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.