house. 

Monday bedtime started out great.   Scotland stopped off at Home Depot to buy some stuff.  So, at first it was just the two of us.   I needed to read her the next section of the guide book in order for her to do her math the next day.   So, we did that in bed.   She talked me into reading two sections.  Then when I started where we'd left off in the Childcraft Sea book, she was deliberately not paying attention.  At first was humming to herself.   Then she was playing with a stuffy.   Then she was practicing piano in her head with finger movements.   So, I kissed her goodnght and told her that was it for bedtime.   When she isn't sleepy, she is allowed to turn on the light and read in bed.   When Scotland got home it was a bit late and he went in to tell her to put the book away and turn the light out.   Then he saw that she was reading her Beast Academy Guidebook.   So, instead he got me, so that I could peak in on her too.  We both teared up a little.