Pictures of Eva

She's three--April 26th

David and I had planned to take Eva up to China town in Winnepeg again for a dim sum lunch on her birthday. But, then we woke up to this....

We stayed home. It was a fun family day, though.

On Sunday, we were snowed in and couldn't go to church.

This is how David spent the morning:


Eva and I played with clay:


It wasn't what we planned, but it was a lot of fun just spending time with Eva.

Birthday Weekend

Eva had a birthday party at daycare on Friday. I loved that she had it at daycare since all her friends are there, and because I didn't have to clean up my house for it. However, I did spend Thursday night at the church/daycare kitchen making her cake. Do you recognize who it is?

When I got home late on Thursday, Eva had been waiting up for me. So I told her what I was doing and showed her a picture of the cake I made for her. She looked at the picture, at me and back at the picture. With just a hint of confusion in her voice she asked me "You say you make me a carrot cake mommy?" I told her I did... Thomas was a carrot cake. Then in a voice akin to that which a teacher would use to explain the most simplest of concepts to a student told me, "No mommy. That not a carrot, that a train."

David and I bought Eva a camera (Fisher Price) for her birthday. We gave it to her on Friday morning so that she could take it to school and take pictures of her party.

These are some of the (better) pictures she took trying it out:

(Enoch has a nice leg, doesn't he?)

Here are some of the pictuers of her party that were taken on her camera. I don't think it's difficult to figure out which ones Eva took. I love seeing life from her perspective.




She got some birthday presents which she loved. Here she is showing off one of them. (View finder discs)

Pre-School

This is the "toy" that David bought Eva late last fall. It's been sitting in the downstairs all winter and finally she was able to take it outside. She's afraid of it.

I turned in the application this morning for Eva to go to pre-school--at the elementary school--two mornings a week this fall. I'm not for sure if she'll be able to go because it is a first come, first serve situation. Also, her age is borderline... she's suppose to be 3.5 years old and she'll only be 3.39 years old. In any case, it was a very strange feeling...

It's a boy

Okay, I know she looks a mess in these pictures, but I thought they were really cute and funny anyway. She was having a good time with her messy face.

So, yes my daughter thinks she's a boy. At least that is what she will tell you. It is delightful to listen to her and David argue over the fact. I am thinking it's because she plays with the boys at daycare who tell her that some toys are "for boys." She's decided to overcome that obstacle by declaring she is a boy also. The other day, I walked in to help her in the bathroom to find her standing in front of the toilet with her hips thrust forward. I asked her what she was doing and she said that was how boys go pee... and of course, she's a boy. I told her that she's a boy who's going to sit down on the toilet. sigh...

Birthday week

Eva turns 3 next Saturday, so we're celebrating a birthday week. We had our meeting with our Families with Children from China group last Saturday. Another girl in the group, as well as Eva, have birthdays this month. Eva had to wait for her before she could blow out her candles.





It's starting to turn into summer!!!

Alphabet Song

First Sunny Weekend

Yes, this weekend is the first of the season that was passably warm (40 degrees) and the snow in the yard has melted (85% anyway). Eva spent Sunday afternoon outside playing. She took her "Arctic Cat #1" outside to ride around in. She played in the sand box and she swung on her swing. She informed me that she even went down the slide by herself. Eva did not want to come inside. It was fun to watch her play, although, I did get nervous once.

Eva took her piece of pizza outside to eat and every single chicken in the yard clustered around her to watch. I told her she had to eat her lunch herself and NOT feed it to "her chickens." (Nothing belongs to David and I anymore, it all belongs to Eva. Too bad the cats haven't realized that yet.) So, when she had only crust left she asked me if she could give it to the chickens to eat. I told her she could, so then I watched her trying to chase down a chicken and hand it her pizza crust. Not a single hen was interested in eating the crust out of her hand, and were all rather concerned about this little girl-child chasing them all over the yard. So, of course, Red (the Rhode Island Red Rooster) decided he would get involved. He marched in between Eva and the hens and fluffed his neck feathers at her. Before I could get there, Eva just squatted down and handed Red her pizza crust. I think he actually would have taken it from her, but just as was about to, she figured he'd had long enough and ate it herself. I thought for sure Eva was about to get attacked by the Rooster, but instead, he didn't really know what to make of her and I think he was actually disapointed he didn't get to eat the crust himself.

