Mommy Catching Up

Yesterday evening was mostly Tatiana and I.  Scotland was doing some fantasy football thing requiring lots of concentration and it was time-critical.  He had some time with us while I ate.  Tatiana and I playing in the living room and just when I was thinking "I should get the new clothes ready for the wash" Gram and Grandpa called.  So, I got the phone and the hamper with Tatiana's new clothes.  The clothes were still safety pinned to the hanger and many still had the price stickers on.  Of course Tatiana was interested in what I was doing.  She started to tell her grandparents about the great clothes she found.  What was hysterical was that she would hold her favorites right next to the phone to "show" them.  So, I described what she was showing.  Except for buttons and bows she mostly dressed herself.  I think it was a big help that the clothes were her size or a little big.  Sometimes I had to explain that she couldn't wear that dress over that sweater.  Then she would say "off" while pulling on the sweater.  She particularly loved her ladybug shoes.  We had a great time on the phone and they got to hear her say some things.  Then when we were saying Good-Bye, Tatiana started to cry and say "Wait Wait Wait."  She cried and cried.  I told her that we would be visiting her Grandpa and Gram "soon".  Then she stopped crying.  Then she wanted to do something.  So I told her I would follow her.  She went towards the kitchen and I thought she wanted to play on the swing.  As she was going through the kitchen gate she started to say "Dallas Dallas Dallas".  I then figured out that she thought we were going to her Grandparents "soon" as in "5 minutes".  When I stopped, she said "Gram house?"  I then had to re-calm her down.   We went back to playing dress up.  Then we read some books. 
    When she went to bed, Scotland told me about her day.  It was her first day for a long bike ride.  Scotland had taken her around the block once before to get her used to the idea.  Yesterday morning they started off by going to the library singing thing.  She did very good.  She was wearing her squeaker shoes.  I asked if the other kids were jealous.  She said they didn't seem to notice, but the mom's were jealous.  Then they biked to Genghis Grill.  She had an absolute ball on the bike.  When they went downhill she said "weeeeee".  She pointed out all the water she saw.  Not just the creek, but every puddle.  She also said Hi to everyone they passed.  She seemed to like going faster than she normally can.  She did really well at Genghis Grill.  Then they biked home and she had fun again.  When they got home she didn't want to take off her helmet.  As soon as she was free and inside she ran to the bedroom.  The door was shut, and she went to it and said "Mommy" and insisted he open the door.  Scotland thinks she wanted to tell me all about her bike ride.  Scotland told her I was at work.  Then she walked to the closed nursery door and leaned her helmeted head on the door and said "bed".  She slept very soundly. 

PHONE CALL FROM TATIANA

Gram posted :

"I had a GREAT phone call from Tatiana this morning! She handed a phone to Susie & obviously wanted to call somebody.
When Susie asked about who she wanted to call = Tatiana said Gram !
We talked a little & she giggled. That brought Dallas to the phone because I had it on speaker. He wanted to lick the phone."