Friday, March 28, 2008
Sweet and Wild
She looks sweet doesn't she?
Until we get to the next picture & she is transformed into her wild woman self:
Until we get to the next picture & she is transformed into her wild woman self:
Come on now... don't we all feel like this once in a while?
She have her own mommy
I dropped Eva off at daycare a couple days ago, and stopped to talk to one of the other little girls while I was there. Eva immediately grabbed my face and turned it to hers, she looked me in the eyes and said: "You my mommy. She have her own mommy to talk to." Eva is so very possessive.
We took this picture at the Chinese New Year's celebration this year with our Families with Children from China group. We put all the girls on the couch and took their picture. They all smiled and grinned, except for Eva. She still hasn't given up that whole crying on the couch picture thing:
Monday, March 17, 2008
Spring break
Last week was spring break at the college, so I got to spend some extra time with Eva that didn't involve one or both of us being sick. On Thursday, Granny, Eva and I took a trip down to the cities, just to get away and help Granny with her frustration at being stuck in the house all winter. Eva did great on the trip down, Granny sat in the back seat next to her and acted attendant the entire way. Of note, she did not have a single accident. So, we are encouraged about the potty training. However, she did manage to collect a souvenier rock from the landscaping of every restaurant we went to during the trip. They weren't particularly pretty rocks, just important to her.
Because Granny was with us, our first stop in the cities was to a quilting store. Then, we checked into the hotel. We went out for Indian Food on Thursday night, after checking into the hotel. Eva liked the food, but was upset that she had to wait for it. They made the mistake of bringing us our empty plates early on, while we waited for the food. As soon as that plate was put down in front of her, Eva started asking, forcefully, "Where my food?!" She was very excited at the hotel and absolutely did not want to go to sleep. I think it was midnight before she actually fell asleep. I went to sleep before her and let her and granny visit for a while. She kept wiggling the lamp next to Granny. So my mom told her to stop wiggling it, to which she informed Granny that "The hotel no care that it wiggle." We both want to know where she came up with that reasoning, because it is definitely nothing that either of us told her.
The next day we went out for breakfast, and again Eva demanded her food as soon as we sat down. Then we went to my favorite asian market in the cities (United Noodle). Eva picked out some candy that was in the shape of Thomas the Train's face. I let her hold it, not realizing that she can actually open up her own candy now. I told her that she had to save some for Baba so he could see how cool it was. She assured me over and over that she would save him some. She didn't. Then, she tried to tell me that she saved him some of the candy in her mouth. Let me tell you, that is not a safe place to save candy.
We visited the Mall of America next. We were there five hours and did a complete circuit on all three floors. However, we did not visit the amusement park in the center of the mall... that's a job for Baba. I pushed my mom around on her wheel chair, and Eva rode on her lap. I was the only one really working, yet both Granny and Eva still wore out before me. I must admit that both of them lasted longer than David does at the mall. !/4 way around the first floor is all he can handle before he's ready to go. In any case, Eva got some new clothes and shoes. She officially wears a size 10 shoe now. I think I've figured out why her feet are extraordinarily large for her size and age... it's because her toes are really long. In any case, she also picked out a very cool pair of hot wheels sun glasses... they are not the prissy kind at all. She got a couple of stuffed animals at the Disney store and some wierd gooey wormy things that light up in the middle. I also let her pick out three types of candy at the candy store. She thought that was the best and wouldn't let anyone else carry that bag. She insited on carrying it herself. We had a snack of Cold Stone ice cream, which she actually told Baba that she had for breakfast after we got home. Apparantly the ice cream made a more lasting impression than Perkins did.
We stopped at a fabric mall before eating and heading back home. At that point, Eva was pretty tired. She fell asleep watching Mulan with Granny in the car. On the way down, they watched Finding Nemo, which disgusted Eva. In the inital scenes where Nemo's parents are talking, Eva looks over at Granny and says, "Fish don't talk" with all the expression of a child being disgusted that anyone would try to pull something that silly over on her. She wasn't going to fall for something that obviously wrong. Eva takes her pretend very seriously.
Last night while Eva was getting ready to go to sleep, she made up her very first story for me. It was great. It went like this:
"There a poopliana (don't ask) on your cheek, mommy. It go in circle. Then it jump down on pillow, then it jump on floor. It run on floor and Ginger (our cat that Eva has claimed) chase it. She eat it."
I thought it was a pretty good piece of fiction for a two-year-old (almost three).
Because Granny was with us, our first stop in the cities was to a quilting store. Then, we checked into the hotel. We went out for Indian Food on Thursday night, after checking into the hotel. Eva liked the food, but was upset that she had to wait for it. They made the mistake of bringing us our empty plates early on, while we waited for the food. As soon as that plate was put down in front of her, Eva started asking, forcefully, "Where my food?!" She was very excited at the hotel and absolutely did not want to go to sleep. I think it was midnight before she actually fell asleep. I went to sleep before her and let her and granny visit for a while. She kept wiggling the lamp next to Granny. So my mom told her to stop wiggling it, to which she informed Granny that "The hotel no care that it wiggle." We both want to know where she came up with that reasoning, because it is definitely nothing that either of us told her.
