Here are pictures of Eve from the past few days. We’ve been having fun doing our silly things.
Eve helps put away the groceries.
Pirate fun
We did some rearranging.
Eve ran in to chastise Lex and I for talking too loudly while her baby was nursing.
Daddy love
I love this one with the calendar in the background :)
The sun was shining today and we got out the door a few minutes early, so I grabbed the camera.
Yesterday I said,
“Pete and Repeat had a race” (a smile slid across Lex’s face, he loves this one)
“Pete lost. Who won?”
“THE TURTLE,” yelled Eve!
Laughter erupted in the living room. When things settled down, she added,
“As you know, slow and steady wins the race.”
For the past few weeks the kids have been waking up at 5:30. Sometimes they manage to stay in their room until 6am, as is the rule, but more likely than not Eve is out way too early. Now, with the time change, it’s 6:45 and they are both still sleeping! I got up extra early to get a shower before they woke up, but now I may have to wake them for school this morning. I guess the joke is on me this morning.
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.
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. :)
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!
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.
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!! :)
Happy Eve with her shiny clean dolls.
She loved the braids and ribbons. Hopefully they stay in for a bit because I don't think we can ever recreate that look.
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.
“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. :)
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! :)
Eve's tangled mess
After lots of detangling.
Smiling Eve :)
Eve in the chair. She was super excited, but got shy and quiet when the moment arrived.
She's so pretty
It's still pretty curly when wet.
Lex also got his hair cut today. He was not as calm and cooperative as she was.
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.
Tired 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 in the chair.
I like hearing that I'm doing a great job with the teeth brushing. They both got compliments on their clean teeth :)
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 in a quieter moment. I love this headband she made at school.
Eve at dinner