Found an old cell phone..you know, those flip ones you felt so cool f’alippin? Tatum discovered this thrill, along with the excitement of raising the antenna. Unfortunately she was driving while talking, and that is a NO NO!
One of her favorite things to do is talk on the phone. Any phone. Shoot, it could be a banana and she’d pretend it’s a phone. Is this a sign of things to come? All I know is she LOVES to talk. When on the phone, she says BYE BYE. When she is just talking to herself around the house, she ends it with Amen. In other words…”So be it!!” This little spitfire is going to be a leader. I need to channel her NEED to LEAD in a positive direction and not a bossy one. Definitely she is not a follower!
One thing I had right on the money, was putting this tent in her room. 
What does she like to do in it? Read, of course. It becomes the little Tatum cave of comfort. Mommy has to fit in it now too. If I want to sit in her room with her, she makes me sit inside with her. So, the laptop or my book goes in with me, sitting next to the up and down Tot. (she gets UP to get a new book and sits DOWN every minute!)
It’s a good thing I found a way to buy bulks of Thomas books. The minute they arrived in the puffy orange envelope, she forced me to open it and started reading before dinner. She got through every one in hmmmm…2 minutes flat. Amazing! (LOL)
This little talkative, tent-sitting, Thomas reading Tatum continues to challenge me in every way. Not in a bad sense at all. She inspires me to step up my parenting skills of helping her learn, strongly grow, love deeply, and give abundantly. One day at a time.