Tess made Drew a toolbox and some tools out of paper for his birthday. Her response after seeing his delighted reaction to the gift: "It doesn't make any sounds, but it's still great! I'm so proud of myself!"
Almost every evening, Tess starts in on a plan for some kind of event, gala, game or celebration that must be thrown when Dad comes home. These are typically big affairs with elaborate plans that we don't have time to complete before bedtime, which inevitably ends in tears and dashed hopes and dreams. Tonight she wanted to play "Hawaii" and had Ryan cutting out numerous paper flowers to make leis. She had plans for a paper grass skirt for her and shorts with stripes on them for Ryan, when we finally insisted it was bedtime.
Today Tess told me that her babydoll just really loves breastfeeding and started in on a demonstration. "But you know, she only likes to drink this side. You know why? Cuz the other side only water comes out and she doesn't like to drink water."
After school, Tess was excited to play "Mad Scientist." "You know what a Mad Scientist is? It's a scientist that is really mad! And he does bad things like spells and potions. And he sometimes has crazy pointy hair. I never see girl Mad Scientists too often." I have no idea where she came up with this idea, but she came home and started making paper potions that she mixed in cardboard boxes.
We started going to the our community exercise room this week, and in typical Tess fashion, she decided to make her own exercise room when we came home today. "It's called 'Exercise Own,' because everyone can exercise on their own, how they want. Mommies, big kids, little kids--everyone can use the equipment." (This is in backlash against the real exercise room, where kids aren't allowed to use the equipment.) She honed in on the most important parts of a gym and created two TV's, one for adults that airs a news program and one for kids that shows a cartoon about a mouse that likes cheese. She also made a remote control for the TV's (since we had a hard time finding the remote in the real exercise room). Her exercise equipment consists of a chair that you sit in and try to press your feet down on plastic cups--but not too hard or the cups will collapse. She also made a "stretching machine" where you sit in a chair and stretch your legs over box.
We went to the Natural History Museum in DC yesterday, so naturally Tess wanted to come home and make her own museum. First item on her agenda: "I'll have a place where I look through your bag to make sure there's nothing unsafe in there."
On the way home from school, Tess told me that she had an "embarrassing day." She explained that she was playing at the home center when her underwear slid down her leg and out her pant leg. She reportedly scooped it up with no one noticing and ran and hid it under her lunch box in her tote. After checking to make sure she was still wearing underwear, we determined that it must have been an extra pair of underwear hiding in her pant leg. Good thing she took it in stride. She was quite pleased with herself that she managed to keep it secret.
Tess' Primary teacher was surprised when Tess read her talk in church on Sunday, because she had asked the kids in class if any of them could read, and they no said they could. I later asked Tess why she didn't tell her teacher she could read. Her response: "Because it's a treasure I keep in my heart. You know if you find something special like a gold medal, you keep it to yourself and don't show it to the whole world."
Tess: "Let's stop this business right now!"
Tess (sitting down at McDonald's and looking around): "This is a nice enough place."
2 comments:
These are priceless...and very exhausting! Lucky you!
I'd like a membership to Exercise Own, please. It sounds much better than my local gym.
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