The next day we went out for breakfast, and again Eva demanded her food as soon as we sat down. Then we went to my favorite asian market in the cities (United Noodle). Eva picked out some candy that was in the shape of Thomas the Train's face. I let her hold it, not realizing that she can actually open up her own candy now. I told her that she had to save some for Baba so he could see how cool it was. She assured me over and over that she would save him some. She didn't. Then, she tried to tell me that she saved him some of the candy in her mouth. Let me tell you, that is not a safe place to save candy.
We visited the Mall of America next. We were there five hours and did a complete circuit on all three floors. However, we did not visit the amusement park in the center of the mall... that's a job for Baba. I pushed my mom around on her wheel chair, and Eva rode on her lap. I was the only one really working, yet both Granny and Eva still wore out before me. I must admit that both of them lasted longer than David does at the mall. !/4 way around the first floor is all he can handle before he's ready to go. In any case, Eva got some new clothes and shoes. She officially wears a size 10 shoe now. I think I've figured out why her feet are extraordinarily large for her size and age... it's because her toes are really long. In any case, she also picked out a very cool pair of hot wheels sun glasses... they are not the prissy kind at all. She got a couple of stuffed animals at the Disney store and some wierd gooey wormy things that light up in the middle. I also let her pick out three types of candy at the candy store. She thought that was the best and wouldn't let anyone else carry that bag. She insited on carrying it herself. We had a snack of Cold Stone ice cream, which she actually told Baba that she had for breakfast after we got home. Apparantly the ice cream made a more lasting impression than Perkins did.
We stopped at a fabric mall before eating and heading back home. At that point, Eva was pretty tired. She fell asleep watching Mulan with Granny in the car. On the way down, they watched Finding Nemo, which disgusted Eva. In the inital scenes where Nemo's parents are talking, Eva looks over at Granny and says, "Fish don't talk" with all the expression of a child being disgusted that anyone would try to pull something that silly over on her. She wasn't going to fall for something that obviously wrong. Eva takes her pretend very seriously.
Last night while Eva was getting ready to go to sleep, she made up her very first story for me. It was great. It went like this:
"There a poopliana (don't ask) on your cheek, mommy. It go in circle. Then it jump down on pillow, then it jump on floor. It run on floor and Ginger (our cat that Eva has claimed) chase it. She eat it."
I thought it was a pretty good piece of fiction for a two-year-old (almost three).
Friday, March 07, 2008
Eva girl
It's been a while since I've had time to post... I have been very busy.
Two weeks ago, Eva had another bout with RSV. She gets it every three months, and so she spent the week with temperatures of 103 -104. Tylonol does nothing for it, the Motrin would bring it down to about 100. So, she spent an entire week sitting on my lap, being miserable and being held. I missed a full week of work, and have been trying to catch back up for the last two weeks. Her Pediatrician says that she should outgrow it with time, as her immune system improves. Meanwhile, its rather frightening for me.
Eva is becoming such a big girl. She has started to throw temper tantrums this month. She screaches, throws things and yells at me that "I no like you Mommy." I put her on time out for speaking disrespectfully to me and then she repents and wants held, telling me repeatedly that "I love you now Mommy." I don't know how long this will last, but David and I are working hard to make sure that it is not successful for her. She has also taken to deliberately pooping outside of the potty chair when she's mad at me. So, I have begun to make her clean it up herself. I don't think this is going to last long... she really doesn't like the whole "touching poop" thing. I don't blame her.
The other day, David asked her where milk comes from. She told him "Cows." He asked her where eggs come from, and she replied "chickens." So, then he asked her where honey comes from, to which she replied "Pooh bear." I don't blame her for thinking that.
Eva has been learning how to cook with me. She made Baba some scrambled eggs for breakfast recently. However, she lost attention when they were only 2/3 of the way cooked, so I had to finish it for her. She likes to make coffee with Baba... she likes to drink coffee with Baba. She helped me make a cake, but it didn't turn out so well. She still needs to practice her measuring skills. In any case, I absolutely love doing things with her. She is a truly brilliant and beautiful little girl.
Two weeks ago, Eva had another bout with RSV. She gets it every three months, and so she spent the week with temperatures of 103 -104. Tylonol does nothing for it, the Motrin would bring it down to about 100. So, she spent an entire week sitting on my lap, being miserable and being held. I missed a full week of work, and have been trying to catch back up for the last two weeks. Her Pediatrician says that she should outgrow it with time, as her immune system improves. Meanwhile, its rather frightening for me.
Eva is becoming such a big girl. She has started to throw temper tantrums this month. She screaches, throws things and yells at me that "I no like you Mommy." I put her on time out for speaking disrespectfully to me and then she repents and wants held, telling me repeatedly that "I love you now Mommy." I don't know how long this will last, but David and I are working hard to make sure that it is not successful for her. She has also taken to deliberately pooping outside of the potty chair when she's mad at me. So, I have begun to make her clean it up herself. I don't think this is going to last long... she really doesn't like the whole "touching poop" thing. I don't blame her.
The other day, David asked her where milk comes from. She told him "Cows." He asked her where eggs come from, and she replied "chickens." So, then he asked her where honey comes from, to which she replied "Pooh bear." I don't blame her for thinking that.
Eva has been learning how to cook with me. She made Baba some scrambled eggs for breakfast recently. However, she lost attention when they were only 2/3 of the way cooked, so I had to finish it for her. She likes to make coffee with Baba... she likes to drink coffee with Baba. She helped me make a cake, but it didn't turn out so well. She still needs to practice her measuring skills. In any case, I absolutely love doing things with her. She is a truly brilliant and beautiful little girl.
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