Evie has started Willie Price this fall and, other than wanting to be walked in each day, has really loved it. Daniel and I had our first parent teacher conference and her teacher bragged on how sweet, and helpful she is. She was described as an avid listener with a great attention span. She plays with lots of different people and gets along well with everyone. She comes to tell the teacher if she's upset at someone rather than acting out. She loves her best friend Martin, and is very protective of him. They always stand in line together or sit next to each other in centers.
My kids have very different personalities. Evie is my joyful child. She has the biggest, happiest, realest smile! She loves to talk to people and wants to say hello or wave to everyone. She will gladly tell you all about her love of horses or dancing. She is tender hearted and is very good at verbalizing how she feels (she doesn't get this from me).
Her big brother likes to keep his feelings hidden, and although he loves hard, he doesn't like to show it. His first week of school, he made Evie a "map" to something and then folded it in to a fan. She was soooo proud of that folded piece of paper, she took it to school to show it off. The teacher said she kept going back to her drawer throughout the day to make sure her fan/map from her big brother was ok. As much as they bicker, it's nice to have these reminders about how much they really love each other.
Evie is big on taking care of her baby at home and "feeding her". She likes to sit in the chair next to me and mimic me feeding Holland. She wants to dress like her baby sister and is always bringing her toys or pacifiers to make her happy. Evie gets so excited when Holland laughs at her or even looks at her.
Some of Evie's favorite things lately:
Horses/unicorns/ponies
Dancing- she asks constantly when she can dance on the stage
"Mogrit"- yogurt
cherry tomatoes
Singing Taylor Swift songs- especially "We are never getting back together"
Pretending to be Pete the Cat by putting converse on her hands and feet
Lots of dressing up and wants to dress herself each day
