Campbellstown

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Yay, videos!

This one is from January... she looks so little only a couple months ago!

This one is longer and may be only interesting if you're a hard core Eva fan. (like Grandmama)

Saturday, April 24, 2010

We're preppin' for our spring yard sale (May 8th) these days. I've been collecting, sorting, and pricing things into boxes. Eva, as you'll see below, has been doing what we like to call "help-dering." (helping + hindering) And it looks like her little hiney is going to be a good bargain...

Easter Chickie

Easter means spring is here, white is now appropriate, candy can be found in the back yard, Christ is risen (!), and for me when I was a child..... BEAUTIFUL DRESS! Easter Sunday for 8 year old Emily meant you learned and talked about Jesus in your white gloves and lace hat that you hoped everyone had noted the moment you came in the front door of the church. (Seriously, every little girl I knew was thinking the same thing... I'm sure of it.) I'm looking forward to continuing this tradition of fun and femininity, hopefully with less vanity, with my daughter(s) as she/they grow. Hopefully, God in His graciousness will enable Eva to listen better than I did to what we teach her about Easter Sunday and the glorious Gospel we're celebrating... in the meantime, while God, we trust, is at work, she'll enjoy feeling "b-you-full."

I call this one "Mimi's Baby Doll"

Don't she look it?

Roaming in the Mr. Wayne's yard... dress was a gift from Miss Patti (Thank you!!)

Miss Maggie's flowers (we visit them daily)

"Sniffin' shmell goods."

She looks SO like her Mimi here! So beautiful.

This is her saying "cheese" face.

...so we tried "vitamin" (her gummy treat at breakfast) and we got a tiny grin.

She was taking this 'looking beautiful' thing a little too seriously.

The leaves make it look like it was cold out... but it wasn't.

"Dis one no shmell good. No like it. All done?"

Thank you, Laina.

One good grin,

one scream,

and we were done.

This is her faking sleeping so she doesn't have to do anything else I tell her to. I think she got that from Daddy.

(Wink. Love you, Baby.)

Friday, March 26, 2010

Jump Daddy!

Family worship time, a weekly par-tay.

Ya can't tell, but they're in midair, hence the delight!

Eva Quote:

Mummzie: "Eva, would you please go tell Daddy that it's lunch time?"

Eva at the top of the stairs yells to Daddy: "Ay Babe, samich!" (sandwich)

Mummzie Made Muffins

My "dainty" not wanting to get her hands in the butter.

Cinnamon Blueberry (Secretly Healthy) Muffins

"Lishous!"

Eva Quote of the Week:

Eva: "Oh no! Broken! Mommy biscuit?" (i.e. 'can you fix it')

Ready or not... Time to be a Big Girl

A few weeks back, Mummzie and Daddy decided that instead of replacing Eva's getting-funky old pacifiers, it was time for a change. So, it was goodbye passies and hello "big-girl" bed.

Here she is delighted with her new bed and "pill-whoa so pwetty."

Yes, it was well received.

And (best of all) a real nap actually did happen!

Eva Quote of the Week

While riding in the car, Eva was trying to get her Mummzie's attention, but Mummzie said she needed to wait, Mummzie was talking to Daddy. Eva didn't want to wait. "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy...... HOTTIE!" Daddy's name for Mummzie did get attention.

Fond-a of the Flora

This is often how Eva spends her days: caring for a bear, doll, or book while toting about her bouquet of "fwowers." It's an assortment of things selected from her playroom bounty; a pinwheel, a fairy wand, and a couple of actual silk flowers she picked out at the craft store on a Mommydate. Mummzie has been decorating the house lately, so perhaps she was inspired?

Eva Quote of the Week:

After being introduced to her first marshmallow, Eva reported to Mummzie that it was "gooood." A moment later Mummzie felt a gentle stroking on her leg as Eva cooed, "Friiieend, friiieend."

Scribbles on a Sick Day

We're not sick anymore, praise the Lord, but here E was a sad little Chicken Nugget.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Planting with my Sprout

Ambitiously, I have decided to plant a full garden this year even tho we're not sure how our soil conditions are. But we have the seeds and the willingness to work hard, so why not? So a couple weeks back I started some seeds indoors, incubated them, and have had a healthy batch of sprouts emerge and leap forth at the sunlight! They're nearly ready for outdoor planting now, I've been hardening them off. I just hope our trees don't block all the good rays from my hopeful garden!

Eva was delighted by the "cookies" for the "speeds."

Selecting some "proven winners."

And...... PLANT!

Evangeline has been a good little mommy to the seedlings. She's daily interested in their progress and care. "Mommy, a pants need drink!" She thinks they're always thirsty. Yesterday, I potted a few larger, stronger sprouts and put them outdoors. Eva saw that some of the plants were missing and panicked, "Oh no! Oh no! A pants! Oh no!" and began looking for them. I reassured her that they were safe and happy in their new pot outside in the sun.