As Ry mentioned, Tess is very inclusive when it comes to holiday greetings. Periodically she wishes us a "Happy Hanukkah." Convinced she had no idea what she was talking about, Ryan asked Tess, "What is Hanukkah anyway?" Her response, "Dad, it's a CELEBRATION!"
Today we were setting up our nativity scene and Tess was delighted to find the little baby Jesus. She ran over and showed him to baby Drew. "Look, baby brother! It's you!"
Today Tess told me she wanted to wear her tuba so she could do her dancing. Tutu, Tess. Tutu.
Most oft-heard refrain since Dipsy left yesterday: "Who will be my friend? No one will be my friend! [Insert sob.]"
When Tess was playing with Drew today, she told me: "Mom, sometimes I call him Little Peanut. Hi, Little Peanut!" I have no idea how she came up with that nickname. Ryan sometimes calls Drew "Buddy," which makes Tess mad because "his name is Drew, not Buddy." My terms of endearment include "Drewser," "Drew Drop," and "Snoozy Drewzy."
Tess informed us that her Baby Elmo needed some milk from her "breft." Ry & I looked at each other and waited to see what she'd do next. She lifted up her shirt and fed Baby Elmo all through dinner. Kind of sad to report that she's been more successful at breftfeeding than I have.
Tess came up with a new "Baby Jesus" game:
"Mom, I be Baby Jesus in baby brother's swing. You and Drew be the wisemens. You bring me something."
"You mean how the wisemen brought Baby Jesus gifts?"
"Yes. Bring me gifts!"
Today when Tess asked what we are going to do today, I told her we could go to the library. She got very still and started shifting her eyes from one side of the room to the other. When I asked what she was doing she said, "I'm thinking about the library with my eyes." Has it really been that long since we left the house?
After a matter-of-fact anatomy lesson during Drew's diaper change, Tess has made a slight modification to baby brother's nickname "Little Peanut." She also just informed me that Baby Jesus has a penis. Someone help me.
"Mom, what Dad's body look like?"
"Like Baby Brother's. Dad's a boy too."
Tess: "Dad, where we go today?"
Ryan: "Should we go to the North Pole to visit Santa?"
Tess: "No, he live in another building. It's too cold."
"Mom, I call baby brother a different name. I don't like Drew the best. I like Dylan! Let's call him Dylan, OK?"
Tess' eyes got all sparkly when she saw our the first snowflakes of the season coming down outside. "I build a SNOWMAN, Mom!" I explained that we'd have to wait until there was a lot of snow for a snowman. "OK, Mom. I wait outside."
Drew was down for a nap, and Tess & I were getting ready to go play in the snow. When I heard Drew starting to cry, I said with some frustration: "Jeez, Tess, baby brother is crying again!" She replied, "It's OK, Mom. It's OK. Babies are supposed to cry and sleep."
Today Tess got her first taste of Primary when her Nursery class visited singing time.
Tess: "I go to PRIMARY, Mom!"
Me: "Wow! What did you do in Primary?"
Tess: "We sit in chairs!"
Yep--that's about right.
Tess had a crushing realization today: "I no have a chimney for Santa!"
After Tess and I finished eating at a fast food place, I asked her, "Are you ready to go?"
Tess' reply: "I wanna finish my story."
After Tess and I finished our custard at a frozen custard shop, I stood up and asked her, "Are you ready to go home?"
Tess' response: "I wanna talk to you first."
Tess and I were painting when she suddenly exclaimed, "That's HUGE!"
Ryan: "Tessie, what does huge mean?"
Tess' excited answer: "It means 'Oh my gosh!'"
Tess received a new teddy bear for Christmas from Santa. As we drove home tonight, we asked her, "Tess, what is your teddy bear's name?" Tess replied, "Kwanzaa, because he's like a Kwanzaa!"
Tess got a toy laptop for Christmas from Nana and Papa that she calls her "lil puter." She's been telling me: "Mom, check this out! It is SO COOL!" Visions of her teenage years have been flashing in front of me. Today she said, "Baby brother wants to play with my video game."
Today Tess and I were ballet dancing and I started humming. Tess: "What song is that?"
Me: "It's a song from 'The Nutcracker.'"
Tess: "The sweet one?"
Me: "Yes, from 'The Nutcracker Suite.'"
A cute song Tess has been singing: "Mom and Dad and Baby Brother, that's my fam-i-ly! That's my fam-i-ly! That's my fam-i-ly!"
Tess had her second visit to Primary today. Her report: "We sit in other chairs!"
Tess' description of a light-up spinner toy she received for Christmas from Santa: "It's the weird thing I ever seen." (I think she intended to say "weirdest.")
After seeing the booties, stocking cap, and bib made by Maureen for Drew, Tess commented: "Maureen made these. I saw it yesterday on the 'puter. I like these stuff."
The other evening Tess put on Miriam's shoes and started clomping around.
Tess: "These are the shoes that I wear to bed."
Miriam: "I don't think those are your shoes."
Tess: "They fit me fine."
As I put on my winter coat last night, Tess looked at me and asked: "Where're you going, Dad?"
Ryan: "To take out the garbage, Tess."
Tess: "All right. I have to stay here in Virginia."
We've taught Tess that she should say "Excuse me" when she burps at the dinner table, and she's become very consistent in following the practice. At dinner tonight, she looked at me after I hiccuped. "Say 'scuse me, Dad," she said. I replied, "Why? Did you burp?" She responded, "Just you."
I'm wishing Drew didn't find the bath such a [bowel] moving experience.
On Christmas Eve, Nana gave Tess a small sugar angel from our Buche de Noel dessert. Instead of eating it, Tess has been playing with it like a toy doll. Today we were playing dollhouse and Tess brought the angel out for a "visit."
My doll said to Tess' angel: "Oh hi, welcome to our house! Where are you from?"
Tess' angel replied: "I'm from God."
Touche.
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