Someday (AKA Ode to Tati)

She will:

• sleep through the night.
• not pee in her pants and undies.
• not scream throughout the entire time out.
• wipe after she goes to the bathroom.
  
• not try to hit you while you are disciplining her.
• not stain every shirt she owns.

• not taunt her BIG sister.
• not ask for the ipod every 10 seconds.
• eat her food.
• go to sleep without getting out of bed 5 times to play.
• keep her clothes on.

• want a hair-do.
• not take her shoes and socks off EVERY SINGLE TIME we get into the car.
• won't empty the sand from her shoes in the living room.
• stop losing one of the babies from the Russian nesting dolls.
• sit still for a prayer.
• not wipe her nose and mouth on her sleeve.
• not yell at random children at the store or outside, "Don't look at me!"
  

But, someday she'll also:

• not run up and hug me when I get back from a meeting saying, "Ah, Mommy, I missed you!"
• not want this much affection.

• stop picking up rocks and putting them in her pockets.
• pick out outfits that match.

• wear her clothes properly.
  

• not ask for us to "cozy" her up.
• stop telling us the reasons she is a "big girl".

• make sense when she talks and we'll miss out on trying to decipher her messages.
• lose her cute baby teeth smile.

• stop referring to fat people as "piggies" (which I know is totally inappropriate but with her innocence makes it so hilarious).
• stop wearing two non-matching dress up shoes.
• not be able to pull off a tank top like a nightie.

• not jump over every crack in the sidewalk or tile.
• stop talking to our cars and hugging them when we get home and tell them she missed them.
• be able to make good decisions. Right now, when she approaches muddy puddles and stands on their edges, an all-out war rages in her brain between doing the right thing (walking away or around the puddle) or doing what her legs are fighting so hard to do (jump right in).

• not be able to get away with being inappropriate like when she pretends to shoot farts/poop out of her butt at Chloe like it is a natural defense she has been armed with.

The moral of the story is: We love this fool a lot--even if she makes it hard sometimes.

And to finish off with (and if you're not a relative don't feel pressured to watch this as it is a bit long) but it is Tati teaching how to draw a dino.

"How To Draw A Dino" -By Coo-koo Brains