Lately

Lately, Evelyn has been hanging out with friends, playing inside and outside, and helping her mama cook and clean:

Ev seems to be warming up to Baby Ellen a little bit, as evidenced by her attempt to share her treasured pink scarf above:)

 We made our own playdough last week and have been having so much fun playing with it:)

Evelyn also took the opportunity to strike a series of Vogue-style poses in a doorway while waiting to meet a friend for supper last weekend.  If only we had thought to provide a Madonna soundtrack for her!

Happy weekend, friends!

Girl Stuff

So we have a little girl living in our house.  Obviously, Evelyn has been a girl for all of the 27 months we've known her, but it is hilarious to see her gender manifest itself over and over again, with little-to-no-prompting from her parents:)

Last week, she invited me to a tea party.  And asked to use "the china."

Nearly every day, Evelyn can be found carefully checking the contents of her two purses (jewelry?  check.  old Starbucks cards?  check.  tiny peg people or Playmobil cats?  check.), and then carrying one or both around with her while she goes about her business.  

Evelyn can also frequently be found delving into her basket of dress-up clothes, donning as many beautiful items as possible, and then asking me to turn on "dancing music" so she can "be a ballerina."

These last two I include not only for the sake of contrast (from freezing cold and snow to sun and blue skies and 60 degrees, Nashville in February is crazy!), but also to draw your attention to Evelyn's wardrobe choices.  Can you guess her favorite color these days?

Enjoy the rest of the day, friends!

January in Review

Whoa there.  It's February 4, folks, and time is a-flying.  I feel like we missed part of January because we spent a couple weeks being sick...with colds (Ev), flu (Em), and ear infections (Dave).  But thank goodness everyone finally seems to be healthy again, so we are back in the swing of things.  While we weren't lying on the couch or the bed or the floor, we did manage to celebrate two birthdays, play outside in some unseasonably warm weather, and hang out with cousin Joseph, who came to town for a solo visit with Honey and D.

So on to some pictures.  First up:  my birthday.  Though I spent most of my birthday lying on my back trying to will the flu out of my system, Dave and Evelyn presented me with a lovely card, a fun gift, and mini-bundt cakes to celebrate:)  D also stopped by briefly with some birthday surprises to cheer me up, and Grammie and Grandaddy sent along a treat, too!

 My most favorite card (from Ev and her daddy)

 The beautiful card that Grammie and Grandaddy sent.  It really was wonderfully beautiful, and then Ev went to work on it and did a little stripping-down, so only the essence remains:)

Ev's most favorite card.  Honey and D picked this one out, mainly for Evelyn, I imagine.  It meows "Happy Birthday" and is still going strong a couple weeks later.

A week later or so, we celebrated Grammie with a birthday lunch!  Ev gave Grammie a brand-new copy of Mother Goose to take home, so they clearly had to try it out a bit.

And then there was a spell of warm(er) January days.  So Ev did lots of playing outside with some of her dolls and stuffed-animal friends, and even fit in a visit to the zoo.

Finally, Joseph spent the weekend with Honey and D, and we got in some good play-time.  Note that both toddlers are sitting still in the picture above--this lasted all of a minute or so:)

Happy February, friends!