Tatum has the ability to take a frown and turn it upside down IN ME! Honestly, it has been a memorable summer. I must reflect:
- Tutoring Olivia (with Tater on my lap) on Reading and Writing
- Tatum in the morning: I sneak in and play Peek a Boo
- Getting Coti up with Tatum. She gets so excited!
- Tatum waits patiently for her food while Coti goes outside
- Swimming Lessons every Saturday with Tatum
- Scrabble with Mom nightly
- Tatum discovering her tongue
- Hanging out with Mom and enjoying our relationship
- Completely re-writing the POWERFUL PEN (Tesseract’s Literary Handbook)
- Church and laughing with Tatum (she makes it through the service!)
- GCU and enjoying teaching the class. Monica’s appreciation
- Reading as many novels as I can (with Tatum next to me) (and LOVING Fault in Our Stars)
- Adapting to mom’s house and being OK with a bit of chaos
- Sesame Street at 1:30 everyday with Tatum and Coti
- Spending time with friends: Denise, Nancy, Karen, Melissa, Susan, Bob, Marilyn and Tacy (with Tater Tot on my lap 🙂 )
- Tutoring Gabe on EGUMPP
- Researching MORE Grammar programs (Is there a magic bullet?)
- Delving into the Book of Isaiah Podcast
- Circle K with Tatum: Michelle and Jean being President of Tater’s Fan Club
- My new 2011 CRV (for Tatum’s sake of course)
- Baby Bjorning (carrier) with Tatum wherever we go (Safeway, Fry’s, Walmart, Circle K, Discount Tire, Brake Masters, Paradise Bakery etc…) She loves it! (and she smiles at everyone.
- That one glass of wine after Tatum goes down.
- Sneaking in to Tatum’s room to peak at her sleeping. She’s so cute on her tummy all wrapped up in her blanket.
- Finding the perfect toys for Tatum: cups, cubes, blocks, stuffed toys, rings, books, squeakies, mirrors, alphabet toys (Thank you Jocelyn for the AMAZING cube set!)
- Getting sleep! Almost 8 hours a night.
- Old Navy Tank tops. I lived in these. No frills clothing
- Exercising every day while Tatum naps! 9am-10am. Yahoo!
- Going to two movies! Despicable Me 2 and Now You See Me. (worth every penny!)
- Being still. Hanging out with Tatum in her room all day, and being OK with not accomplishing anything.
- Going into school twice a week for two hours while Tatum goes to Temple Chai. ( a nice little break for both of us)
- Tatum making me laugh hysterically while she tries to catch and throw a ball.
- Tatum and me playing with Coti!
AND SO MUCH MORE!!
I will miss this summer. 
