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Tater Tot and The Mommy have a new game. It’s called “Dizzy”. Or “Dissy, Dissy” as The Tot calls it. At great physical expense, The Mommy holds Tater Tot like a baby so she can hang her head back as we both whirl until one or the other feels like hurling. It’s fun! For her. It was fun for The Mommy too until I remembered that toddlers like to play the same game over and over and over and over and The Mommy’s arms were about to fall off.

The Tot has now universalized “Bissy, bissy”. It is no longer just for avoiding personal space invasion. Now it’s applicable to nap times as well. While attempting to goad her into napping by playing a game of “Dissy” (this usually calms her down enough to entertain doing what I want her to do), The Tot came back up to my shoulder and very clearly said “Bissy, bissy”. I know that this can sound very much like “Dissy, dissy” but it was not. Given that she had wiggled, cried, and had generally shown her displeasure with the concept of nap time, I took that to mean that she was too busy to nap. So we tried again after an early lunch and she was out like a light! She is her own little person already…

Today some of The Mommy’s family swung through town so Auntie and Uncle from Washington State could meet Tater Tot for the first time and we had a good time. The visit was short but it was nice that she has finally met them. Now we’ve got to get the other Auntie, Uncle, and Two Cousins from Washington State down to meet her before she’s taller than her Momma! I s’pose we could always go up there…

Tater Tot did a funny thing while they were visiting. Grandpa and Auntie were playing with The Tot on her LeapFrog Learn & Groove® Musical Table when, apparently, she had enough. She picked the entire table up, turned around, and walked away! We all started laughing so hard and she just kept walkin’. I guess she just wanted to play on her own.