Tag Archives: Eve

Writing

Posted on by
2

Eve has been doing a ton of writing lately. I LOVE it! She is so smart. Sometimes the writing is well spaced and evenly sized, and sometimes it’s all over the place. All the time she does a great job with the spelling (with a bit of help) and she has so much fun.

birthday card

Here's Eve writing a birthday card for her friend's party this weekend. We put together a butterfly themed present with a butterfly kite, butterfly crayons, and a butterfly card. :)

note to mommy

Eve drew a picture of me and wrote "To Tessa Love Eve" in an artistic sort of way. Then she told me a story about the special glasses she had that made my face look orange to her. She has an AWESOME imagination!

central park

We went to visit a friend this morning and Eve made her a game. It's a maze and at the end it says "Central Park Straight Ahead" The green grass at the bottom is Central Park.

Back from Doll Hospital

Posted on by
3

For Christmas, Eve got two American Girl dolls from Rosy. These were dolls that we played with when we were kids! Oldies, but goodies. They are in great condition, but a little dirty and the hair was dry and came out a lot when Eve brushed it (in her oh-so-gentle three year old way). American Girl has a cleaning and repair service they call Doll Hospital. I asked Eve if we could send the dolls to Doll Hospital for a few weeks but she said NO! A few weeks later when the dolls were a bit less novel, I wrapped them up and sent them away. I felt a bit guilty doing this while she was at school, but I’m holding strong in my opinion that sometimes Mom knows more that the preschooler, and those dolls need some TLC if they were going to last for another generation. I got lucky and she didn’t notice they were gone.

Today they came home! American Girl does a beautiful job. They came home all cleaned (with new heads, hence the shiny hair, shh!!) and dressed in hospital gowns. They even had little hospital bracelets and discharge instructions. Super cute! Eve was thrilled to see them!! :)

eve with her dolls

Happy Eve with her shiny clean dolls.

shiny hair

She loved the braids and ribbons. Hopefully they stay in for a bit because I don't think we can ever recreate that look.

in boxes

They came back tucked nicely into these boxes. Eve wants to keep them for beds.

I’m off now to wake up the poor tired girl from her nap and take her to swimming lessons.

On my phone

Posted on by
1

“Guys, I’m reading the comics on my phone. Then I’m going to read the blog. Then watch some video games and do some math.”

“Don’t worry mom, I’m just reading the comics on my phone and doing email while I get my pee and poop out!”

Eve rediscovered my old, old cell phone today and has been very busy with it. :)

Eve’s first haircut!!

Posted on by
1

After a few years of joking about Eve not needing a haircut until she’s at least seven years old, my definition of “need” seems to have changed. Instead of waiting for it to be in her face (well, one long piece already is!) I decided that if it takes me more than five minutes to get the tangles out each night, maybe it needs a trim! She’s great about standing still and being patient each night, but it was time for change. I also thought that instead of laughing about her hair and calling it “crazy” for many more years, I thought maybe I should be responsible and actually take care of her hair! :)

tangled mess

Eve's tangled mess

combed mess

After lots of detangling.

smiling eve

Smiling Eve :)

eve in the chair

Eve in the chair. She was super excited, but got shy and quiet when the moment arrived.

eve

She's so pretty

wet curls

It's still pretty curly when wet.

Lex

Lex also got his hair cut today. He was not as calm and cooperative as she was.

backs of heads

I tried to get a nice after photo, but got this instead :)

After haircuts we went grocery shopping. It was a busy morning! Eve fell asleep on the floor during quiet time.

nap on the floor

Tired Eve

baby eve

She fell asleep and I grabbed the camera. I love this peaceful baby face.

After quiet time / nap time we went to the dentist! Busy day. At the dentist I learned that Lex’s top two 6yr molars are coming in, which explains his constant drooling, and why we have to tell him a million times a day to get his hand out of mouth. Apparently he’s teething! I wonder if it also explains his current round of total obstinance?!

lex at the dentist

Lex in the chair.

eve at the dentist

I like hearing that I'm doing a great job with the teeth brushing. They both got compliments on their clean teeth :)

More misquotes from Eve

Posted on by
Reply

Eve was wearing her “Frosty hat” again today and belting out “Frosty the Snowman” at full volume.  After she said “Down to the village with a road stick in his hat,” a few times I decided to teach her the correct words.  I explained that he had a broomstick in his hand and she looked at me like I was nuts :)  She said no, no, and insisted he had a road stick in his hat. I asked what a road stick is and she said, “It’s just sticks that people take off the trees and throw into the road.  Then Frosty picks it up and puts it in his hat.”  I guess that makes about as much sense as a broomstick in his hand.  She continued with her lyrics and I minded my own business.

eve

Eve in a quieter moment. I love this headband she made at school.

eve at dinner

Eve at dinner

Joy to the World

Posted on by
1

I haven’t been in much of a blogging mood lately. Sorry. I’m sure that will change soon. I’m sure I have pictures on the camera that could be uploaded, but I’m just not in the mood. So, to tide you over for a bit… here is Eve’s version of Joy To The World. She loves to sing and does a great job learning words. We were singing at lunch the other day and she said

“Hero’s the world with twos and twigs”

I couldn’t help laughing. She made me repeat the real words over and over until she got them. I love that she tries so hard and that the words, real or not, don’t make much sense to her so she has trouble telling what’s what. I think grown-ups often have this problem too.