Getting Ready

Cowgirl Chores

TJei is getting to be so grown up! She loves to hop out of the truck and play the role of cowgirl when we drive out to Barbara's. The gate has to be unlocked and opened and TJei's just the gal!

One time recently, she even climbed atop the gate and just gazed out across the land stretched before her. It was so cute!

Even with flip-flops, she doesn't mind doing gate duty. :)

In Your Face

TJei and Mia were looking through some pictures I'd left laying on the scanner. Suddenly, the two of them are arguing...loudly.

M: "Dat's Unco Jacob"

T: "That's Grandpa!"

M: "Dat's Unco Jacob!"

T: "Mommy, who is that? That's Grandpa, isn't it?"

M: "Dat's Unco Jacob!!!"

J (laughing at T): "That's Uncle Jacob."

M: "See, dat's Unco Jacob!"

T: "What? Let me see that. Grandma, who is in this picture? That's Grandpa, huh?"

G: "Yes, TJei, that's Grandpa."

J (grabbing picture): "What? Is that really? That looks like Jacob. Oh, it is Grandpa."

T (shuffling around and stirring her hands): "Uh, huh. In your face. That's Grandpa. Uh huh"

Black Road

Mike and TJei went for a ride today, offroad. They cruised around on backroads behind Lyman Lake and spent quite a bit of time out there exploring. Eventually, TJei turned and asked, "Grandpa, can we go back to the black road now?"

Laptop

"Grandma, when you get done with your laptop, can I use it? I have a lot of stuff to upload."

Seriously, that's what TJei told me a few minutes ago. :)

Then, after accessing her blog page to "sign in" and going to the new post page, she calls out, "Hey, what happened to my dot com?"

A Few More Things

Mike and I drove to Flagstaff yesterday and a portion of our conversation included laughing about things TJei has said. Driving along the Interstate, Mike suddenly broke into laughter and recounted the following...

"TJei said to me, Grandpa, Grandma can...you can, too!" and he laughed while explaining he had let go of the steering wheel to scratch his ears. TJei had excitedly proclaimed, "Grandma can drive without holding the spinning wheel and you can too!" Maybe she's had too many renditions of Princess Aurora's birthday dilemma.

As the sun lowered in the sky and an antelope stood in the road on the drive between Holbrook and St. Johns, we were reminded of another funny from TJei. We had been driving back from Show Low and had seen several antelope gazing along the rolling hills just west of town. Suddenly, TJei squealed out. She was the first to see one of the beautiful animals come into view, "There's a cantaloupe! I saw it first." Recalling the excitement and miswording still brings a smile. :)

Recital

I'm wearing the cute costume Sis. Crockett sewed for me using the ribbon and clothes Mommy got. Grandma made my pretty hair bow. She was the greatest sewer that I have seen and everybody can look at your sewing. Love, TJei.



Now I am going to my dance recital. And it was the greatest show and everybody came and watched us. I had a lot of fun.

(YOU have to overlook the jiggling in the videos...Grandma was juggling Mia, too.)