Putting on shoes

Susan wrote: "I was putting her shoes on for our mall walking Monday night.  They had the velcro strap that went along the top of the foot.  I put one shoe on.  When I was putting the second shoe on, she indicated that she wanted to finish.  She attached the strap for the second foot!  I told her, "You did it!"  She is so great."

Put Toys Away & Playing Duplos

 Susie wrote: " Last night was a milestone.  She put her toys away!  She had such fun!  Every time she put a piece away, she'd look at us with this triumphant smile.  We would say "yeah!" and she would Clap.
We sorted through her clothes this weekend, putting away the too small things and getting out the stuff that fit her in the next size.  One nice thing about baby dresses, is that most of them become toddler shirts.  So we didn't have to put many things away.
While I was digging in her closet I found a box of toys from freecycle called "MegaBlocks".  They are a really cheap version of Duplos, the baby legos.  I thought she might be ready for them, so I brought them out.
 She liked them.  She can put two blocks together, but she really loves to take them apart.
Last night, she gathered up all the little block pieces and put them in the box.  It was so wonderful.
She even sought out where the pieces were scattered in the living room, like in her Shopping Cart. "

Running to MaMa after work & Sounds she makes

Susie wrote: " I just love when I come home and she runs to me.  I pick her up, and she lets me kiss her, and hold her until my arms get tired.  We were discussing the sounds she makes.  Mwah Mwah means Kisses.  It is like the sound you make before you kiss the air.  Ma Ma means mommy.  Meh Meh means Milk.  When you tell her, "I don't understand what you want" she understands that you aren't twarting her, you just don't understand."

Sign Language & Running Game & Sleeptime Ritual

 Susan wrote: "Tatiana tried to do the More sign language.  Normally kids learn that quickly because parents delay giving more food until they see something that looks like the More sign.  But with Tatiana we don't want to do that.  Yesterday she realized that there was a sign to ask for More.
After dinner we played "I Am Going To Get You", also called "Mommy Kissy Monster".  When we say "I am going to get you", she starts running and giggling.  Then one of us runs after her, and when we catch her we pick her up and give her lots of kisses.  The best part is when she just decides it is kissing time and she slows down and lifts her hands.
 She runs around the dining table, or in and out of the dining room and the hallway.
 Scotland was still working when Tatiana was going to sleep.  When she is getting close to sleep she brings you the big pillow, and then she brings you a bunch of dolls.  You are supposed to hold the dolls on the pillow in your lap.  When you have enough, she asks to go into your lap and she expects all the dolls to be there too.  Last night she brought me one of Scotland's VCRs that wasn't plugged in.  It was quite heavy and a struggle for her, but she got it to me, so I put it on the pillow.  Then she brought me a smaller piece of electronics.  I put it on top of the VCR in my lap.  Then she got into my lap.  No dolls, just Tatiana, the VCR and whatever that other thing was."

Better Girl at Library

Susie wrote: " Scotland and Tatiana went to RhymeTime at the library again.  They have it on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  She was much better.  Scotland thinks that she thought that he didn't know his part, and now she does.

She fell asleep on the way home and had a deep sleep nap that lasted a half hour, then they went to lunch.  She fell asleep when they got home, and she was still asleep when I got back from work.  About 6:30pm, she made a complainy noise like she does right before she wakes up, and I was in her room so quick she was still waking up.  I picked her up and held her to my shoulder.  We hugged like that for about a half hour.  We both coo-ed.

 I used to like to walk with her when I got home, but it is so dark and cold now.  So, we went to the mall.  She pee'd as we were pulling into the parking lot.  So, I carried her to the bathroom, and then she walked the rest of the time.  She had an absolute ball.  I think that will be a regular thing."

Monster at Library

Susie wrote:
"Scotland and Tatiana went to the Rhyme Time at the library.  She was a monster.  She wanted to be right in front of the librarian who was leading the class.  The librarian uses a soft doll or a bear in her lap during the class.  Tatiana wanted to hold the doll all the time and she didn't want anyone else to hold it, not another kid and not the librarian.  Last week when they went she was better than that, but not an angel.  A couple of the mothers commented that Scotland was the first dad they saw that didn't spend time texting rather than pay attention to their kid."

Deodorant

Susie wrote:

"Background:  When Tatiana was first born I moved my deodorant to my nightstand.  That way I could put her on the bed and keep a hand on her while I did the essential stuff.  It is still there.
My deodorant fell on the ground.  Tatiana tried to put deodorant on her underarms.  She had clothes on, and the lid was on, but otherwise Scotland said she did an excellent job.


Today ,Scotland said she just DID NOT WANT TO SLEEP.  My theory is that life is so interesting she doesn't want to miss out.  Scotland said she was a terror for him, but she was an angel for me."

"Itsy Bitsy Spider".

Susie Wrote: "Tatiana loves "Itsy Bitsy Spider.
The last two evenings Scotland and I have song it, and she has tried to sing along and do the hand gestures."

Toby Keith

Gram wrote;
Tatiana likes Toby Keith's newest song: "Red Solo Cup "!
That makes gram so HAPPY because she is a fan of Toby.

Kissed the phone

Gram wrote:
When Susie & I & Taiana were talking on the phone tonight = she giggled a lot.
She said "Hello".
I could hear be happy & giggly on her pink swing.
Then when we were saying goodbye= she kised the phone!
How precious is that !!!!

Spoon!

Tatiana ate from a spoon today, all by herself!   We ran some little errands, I was hungry,and craving ice cream.  I resisted and was getting a couple of t!hose $1 breakfast things at Jack in the Box.  Then I saw they had real ice cream shakes.  We got home and Tatiana wanted some of my shake.  I fed her from the spoon, and then I left the spoon inside the cup.  She just picked up the spoon and fed herself.  I was holding her and we had a fine time sharing the spoon.  Ice cream stuck to the spoon, so it was a good food for her to start with.