Eva made up another story for us this weekend. She told us about a sticker (I forget its name). The sticker bit his own finger, then his elbow and his head... We asked Eva how and she just said, "He bit it, that's why." The sticker did some other things, but I don't remember them all. It was a really cute story about the sticker though.

On Sunday, Eva wanted to watch the movie of when we went to China to get her again. She fell asleep watching it, and we left the room while she was sleeping. She woke up 15 minutes later crying histerically. She held on incredibly tight to me for at least half an hour just sobbing afterwards. I think she had a nightmare, or a sad memory recollection. In any case, she isn't allowed to sleep by herself anymore after watching the China movies.

Shades

These are the shades that Eva picked out from the Mall of America.... the non-girly ones. She wears them all day long, even after dark. Indoors and outdoors. She's very fond of them, and likes them especially because they have flame decal on the sides. She thinks she looks like a rock star when she's wearing them. Personally, I think she's much prettier than any rock star I've ever seen.

Little mommy

Eva's tendencies to mother everyone have not dissipated as she has gotten older. Every time I walk out to the chicken house with her, she reminds me to watch where I step so I don't hurt myself. She tells me to stay warm, eat my food and go to bed. She pats me on the back when I hurt myself and tells me "It okay mommy." She insists on putting bandaids on all of my booboos and she tries to pick out my clothes for me. It's rather sweet in a very bossy sort of way.


Another thing Eva likes to do is use words she's not suppose to, while telling me that she's not suppose to use them. For example: "I no suppose to call you 'butt crack.' That a potty word. It naughty to say 'butt crack,' so I no say 'butt crack.' You say 'butt crack' mommy? You no suppose to say 'butt crack,' it a potty word." It continues for quite a while, and how am I suppose to tell her she's saying something wrong when she is the one telling me it's wrong to say?!

Gameboy

Last summer, when Eva's cousins visted, they had gameboys. Eva wanted one. Then, ever since Eva started going to the pre-school daycare she has been exposed to the older kids who come by after school and who all have gameboys. Eva really wanted one. So, David dug out his old gameboy that he hasn't used for several years and we bought Eva a game. (Mousetrap) that doesn't take a lot of skill or reading ability. She is so in love with the idea of playing the gameboy, I think more so than the reality of it. She loves to turn it off and on and adjust the volume. She only plays the first 2 minutes of the game before getting tired of it, but it is really cute.

Girls day out

We had faculty inservice day on Monday, and I decided that my life would be much more enriched if I spent the day with Eva instead of at meetings. So, I took a personal day and Eva and I spent some time together. We went and got our hair cut... Eva just a trim. Then we went out to lunch (the China Buffet, of course. That's the only place Eva wants to go), to the library and then Walmart. It was a great day out in Thief River. It was the first time I've taken Eva to the library actually. She really liked it, but was so busy exploring that she wasn't really in the mood to sit down and listen to a story. Usually she does so good with story time. In any case, I was impressed, because it is the first new environment that I've ever taken her to that she did not spend the first hour stuck on me. Progress is being made in the right direction.

So, last night, Eva wanted to play with her baby doll stroller that Granny bought her for Christmas. There is a spot for a cup or bottle for the baby doll. She asked for some milk so that she could put it on her stroller and look "official." I gave her a small glass, but when dinner time came and she wanted some of Ba Ba's iced tea to drink, we told her no because she hadn't drank her milk. And really, it is wasteful just to use it for play. She didn't want to drink the milk because "It for the baby, Mommy." So, she didn't get anything to drink. After trying, unsuccessfully to change her daddy's mind, she asked me if she could drink the water from the green beans. I didn't really think she would drink it, so I poured it in a glass for her. She took a big drink, looked at Baba with a smile and said, "It really good." Then a moment later, grinning enticingly at her daddy, she pushes her drink towards him a little and says, "You want some, Baba?" I know exactly what was going on in that little brain of hers. She knows that when we go out to eat, she can sometimes trade drinks, and she was aiming at getting Baba to trade his tea for the green bean water. Needless to say, he didn't fall for it. But, it was definitely cute.

Eva told me that she liked going to the library before she went to sleep and asked if we could go again, so I think I will be visiting more. It was a lot of fun spending the day with her, I wish that we had more of those days.

Personality

Eva did tell me the other day "I look like Heaven." I definitely had to agree with her. Although, most of the time she simply looks like my daughter to me.