May 2010 Tidbits

Tonight at dinner, Ryan taught Tess how to twirl spaghetti on her fork.

Ryan also taught her how to tell the "mean boys" at the gym: "Stop! It's MY turn." Tess claims she used the phrase and accompanying "talk-to-the-hand" gesture when the "mean boys" tried taking her rocking horse at the gym today.

I love it when out of the blue, Tess tells me, "I happy, Mommy."

I also love it how when she gets laughing really hard, she says, "I laughing, Mom!"

When I just came out of the bathroom, Tess said, "Good job, Mommy! You did it! In your own potty!"

Tess has been putting random objects in a small box and surprising me with, "I present you Mommy's Day!" Who says every day isn't Mother's Day?

Tess just found Ryan's stash of gummi bears. With a full mouth, she managed a garbled, "I like bears!"

Today Tess came up to me, put her finger to her lips and said, "Shhhhhhhhh--baby growing."

While giving Tess a bath I used a squirt toy (a fish) to get her hair wet. She looked back to see what I was doing. I told her that I was using a fish to wash her hair. She replied, "Thanks, fish!"

It's a drizzly day outside, so Tess and I were talking about how the flowers, trees and birds love the rain. I asked her, "Can you think of anything else that likes the rain?" She responded, "Umbrellas."

Tess has adopted a biblical tone with her newest favorite phrase: "Come, follow me!"

Lately whenever I'm getting ready, Tess comes in the bathroom and tells me she has "hiccups." I was beginning to wonder about her chronic condition, until I realized she meant that she wanted to play with my "makeup," and had confused the two words. How about "Hiccup" as a name for a new makeup line? OK, maybe not so good for mascara.

Tess points to our laptop several times a day and says, "Uncle Ryan 'puter. Uncle Ryan nice boy."