Mommy's Birthday

July 10, 2007

Katie was very kind to Melissa today on Melissa's birthday and let her mommy sleep in. That's always an appreciated gift to both of us. For fun, the two of them went to a kiddie matinee for a showing of "Chicken Run," which Melissa found a bit too intense for a three-year-old. Fortunately, Katie seemed not to notice the questionable scenes.

The three of us met up with Nana and Little Papa for dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. Nana wanted to see if Katie understood that it was her mommy's birthday, so she asked "Do you know what day it is today?"

"Tuesday" was Katie's matter-of-fact reply. It was Tuesday indeed! Nana looked stunned.

What Nana didn't realize was that Katie has taken a keen interest in learning the names of the days of the week. Melissa had purchased Katie some new underwear last week, and each of the five panties displayed a cute little picture and the name of one of the days of the week. Starting on Monday, Melissa informed Katie that she was wearing "Monday" underwear. This initiated a hunger in Katie to then learn all the days of the week, excluding weekends. As we traveled to the restaurant, she was trying to recite each day in order but usually missed a day or two. Regardless, her display of this new skill was impressive.

During dinner, I encouraged Katie to sing "Tonight You Belong to Me." I had been singing the song last week, which I learned as a child from the movie "The Jerk," and I noticed that she'd get silent when I'd sing it. This, of course, meant that she liked it. Melissa and I would sing it from time to time. Then last week, she surprised us by singing all of the part that Melissa and I had been singing. Her favorite part is at the end when the lyrics say "Just a little ol' me!" And that's her part to sing solo!

After dinner, we proceeded to Nana's house for an iced chocolate chip cookie "cake." Tiny enjoyed her dessert but couldn't finish it because she was "stuffed." She then allowed us to capture video of her singing her new song!

Here's the performance:



As a special birthday present, Nana allowed Katie to spend the night!