Telephone

Tulia was sick over Thanksgiving long weekend.  We had plans to go to the park and trail with Evan, Ansen and Isaac on Sunday.  On Monday we planned to visit Brickworks for another trail with VJ, MikeRana, VeronHenry.  We ended up skipping all the lovely events to stay home with Tulia because she was throwing up and had a fever.

So we let her took a day off from school yesterday just so she recovers fully.  Because she woke up really early (right before I left for work), I had to get her breakfast.  Gay was still in bed so I asked her to call me if she needs someone to talk to.  She tried dialling a few times but kept making errors and was unable to dial the 10 digits right.  It was the first time I taught her using the phone to call.  I then said maybe I'll just call her instead and she just needs to answer the phone.

I left home and while I was still sitting in the car on the driveway, my phone rang.  It was my girl calling me!  I was very excited and we chatted a bit.  Then dad comes down and we said bye.  I called her back and she picked up the phone saying "You again?"  I couldn't stop laughing.  We hang up and she called me one more time afterwards asking to play toys after breakfast.  I then hear him asking Gay, "can I bring the phone to grandma's house?"  She might be thinking that, the home phone is the only one that can call mommy. 

Afterwards Gay told me that when he came downstairs, he saw Tulia lying across the stairs talking to me on the phone.  I feel the days of Tulia on the phone with her friends might come sooner than I imagine.

I hope I get a phone call from her again soon :p