Shiner

Rolling out of bed and dropping something heavy you're not supposed to be playing with will do it to you.

Poor baby girl. Good thing she's still a cutie pie.

Sprinkles

Evie is big on matching.

"You're a girl, like me!"

"You have pink on your toes, like me!"

"You have brown eyes, like me!"

"Wook, Mama! You have sprinkles!"





I do have "sprinkles." A ton.

But she's getting a few of 'em, across the bridge of her nose.



And she couldn't be happier that we match.

Chocolate

Evie and I were watching American Idol tonight. She loved to watch the singing (she was a little sad there was only 1 girl).

Then this guy came on:



"Wook, Momma!" she said.

"He has chocowate on his face?"

Not a facial hair fan, I guess.

Princess Tea Party

After Luke's birthday bonanza, we weren't sure we were up for another party. I really hate that I have 2 kids with birthdays in January, so close after Christmas.

But Evie was so excited about her birthday. And excited about a party just for her. And really, who doesn't love to plan parties for little girls?

We decided on a Princess Tea Party - which basically combined her 2 favorite things (princess and playing tea party in her little kitchen). We had pink cupcakes, decorate crowns, made fairy wands, then let the girls have a dance party in the kitchen. Little girl heaven.

Making crowns:



The gorgeous banner Stacey made. I love it.

Pink, pink, more pink.

The Best $3 I've ever spent

Ken and I spent the morning with Evie -playing tea party, lunch at Burger King (her favorite) and running errands.

In the grocery store, she found a princess card that sings "I Know You, I Walked with You Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty. That just happens to be the song she has requested before bed for the last 6 months. It inspired a round of dancing in the refrigerator section. Neither Ken nor I wanted to be the one to take it from her, so it came home with her. She is currently napping with it.

Hours of entertainment.

My Girls

A conversation with Evie today:

Me: How was your nap?
E: Good. I slept with my princess. And my girls. (Except she can't say L's, so it comes out as "I swept wif my pwincess. And my goo-wews." Her "girls" are her 2 baby dolls, currently named Caroline and Chocolate).
Me:Did they sleep too?
E: Yes. My girls were hungry. So we had a snack.
Me: What did you make?
E: Pancakes. And drinks ("twinks.")
Me: Good.
E. But they were really hot. So I threw them out.

Another good suggestion from Evie this week: I asked her what we should name baby sister. Her idea? "Chocolate Milk." Perfect.

A First Time for Everything

We had our first time with stitches on Sunday. I knew it had to happen sooner or later. I was just surprised it was Evie who broke us in instead of Luke (the boy for whom the world is a trampoline). To be fair, Luke has gotten skin glue and once, when he was about 15 months old, he cut his hand pretty badly and probably should have gotten stitches -- but I just went over to a friends house and we taped it up really well). But these were the first actual stitches.

Of course, it happened in Utah in the primary room and there was a ton of blood. But after 30 minutes in the local urgent care we were on our way home with 2 stickers, a fruit roll up and a Dora band-aid. Evie did pretty well, despite the tears and repeated "I all done now! I all done now!" Now she just proudly shows off her owie.
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