Apparently when I was pregnant with Evelyn I didn't crave ice cream because I craved it. I was craving it because Evelyn craved it. This is my excuse and I'm sticking to it. After finding an appropriately sized spoon she and I sat down to enjoy a well deserved treat. As you can see she loved it and even went to get another spoon. With two spoons she was able to increase her intake which only made going to bed that night even more bouncy. Ah, when will we parents learn. :)
Evelyn was all ready for bed. She had a new diaper and some warm pjs. Grandma Maureen and Aunt Kenna were in the master suite, there was a disagreement going on that just barely masked the sound of the warm shower running that Aunt Kenna would get into as soon as the disagreement was resolved. All of sudden the loud voices ended and loud peels of laughter issued from down the hall. My daughter was brought to me in a towel, soaking wet, and grinning from ear to ear. 
So we had breakfast in bed yesterday - Go-gurt, Tillamook, and crispy pretzels. ( It was just a precursor to breakfast. :) When Evelyn climbed onto Mike's tummy to harass him I just laughed. But the moment I looked away to grab another cheese was when he got to laugh. I looked over and sitting on Evelyn's pointer finger of her right hand was a huge...boogey! She won't let me get them but apparently she has no problem doing it herself. Our little fireball picked her first booger last night. We're so proud.
It was a wonderful adventure!!! Some of our friends gave Evelyn some free tickets to the Discovery Museum at the Gateway for her birthday and we just barely took advantage of that amazing gift today. We took Rico, Sokimna, Erin and Eli with us at it was a blast. Evie loved having friends to play with and the museum was just her size. These are just some pictures of the journey. 
Michael enjoyed the life-light helicopter so much that he had a heart attack and Rico had to necessitate him.
Showing some skin on the Channel 5 news is the new thing.
This horse was taller then a ... horse. It was huge and Evelyn loved it.
There was a little grocery store for the kids to play at going shopping. Eli found the best thing of all, my baby.
Becca made a sandwich and Evely was very sad that it wasn't real.
We thought we'd try some strawberries while we were there.
Rico is doing something that I am going to censor and Sokimna is enjoying a day in the forest.
What can I say? I look good and should be on America's Next Top Model...yeah.
This is Mike being a beaver. I can't really say anything about that either. :)
She is the cutest turtle ever. She was so much in character that she hated being on her back just as much as any real turtle.
I had a little turtle. Her name was tiny Tina...
There was even a water center for the kids to soak themselves in. The apron was so long and she so tiny that she was stepping on it when she tried to walk.
I'm being over dramatic, but I believe that when one's child gets hurt the mother is allowed be dramatic after the child is safe. Enough ambiguity. Evelyn was in the family room at my mother-in-law's house. She has recently become an expert climber, even making it on top of our counter top high chairs. (Its pretty high up there for a child that's only 30 inches tall. Well, what we think happened was her attempt to climb onto the couch in the front room. All I saw was her holding her mouth and a red liquid. At first I thought that she had knocked her teeth back into her head but her lip was just swollen. She just has a cut on the inside of her mouth, upper lip. There was no trip to the emergency room but I was ready to go.
So I turned around one day to find my daughter standing in side my husband's shoe. And yes, she can fit both of her feet into one of his. She was just so cute that I took some pictures. My daughter has a fetish because not only does she climb into Mike's shoes but my shoes litter the floors right now. I have a red pair that are her favorites. But she doesn't try to walk in them. She just likes to climb in and climb out. Aren't the habits of our children fascinating?
