Giggly Phone Call from Tatiana

Gram wrote:

"We had a giggly call from Tatiana to Gram & G-Daddy.
She was very talkative & giggled a lot! Especially when she farted. She put BIG smiles on our faces ! "

Tatiana was very cuddly yesterday.  Someone else might have called it clingy, but I was really enjoying having Tatiana in my lap.  I am really glad Scotland's big project is done.  All of us have really missed our family time.  When I woke Tatiana up from her nap, Scotland was already gone.  She spent lots of time in my lap.  She also likes to be carried places.  The State Fair will be nice.

She really loves to point to a page and have mommy draw something.  Last night she got out a page she'd had me draw cats on before using a yellow crayon.  This time she wanted to add a face.  She started to do it, but I don't think she liked how wiggly the line was. 

Tatiana did some color sorting last night, and it was entirely her idea.  I think that is advanced for her age.  She was eating some of the little soft mints with the little beads on the bottom.  She took out all her pink mints and only the pink mints and put them on her table.  Then she made them so that all the beads were on the bottom.  She was so proud of herself.  About that time, she peed so I had to change her diaper.  She wanted to take all her pink mints with her.  She was even willing to let me turn on the lights since her hands were full. 

Hallmark Christmas in September Party

Gram Wrote :

I am EXHAUSTED!
from  our local Hallmark Club " Christmas in September " Party. This year we had the most prizes ever = 68 prizes!
I display & make raffle ticket bags for each prize .It is a job!  Susie has always helped me . Tatiana
went to her first one at 3 months old for Christmas in September party.  Then last year she was 12 months old at Christmas in July party .We seem to alternate between having in July or September.
She had great fun this year at 26 months old. She was hit of party & liked helping with tickets etc.

So Tatiana has perfect lifetime attendance at Hallmark parties .

 

Sept 18th

Tatiana had her RARE preschool class yesterday.  Scotland said the teachers raved about what a wonderful kid she is, and that she is advanced.  They said the only bad thing is that she is so quiet.  I think that is because she knows she can't quite pronounce things correctly, so when she says them she says them quietly.  Like when someone is uncertain of the spelling, they make their handwriting bad for that word.  She did a really impressive coloring page.  She stayed inside the lines and used different colors.  Pretty impressive for a 2-year-old. 

She has been very clingy the last few days.  I was exhausted on Sunday because she was so demanding of my attention.  She wasn't being bad at all.  She just really wanted to be right there with me. 

She has two favorite dolls. "Big Baby" that is the doll that used to be mine.  Unfortunately, it's head always seems to turn around the wrong way.  "Little Baby" which is the Huggims Madame Alexander.  One nice thing about "Big Baby" is that she can wear newborn clothes. The last couple of days she read a book to her babies.  It was very cute. 

When we've gone outside lately, she loves to squirt each other with with her bath/pool toys.  She has this little orange fish that is great for that. 

June 19th

Tatiana is so amazing.  When I am putting her PJ's on, or should I say, assisting her into her PJ's, when we are doing a sleeve of the PJ's I say "Where is the thumb?"  It seems to cause her to keep her thumb in so that it doesn't on the sleeve.  I haven't been doing it that long.  Last night for some reason I didn't say it.  When her hand went through, she said "Thumb". 

For the last three nights, I added something to PJ time right before I hand her to Scotland.  We both really enjoy it but, it gets her excited, so I will have to find another time for it.  When I put her PJ's on, she is standing on the diaper table.  Then we dance to "Dance little baby".  It started out with me just lightly singing it.  She grabbed me both bra straps and swayed me back and forth.  She always asks for more. 

Last night, my camera was broke and he was working on it at the Dining Table.  Tatiana wanted to see what he was doing, so she climbed onto his back and was looking over his shoulder.  I really wish I could have taken a picture of it.

September 12th

Yesterday, Tatiana went to Adventure Kids for the afternoon.  Which means she didn't get a nap.  When Scotland got to there to pick her up, she was having her diaper changed.  When that was done an older girl was leading her to the front.  When she saw her daddy, she started to cry and ran to him practically pulling out the little girls arm.  An older girl (I don't know if it was the same one) asked hopefully if Tatiana was coming back tomorrow. I played poker that night so I didn't see her.  Scotland said she was very tired.  For nighttime books she ask for Ferdinand, Mama Duck, Butterfly but then halfway through Butterflyshe said "Farm".  That means she was very very tired.  I wanted to run into her room and pick her up and hug her when I heard that. 

Monday she had a very busy day.  In the morning she had her first swim class in a long time.  She also started the RARE class.  It was a no-parent preschool class.  It is geared toward kids like Tatiana who don't go to preschool or daycare but still want the good parts.  The teacher was surprised that she'd never been to a class like that before.  She knew almost all of her letters.  It was the middle ones she had trouble with.  Scotland got a little video of her in class on his phone.  I meant to send the camcorder with him, but I'll do that Monday and he can get a video of her through the window. 

