A little late...

This post is a little late.  I wrote in in October and forgot to post it...oops!

I wish I could video Evie doing all of her cute little mannerisms these days.  She is just bursting with cuteness (at least in our eyes).

We went to Michael’s Craft Store last night.  Of course there are lots of Halloween decorations around and Evie is scared of most of them.  I picked up a squishy plastic spider and asked her to touch.  She did – and then proceeded to glare at me and give me the dirtiest looks because she didn’t like it.

When we got home, we decided to color.  I got her some new crayons and a Minnie Mouse coloring book (to which she yelled ‘Mouse! Mouse!’ when she saw it).  She proceeded to lie on her tummy on the ground and color away. And she only tried to eat the crayons twice!  That’s progress!

She loves copying me right now.  We got her a little broom and whenever I sweep the floor, she runs and gets her broom so that she can ‘help’.  Yesterday, I was running the vacuum and when I turned around, she was behind me mimicking my actions with her toy lawn mower.  I made the bed and patted the edge when I was done, and she had to come over and pat the bed too.  I smacked my lips and said “ah!” when I took a drink of water, and she did it as well.  If I put on chapstick, she needs some too.  If I lie down the ground and pretend to sleep, she will lay down right next time, shut her eyes and pretend as well.  She always looks so proud when she copies me.  Let’s just hope she only copies the good things!  Note to self – BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR!

She does not like it when Crosby gets near her food and she will tell him that in no uncertain terms.  If he so much as looks her direct while she’s eating, she will wag her finger at him and screech ‘ No Cos! No! No!”.  She had a small bowl of crackers the other day and managed to spill it on the ground.  “Oh no!” she cried.  And the proceeded to freak out because Crosby came over and tried to eat the crackers before she could pick them up.  He got few and she threw an all-out fit.  She flung herself on the ground and cried “no! no! No Cos!”.  Obviously we are still working on sharing…

Her current favorite song is Skinamarinky Dinky Dink.  I found a video for the ‘Elephant Show’ from the 1980’s on You Tube and played the song for her.  She was so excited!  She sang along as best she could and did the hand motions.  Adorable!

Evie is kind of obsessed with boo boos right now.  She has a few scratches on her knees from falling down and when she sees them, she will gasp, say “oh no!” and continually repeat ‘boo boo’ until I come and kiss it.  If you tell her that you have a boo boo, she will insist on kissing it to make it better.