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April 9, 2007

This evening served as our "weekend" because I had to work both Friday and Saturday evenings. After a satisfying dinner at our favorite Pizza Inn, we headed to the mall to allow Tiny to enjoy some of the activities she's come to appreciate. As we strode through the seemingly empty mall - so sad! - Tiny said "Thank you for bringing me here." I don't believe we'd received an unsolicited comment of appreciation from her prior to this heartfelt moment.

To our chagrin, two of the three activities -- the "jumping house" and the little train -- were gone! Only the carousel remained. Tiny didn't seem to even notice the departure of the other possibilities. She was content to drift up and down for several minutes on her white pony. Weeeeeeeeeeee!

Next up, a visit to the toy store to grab a gift for an upcoming playgroup birthday. So far, in all our visits to toy stores or toy departments, Tiny seems content to look at or play with the toys at the store and doesn't make a fuss about needing to bring anything home. She browsed her favorite toys and looked at them and laughed, but then was quite happy to place them back on the shelf and move on to the next fun thing.

On the ride home, Melissa popped in a specialty CD that we hadn't heard in several months. Purchased from the State Fair when Tiny was a baby, each track includes lyrics that allow for the singer to sing her name. Though she'd heard that cd countless times as an infant, she didn't seem to remember a single tune. The first time she heard her name, she asked "Did she just say my name?" We confirmed. Each subsequent mention of her name on each forthcoming song produced "No Katie!" from her. To our amusement, she argued with each singer of every song. She attempted to inform the singers that she was some sort of dinosaur - a pterodactyl? - who had a rhyming name we'd never heard prior.