Color Me Beautiful

A while back we bought Eve these tub crayons. Even better are the paints that Grandma Kim got her. We quickly learned that most coloring was easiest to contain to the tub. Eve thinks that the best thing to color on is her own body. I think it is adorable. I can see her spending hours on makeup years from now. She is so proud of her coloring!!

Naked Babies

Eve now has this thing about all of her babies being naked. I think the only thing they are allowed to wear are socks. She also loves taking babies for stroller rides. Good thing they aren't real babies. Can you imagine the poor baby with the head crammed into the crack? I think it's hilarious to watch. She is so sweet with her babies.

She is also loving her stroller. We have it in the living room right now because one of the first things she did this morning was go back to where her stroller is stored to rescue it. Then I had to push her around the living room and kitchen in it. Which gets boring fast. Maybe this is Eve's way of telling me that she has spring fever too. That is the worst part about living in Alaska. You get to that time of year and are so ready to be out an about but it snows, or temperatures are still freezing cold, the wind is blowing making the wind chill temps to cold to stay outside for long... it's always something. But at least we can sit inside looking out at the beautiful sunshine and dream of summer!!

Sometimes I am so amazed at the little person Eve is turning into. She has so much spunk it cracks me up. Some days she is so girly with her tutu and purse on, and the next day she wants to play with snakes, tease the dog and do daring stunts that make my heart stop. When did this happen? It seems like only yesterday I was desperately bouncing on the exercise ball for hours on end because that is the only way she would stop crying and go to sleep. Now she wants to be in her crib by herself.. with her little glow worm. In the morning instead of waking up to her crying like she is left alone in the world I sometimes catch her sacrificing a baby by pinning her between the crib and the wall... or playing the music from her glow worm over and over again. It is the sweetest thing. I feel like I can actually take the time to sit and think about how much I enjoy her now. Even as I am taking the stroller in the loop around the living room and kitchen inside the house because she wants to get into the stroller and the sad stroller just doesn't offroad very well in our Alaskan "spring".

Milk n Cookies

Last night we made some delicious Snickerdoodles. They are SOOO tasty. Eve had one this afternoon. First she had to examine it... then take a bite to taste... then shove the entire thing in her mouth (that's the picture on top).

Spring Break

This past week has been Spring Break. It has been fun to have everyone home.

A couple of days ago three moose decided to spend a leisurely afternoon in the yard. Usually we see them passing through but they really just hung out around the yard for several hours. Our trees must taste the best, or maybe the little puppy is less intimidating than the dogs the neighbors have... who knows but it was a nice treat to see them hanging out around the house.

Eve's latest thing is crouching around being sneaky. We call it her raptor look because that is exactly what it looks like. I think maybe she got it when people are being pretend sneaky to sneak up on her... who knows for sure but it is so hilarious to watch!

We are not up to much just dreaming of spring. We have had some nice "warm" weather, it has been in the mid to upper thirties!! The snow is slowly melting... life is looking good. The only bad thing is stupid daylight savings time. I hate it... it has thrown us all off... and Eve's naps are all over the place... and her nap schedule is the thing that my sanity depends on... so luckily I have had the extra help. I am sure it will all return to normal when everyone is up getting ready for school and work every day... Eve can't stand being asleep if someone is awake... she might be missing something.

So much for Spring

When we were in Ketchikan it was so nice and sunny. I had great dreams of the weather being nice up here. Maybe we would even have good enough weather to set up the trampoline over Spring break... HAHAHA. I am a dreamer.

Saturday we got snow. Lots and lots of fluffy snow. It was actually kind of nice. It was warm enough to go outside and play in it. Eve loved playing in the snow and fresh snow is way better than the hard crust that has been around for months. Now Eve goes to the sliding glass door and points begging to go outside. Unfortunately half of the time it has been cold... at least too cold for her to go outside. They say we should be getting more snow though... she will love it.

My little Harry Potter

I've Seen the Writing on the Wall

As a little kid I can remember just how much I loved writing. I thought it was amazing. Before I could really write I would spend hours upon hours filling notebooks with scribble and telling my mom that she had to read my notes. I think this phase may have started with Eve.

First was the writing on the wall. She has those little kid paint brushes that have to be activated in order to paint. I mistakenly gave one to her because she wanted it, thinking that she couldn't activate it on her own... well I was wrong. Luckily it washes right off the wall with no effort.

Then the past few days she has been grabbing any paper or cardboard item she can and locating pens where I never knew there were pens and scribbling. I love it!! I know its a mess... but I don't care because it is so darn cute. Other than the one time on the wall it has been on paper or cardboard so I can't be mad.

Baby's Bed

While we were at Mom's house Eve was in a pack and play for the first time. One night she decided that a laundry basket would make a good pack and play for her baby. My mom and I were laughing at how she was toting it around because we had done the same thing with the pack and play trying to decide which room she would sleep in. The video is bumpy because I had to move to get a better view... but it was adorable.