That is the look of pure exhilaration! She doesn’t know how to slow down and stop, and seems to have no interest in learning, but she does a decent job ditching it in the grass and jumping off! :)
Eve’s new bike
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My dinner helper
Another one from Eve
It’s pouring outside today. Really coming down. As Eve and I were getting ready to leave for school I reminded her to wear her boots and raincoat. She sweetly reminded me to do the same. So we did. I have a great yellow raincoat that Mema bought me (so I would stop complaining about not having a raincoat!) and a fun pair of pink flowery boots that I liberated from Joyce’s old bedroom. Off we went, into the rain.
At school we stopped for Eve to use the bathroom. While she was in there I was checking out my rain look in the mirror. When she came out I said, “What do you think, Eve? Does this raincoat look good or goofy?” She rubbed the soft sleeve of the raincoat, put on her serious face, and replied, “I think it looks just perfect, for your age.”
Hahahaha… She is so funny. I laughed.
On a side note, her school had an ice cream social and raffle this weekend. I knew we would be attending so I dropped $10 on an “early raffle” form wherein you check off which raffle items you’d bid on and they do the bidding for you at the raffle. At the playground yesterday one of the parents asked if I was happy about my winnings. What?! I never win anything! I stopped by the school office today and turns out I had won movie theater tickets and collage football tickets! Sweet!! That was $10 well spent! :)
Who’s paying attention?
I left my computer on last night because I have lots of windows open and didn’t want to lose my places (birthday party planning in action!) When my computer is on it’s like a light and I am the moth. No matter where it is or where I am, I’m drawn to it. Hence the reason I normally leave it off when the kids are around.
However, this morning it’s on and I’m sitting at my desk, lost in the Internet. Eve is on the floor playing with a puzzle behind me. Just now I said, “I’m not doing a very good job paying attention to you this morning sweetie.” She replied with, “It’s ok, I’m not doing a good job paying attention to you either.” I guess we’re even then. :)
I’m going to attempt to disengage from the computer now and go exercise. Continuing to ignore my daughter. Sigh.
I actually ended up doing a series of Hulu exercise programs with Eve right by my side. It wasn’t the greatest workout ever, calorie-wise, but it was fun and we were together. Well worth it.
Flower love
We planted chocolate mint and freesia today. The chocolate mint (repotting, really, Lex and I bought the plants already growing at the Home Depot!) went into an old pot of dirt that had something else growing in it last year. I don’t remember what. For the freesia bulbs I dumped a bag of manure on the wood mulch where our tree came down last year. Then we tucked the little bulbs right in and poured a bottle of water on top. I’m a top-notch expert gardener, have you noticed?
Garden girl
Lex and I packed up and started to move on to something else. Eve sat there for awhile, patting the dirt. Then she said, “Aww… I love these flowers. [brief pause, more patting] I want to hug the cow poop.” How can you not laugh at that girl!?!
Moring hair salon
Eve’s Hair Salon was open this morning with one extremely patient patron.
Stylist Eve, hard at work.
Later, while Rosy showered and de-barretted her hair, Eve let me take a turn at it.
This is how I wanted to do it. I think the braids coming together with flower clips is adorable.
This is what Eve thought of my idea.
She wanted the three braids left apart. Since it's her hair I decided to let her make this decision. Aren't I a generous mom?! :)
Photography by Lex
Making change
Here’s a random story for you. The other day I was making cracker snacks for the kids and I put some honey roasted peanuts in the bowls. Sometimes they eat the peanuts, but usually they don’t. As a silly comment I said, “I’ll give you each a quarter if you eat all the peanuts.” Guess what? They did! When I gave Eve her quarter she ran over, put it in her money jar, and came back with a dollar bill for me. She said, “Here’s your change!” I tried to argue with her but she insisted I take the money. If I didn’t want it for change then she insisted I take it for eating my peanuts too. I’d make a fortune if someone paid me for eating peanuts!!
This morning we had a playdate here and we were sweeping the floors before our company arrived. I asked if she wanted to help sweep. She suggested we pay each other for our hard work. Silly girl. So we both swept (with me doing 90% of the work, of course) and I paid her a dollar and she paid me two dollars.
I don’t think she fully appreciates the value of money yet. :)
Eve is so smart!
This is the drop sheet format that Lex’s class is working on these days. It’s the third format this year. His student teacher started giving Eve copies each morning awhile ago when they were easier and Eve loves them. They keep getting harder but she is so smart she keeps doing them!
She looked at section four and said outloud, “Baby…” Then she looked at the other picture, with the balloons, and said, “Oh, pop! Pop and pop!”. I love it when she thinks about something, figures it out, and is proud of herself.
She almost always gets the double consonant in section eight. The other day there was a drawing of a ham in the top row. She did it while I was out of the room, getting ham correctly. I was surprised that she recognized that picture. When I asked her about it she said, “It’s a ham, like Green Eggs and Ham!” Of course! Silly me!
Sometimes she lets me put stars on them when she completes the sheet, but other times she insists on bringing it back to school the next day so his student teacher can put a star on it. :). I joke about saving them all and turning them in on her first day of first grade. Joke, of course, bec,ause most end up in the recycle bin. I think she has some work to do on her handwriting before first grade anyway. She is mighty smart for Pre-K though!!
This makes me happy…
It is a sunny day, Eve is all in florals, and she loves my old baby doll. Baby is napping in Eve’s cubby while Eve is in school today. :)
One more birthday card…
Isn’t this the sweetest birthday card? Lex brought it home from school the other day. One of his friends made it for Eve. He was going to draw all of the boys listed, but he ran out of time. She is so loved.
