06. Tillie Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021

It’s just another Tillie Tuesday,

I wish it were a snooze day,

But it’s my news day,

And just another Tillie Tuesday!

The How-To Episode

Tillie, on How-to be Direct

Grabbing a handful of fresh powder snow: “Can I see your face, Daddy?” (Yes, she nailed me).

Tillie, on How-to be Deceptive

VIDEO #1 this is Tillie serving game point in ping pong

Tillie, on How-to pronounce vanilla

Tillie: Can I have some vallina ice cream?

Jeanne: It’s pronounced Va-nill-a

Tillie: That’s what I said, Va-linn-a

Tillie, How-to on the Timing of Life Lessons

We were sitting outside at the metal table on the deck (see picture) when I noticed that my damp gloves were freezing to the metal. Aha! Important life lesson based on my own bad experience with a flag pole when I was her age.

Me: Tillie, even if you are curious about it don’t ever put your tongue on metal in the winter time.

Tillie: (her eyes narrowing to a cold stare) Why did you not tell me this before I was a first grader, Daddy? Why?

(She survived her own encounter with the swing set at school, she said, and it didn’t hurt “too” much.

Tillie, How-To on Pairing Food and Drink

“Everybody knows you don’t drink orange juice with pizza. Except ogres. And ogres are real, you know.”

Tillie, How-To on Getting Your Yoga On While Opening Presents

VIDEO #2

Tillie, How-To on Engaging Your Parents

“DADDY! MOMMY! Come quickly! This is important!” (Used in a variety of ways but usually to show us a new type of species in Pokémon Go)

And, finally, How-To Wake Up in the Morning

Looking down at her, gently telling her it’s time to wake up, Tillie opens her eyes, looks straight at me, and says, “Well, that’s an ugly mask.”