Category: Totally Tatum

Now, when I first saw this, I did a happy dance. We have almost every book in this list and own these author’s sets too. So hooray!

We decided to just pull out a bunch of choices, and then we would decide on which she would do.

Corduroy was one.

Yes, she made her own ending for each book. Baby became Corduroy and Tatum became Lisa.

Then she read I Lost my Tooth by Mo Willems.

Tatum found the missing tooth.

And finally, she read We are in a Book by Mo Willems. I woke up to her getting it all ready for later.

New ending: A little snake wants to play in the book now.

Wow! She finished it all. I’m so proud of her hard work.

Love the art and the running rainbow theme. (OH, there is Coopy; he was a big help too)

Here’s my cover and the whole book; Cooper wants to see!

Yep. We had to do it. We celebrated his 4-month birthday on Sunday. He was born on March 25th, 2019, so actually, Thursday was his b-day. But we wanted Mama to come over and join the fun, so we did it right after church.

Tatum and I got him a card and a new toy.

And we gave him some hugs before church. We told him we’d be home soon. Lotsa hugs for our four-legged cutie!

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Mama came after church and we took some necessary pics of course. My honey looked so handsome and Mama looked beautiful. She thinks he looks pretty fine.

Ok, back to Coopy. He loves MAMA!!

So much lovin’ goin’ on.

Mama got him a cute little squeak dog.

He immediately took it to his little cove under his place.

Then it was time for his card and…

HOT FUDGE. Yes, I think he’s ready for the sweet treat. I know we were!
We put a little whipped cream on a spoon (not chocolate since that would be a NO-NO for him), and we probably ruined him for life. Dog food will not have the same appeal I fear.

More, Mama!

Ok, our turn to lick the bowls. (And we did BTW).

One more toy for the cutie pie.

A squeaky ninja which is hopefully indestructible.

All I know is that it was pure joy spending time with my favorite people and animal. FAMILY: Hot fudge, fellowship, and fun. Perfect.

I love you all and COOPER, you bring us so much joy.

We haven’t forgotten you Coti! He and his giraffe send his love.

Thank you, Coti and family!

We had so much fun today with Mama. She looked so beautiful. I’m looking forward to weekly dates with her and bi-weekly dates for dinner at our home.

Right after she raised her hand to ask Jesus into her heart at VBS this year, we received a booklet in the mail. It’s an 8-week workbook on learning about what it means to be a believer in Christ.

We’ve been having so much fun working through it. In fact, we met Mrs. Holman (Jill) (her last year Kinder teacher) yesterday for coffee. She and I are becoming friends and Tatum joined us and played while we chatted. She had to interview another believer. Tatum was so cute asking questions.

She also asked Karen Montgomery (Neil’s wife and the leader of the kids) questions about our church.

We’ve been having so much fun filling it out.

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So grateful for this experience with her. I pray that your journey will continue fruitfully, my sweet girl.

We finally got together with her best friend from school. We are on a countdown to 1st grade, so we met mid-summer to paint. I made something ( a surprise for someone special) and Tot made a tile.

Charlotte made an owl, and I got to write “Spotty Blue” on its chest.

It was so fun to see her mom and the new baby Cicily.

We’ll see you soon dear girl!

We had to do it. I mean shouldn’t everyone do it at least once? We took Tatum …..

BOWLING!

Toddler Size 9 shoes, size 6 ball, and gutter bumpers, and a ramp. She took one look at that ramp and said NO WAY. She wants to do it HERSELF! GO Tot. So got all hooked up and she was ready to roll. Yes to actually roll the ball.

She gets a SPARE! Yes! Happy dance.

Now, Daddy looked quite adorable in his get up. Dress pants, white tightie shirt, and his suave bowling shoes.

The gutter bumpers helped all of us, but for sure, Daddy rolled many strikes. He has it going on!

Then I did my thing. I was not on a roll.

I had a few fancy moves, but it really didn’t translate into a high score.

The HHH (Hot Hay Husband) rocked it with breaking 100. Totally Awesome Tatum (TAT) and me (HHW..the hot wifey) tied.

Fun times with the fam. I love our adventures. Thank you, Daddy for making it possible.

I just was on Facebook to send a message and saw the Scottsdale Police page.

WOW. They have a few likes from what Tot did. I’m not one to brag, but I want her to see this one day and see what GOODNESS does.

And look at the comments from people we don’t even know.

I do too. I wish we would show more gratitude as a society.