In the swim class, the teacher said she is ready to do the class where the parent doesn't get in the pool.  But there is a minimum age.  Scotland said in the past the mommies in the class commented to him "I wanted my husband to come to the swim class but he didn't want to because he thought he'd be the only dad."  Then in later classes every kid had daddy come at least once.  I think that is good for the other kids, but sad that the daddies would be concerned.  Tatiana is so lucky.

We all had a fabulous weekend at mom and dad's.  The highlight for me was when Tatiana and her Gram were playing with Tatiana's pom-poms.  Gram was doing cheers and throwing the pom-poms in the air.  Tatiana was saying "more more".  They were also tickling Tatiana's belly with the pom-poms.  They were both laughing and giggling, and I don't know who had the most fun.  Another highlight was playing bumper inner tubes in the pool.  When we'd bump Tatiana would say "Ka Boom".  I got cute video of it.  I also had Tatiana in my inner tube for a little while so that Gram could see her smiling face.  When it came time to pack up, Tatiana got in the pool with her Gram and Grandpa while Scotland and I packed up.  That worked out really well because we were able to run around and get lots done.  They played "tidal waves" in the pool.  Tatiana bounced up and down with her arms on the front of the inner tube and made big waves.  When they demonstrated her face was alight. 

Gram's Birthday Weekend

Gram wrote:

"We celebrated my birthday this weekend. Oh how fun it was. It went too fast!
It started on Friday Sept 7th at the ELKS . Tatiana & Susie & scotland came to join us at the ELKS.Her other grandma = adpoted Grandma ,Martha = got to see Tatiana first when she came to ELKS.
We dined there & Taiana enjoyed herself. Of course , she is center of attention.
Loved it also that she wore her Squeaker shoes.She was dressed so pretty!
Tatiana enjoyed putting coins in red piggy at ELKS . The money helps a childrens fund.
Then Susie would open bottom of bank & tatiana would readdthe money.
MrRocknRoll played that night. Tatiana enjoyed light show before show start. One of musicians made a cute comment about her Squeakers shoes = She needs some WD-40 .LOL!
Band member gave her a pink Care Bear ". We all enjoyed the show & Tatiana liked clapping at end of each song.
We left at about 9 because it was Tatiana's bedtime.
On Saturday am = I awoke to cute little voice saying Gram Gram ! Then us 3 girls went thru huge present box from Martha & Elizabeth.She enjoyed every item & would say "Oh Wow"!
We then went out back so Tatiana could feed bread crumbs to wooden duckies."

Labor Day weekend update

This weekend she told us about two of her poops.  The first one, I had to hussle but it landed in the toilet.  We flushed the toilet and then we said 'Bye, Bye, Poop."  Then a little later she wanted to sit on the potty, but also be by Daddy.  So I took the potty to the kitchen.  Nothing happened.  Then last night while I was showering she was without a diaper since it was only a little bit of time from when her bath ended until her nighttime diaper got put on.  She told her daddy "Poop" and he asked if she wanted the potty, she said Yes.  But, she insisted on getting a book first.  While he was running around looking for the potty (it was still in the kitchen)  She said "Done", and she was.  Scotland was not happy with me for not returning the potty to the bathroom.  Tatiana did fine though. 

The little sneaker sure is smart.  Yesterday evening she wanted to go Outside.  We'd been out in the morning and it was too hot and miserable in the evening.  At one point she clearly asked for Apple Juice.  She was already drinking Berry Juice which she seemed to have enjoyed.  But, I thought, OK.  I was pleased she was able to ask so clearly.  So, we went to the kitchen, which involved opening the baby gate.  When we got to the kitchen she said "Outside" and made a beeline for the doggy door.  Then she ran to the swing and tried to get me to swing her.  Talking about it later, we think that had been her plan all along.  She also did something else devious.  When Scotland takes a shower, she wants to get in too.  She loves her baths.  Scotland showers and shaves, rinses out any hair and dirt, puts down the bath mat, and then Tatiana can come in.  During that time, it is my job to distract her and not let her get naked until he hollers that he is almost ready.  It is always a bit of a struggle because she is so eager.  Last night, her diaper was wet when Scotland got into the shower.  So, I changed her diaper, and we took off the rest of her clothes.  About 5 minutes later she very clearly told me her diaper was wet, and it was.  I think she tried to pee just so that she had an excuse to get the new diaper off.  About that time Scotland was almost ready for her. 

We had the first video skype call with her Gram and Grandpa.  I thought it went rather well.   The part I thought was cute, was that she wanted to show her fish cards to her Grandparents.  She held up each card.  She would hold it up really really close, but she has done that to me when she is reading me a book.  I guess the logic is that if it is really close, you can see it REALLY well.

Saturday we played with her flashlight.   I turned the lights out in the nursery and pointed at some things in the room.  When I pointed to the plant hook in the ceiling and told her it was a "hook", she looked at it very intently.  She was also interested to hear the name "curtain".  Later she had the flashlight, and hook and curtain were two things she pointed out to me.  Later she pointed out both ceiling hooks in the kitchen.