A Day of Grace

Well, it’s about time, Mommy finally let me play with her Button Machine. We struck a deal, something about how if I hugged her lots and promised to not to wake up and sing at 3am, she’d let me test out her Button Machine. I know she’s been writing you all to say what it’s been like to become my Mommy, but now it’s my turn. So I thought I’d tell you all about my day. It was pretty fantastic, but I’m pretty good at having fantastic days.

So, I didn’t wake up at 3am, but I decided I wanted to see Mommy earlier this morning; I could tell when she put me to bed last night that she missed me. So I yelled for her to come in. She did, after a few minutes, but she didn’t look like she usually does in the morning; she smelled more like bed then soap and had on an old t-shirt, not the shiny clothes she usually wears when she comes to get me. Her hair looked really silly too! I offered her one of my pacis to make her feel better. She brought me a bottle and then I helped her get ready. Mommy thanked me for doing a real good job letting her shower; I even took all the white paper off the role in the bathroom and made sure to dump all my toys on the floor, just like she asked.

After we got all ready in our outside clothes and went downstairs, I went over and tried to eat Cat. No, I didn’t; that would be silly!! I did give him lots of pets and was really GENTLE like Mommy I always says. Mommy made me put on Jacket, and I got real mad at Jacket because he always pins my arms down for a second, but then it was okay. We went outside and scraped all the Cold off the car windows, and then Mommy put me in Seat. I get mad at Seat just like I get mad at Jacket, but Mommy I always tells me that I’m okay and then I am. It helps when I get to squeeze Car Bunny; he always gives me great hugs back.

Then we got to School! My favorite. That’s because Miss Sakineh and Miss Matilda and Mr. William are there and they are my teachers AND my best friends. Except for Mommy and Daddy, they’re the best. They teach me all sorts of things and give me lots of hugs and tell me what a Good Girl I am and feed me yummy food and do Art Projects with me. And they have a special room with furniture that’s the size of me and the rest of the Littles (that’s what Mommy says I am, a Little). I don’t even cry when Mommy leaves because she always plays with me at School and I have so much fun there and I like that I have Family and also School. The other Littles are fun, too; we do everything together. Mostly we show Miss Sakineh and Miss Matilda and Mr. William how to make the Toys work, because they’re always asking us to show them.

So we had lots of play time and lots of eating time, and then nap time. All that was fun, but not nearly as fun as when Daddy picked me up! Daddy comes and gets me most days, and it’s so fun because I have so much to tell him about School. He takes me home and then we play untl Mommy comes home and then we eat again. We have a great system for dinner. Mommy and Daddy give me a food, and I eat a little bit, put some in my hair, and then after throw it on the floor they then give me another food, and we go like that for a while. At the end I usually get Fruit - blueberries are my favorite. I could live on a big blueberry. Then sometimes yummy and delicious prunes. And of course milk! I keep trying to tell mommy and daddy that it’s really called “Nana” but they keep calling it “milk,” or sometimes, “em-eye-ell-kay.” We all know that it’s Nana, though, so I don’t know why they’re confused. Silly Mommy and Daddy. They started letting me have Nana while they put on my PJs. I get mad at PJs, too, just like Jacket and Seat, because they also restrict me for a moment. But having Nana helps.

Then the Best Part of Mommy’s Day comes; that’s when she holds me and I read her a story. Well, when she reads it, she only goes in one direction, but I think she’s learning that Books are made to be opened and shut lots of times and you can just pick whatever place you want. I like snuggling with Mommy, too. Daddy wraps me in Blanket; tonight Daddy rocked me in Chair, which he says is the Best Part of His Day.

I’m tired now, so I’m going to go to sleep; Mommy just reminded me that I have to go to the Land of Nod so I can welcome all the new babies into the world (I have lots to tell them). And Mommy loves me to the moon and back and I love her and Daddy that much too.

Sweet dreams! I’ll come back and visit again.