Category: Totally Tatum

Tatum would sing this morning at SBC!

But first, I got a sweet text from her while I got ready.

I also got one from Austin!! I was so honored.

When we got there, of course we had to get ready for the camera, right? I love this girl.

WOW!!
Anyway, Why do I love this girl so much?

Being her teacher, mom, friend, counselor, and nurse, I wear many hats. However, lately, we’ve been more friends. She’s had to watch me really suffer this past year, and for that, I’m not happy, but I am grateful that she is here. She’s become resilient because of it.

Then she was up on stage today….

She had to sit down! Then, exiting the stage in the back, she fainted. Oh my…we came straight home. She just had a bad bout of dehydration I think, but man, it put a change in our plans. So the rest of the day was really rest. But later, she put together a concert for Daddy and me.

THREE songs she made up about loving me and “that’s MY MOM!” Yeah…with the hip hop beat.

Dancing and singing. All to songs she made up from beats she created. It was amazing. The best I’ve ever seen!
Then she honored me with some gifts. The card was so kind.

she mentioned our “ping-pong days” which is so true and sad (with my health) but I know they are getting better.

“I don’t even want to go on vacation. I just want you BETTER!” YES!

A whole gift box of bath goodies, candle, and the cutest cup.

Then Coopy got me something. YES!
HEEEEEE!

He will vacuum for me? The best dog ever.

And my honey. My sweet HHH got me the BEST card and money for SBC cafe which has the most adorable Jesus trinkets.

I gave Tatum this because she is the best mom to Rio. He is so blessed to have her; her responsibility shines with having him.

I just felt so loved and honored. We’ll celebrate my mom next week since we all were kind of sick today.

Coopy loved on me at the end of the night as usual!

I love my family.

Today after we got a tour of Blake, I got a tour of Critter-ville.

She created all these rooms!
There are different families that live in this Critter Compound.

This is the baby’s room; aren’t they just so adorbs!

Bathtime!

And here is the church. Critters just got out.

Later on, she showed me her new song, “In May,” on the piano, and Coopy just couldn’t get enough!

It was time to say goodbye to this guy. He’s been around for about 8 years and now…goodbye!!!

Guess what we got? Oh, he’s go good taste. Let me give you a tour!
EEEE!!!

AAAHH!!!

Isn’t HE LOVELY! Oh, and Doug is pretty cute too.

Tatum and I named him BLAKE

He’s DA BOSS!
My honey looks so good in it too. Blush.

And it fell just last night. A tragedy! The whole town wiped out by a tornado!
(The magnatiles came tumbling down by accident!)EEK!
And Daddy to the rescue.

And today, she remodeled and got it all back together!

And she put the kids in school. She loves these calico critters.

This was her assignment for writing this week:

SORRY

”Hi baby bird,” I said, walking over to Amarillo’s cage. 
“Why do you always call me baby bird?” Rio asked , hopping onto his food dish. 
“Well because you’re my little baby and you’re a bird,” I told him , looking away. 
“Oh. Well, I guess I can get used to it,” he said, taking a bite of his food. “Oh and- chew- this seed-chew- is delicious.”

I glanced down then said, “ Hey Rio, what nickname is your favorite, Rb or Rio?”

”Rb.”

”Good.” 
He jumped back to his perch, and started to preen his feathers. “Well, if you don’t mind, I’m molting, and I need to preen my feathers-yank- so if I could-yank- have five minutes that would be-yank-great.”

”OK love you.” I said, as I blew him an air kiss. 
“ You’re the best mom ever.” He said, as I started to walk away
“ You’re the best bird ever.” 

When I got to my room, I noticed the game Sorry sitting on the floor. I picked it up, glanced back and opened it. 
“Oh Rio.” I said, as I picked up one of the “Rio chewed” cards. 

When I went back to the kitchen, I found Rio playing with his toys on the bottom of his cage. 
“Hi mommy,” he said, as I walked over to him.

“Hi Rb’s.” I set the game on the table.

”What game is that?” He asked as he hopped on his perch. 
“Sorry.”

“For what?”

”No silly, the game is sorry.” I said laughing merrily.

”Oh.” He said looking at his food dish.

”Soo… do you wanna play?”

He looked at me then said “ Sure but you’re going down.” 
I giggled. 

But five minutes later Rio said,” Sorry.” 
“ For what? You’re winning.”

” Sorry, sorry , sorry.” He said. 
“ Rio are you OK?” I asked moving one of my pawns. 
“ Sorry for saying sorry.” 

We laughed.

SO FUN!

I read this poem to Tatum for our “warmup” in school today. We loved this poem to signify how much we are a victim of our words! SO,

I CAN!!

I can excel in Math!
I can write a beautiful story!
I can make new friends!

I can overcome my tough circumstances!

CAN’T is not in our vocabulary.

The usual…you know, devotion, pledge, bible verse, character value of the week.

THEN OOOHHHLALA, we have fun!
Today, she did a presentation on her paper she wrote: SEE BELOW:

Why You Should Read To Your Child

Is your child always saying their bored? Do they hate reading? Have you ever read to them? Well, I’m here to answer those questions and more. 

Hello, my name is Tatum Hay and today I will be talking to you about why you should read to your child. 

#1: You learn from books:

Do you want to learn about dogs? Read about them. When you read about facts your brain organizes and memorizes what you’re learning more effectively. Does your dog have an itch and you don’t know anything about it try the book, Itchy Dogs – A Natural Health Guide for Dogs with Skin Problems by: Julie Massoni. 

If I wanted to learn about the Great Depression, I would read, The Bumpy Road: Farm Life in the Great Depression by Quentin Veit. Books can be long, short, or filled with pictures. 

You could learn about all of Gods creations in books. Let’s make up a girl named Amy. Amy’s dog is constantly licking his paw. She bought the book Why Does My Dog Act Like That?:A Complete Guide To Your Dog’s Personality. By: Stanley Coren.Amy was so grateful for the book because she now knew how to help him.  See? If there would have been no books for her to read her dog would still be licking his paw. 

#2: Reading creates an imagination 

Has your child ever said ‘I’m bored’ ? Well, if they read about a dragon they can pretend to be a dragon. Let’s make up a girl named Sarah. Sarah is constantly telling her mom that she is bored. Her mom, Megan, goes out and buys her some books. At first Sarah says no to reading, but soon reads a book about a princess. 

A week later Megan looks out the window and sees her daughter, Sarah, playing in a princess dress. And you see if Megan hadn’t bought Sarah the books, she would still be saying that she is bored.

#3: They will learn to love reading. 

Did you know readers are leaders? Benjamin P. Thomas said, “This is a phrase that is shared throughout various classrooms in schools. I must say I have found this to be true with any levels of leaders.” What he means is if you’re a kindergartner and reading, The Cat in the Hat, by: Dr. Seuss, you can be a leader just as well as a teenager reading, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. 

Let’s create a girl named Angie, whose mother read to her every night since she was born. Well, when Angie turned twelve she became a leader of reading. She would go to the bookstore every weekend, in between classes at school she would read, and for her birthday all she wanted was books. And you see if her mother hadn’t read to her she wouldn’t have loved to read. 

As you heard Amy, Sarah, and Angie all got moved and impacted from books. Amy learned about her dog licking his paw from reading.  Sarah’s imagination got woken up by reading.  And Angie was a leader by reading.

Thank you.

She presented to Daddy an me: Here’s her PP

SO POISED AND ARTICULATE!

Then, she’s been reading

And I interviewed her on the story:

She decided she could work better outside with Rio.

Did her math brain kick in? Stay tuned.