Threads of Grace

Thursday, February 16, 2012

19 Months

Crazy that our little girl is 19 months already! Now we begin to count down to the big number 2! She is growing up so fast! She is definitely beginning to be quite an emotional little girl! Sometimes I find myself fast-forwarding to the "teenage" years and begin to fear for my life! One minute she is happy and laughing and the next she is trying to pull off her best "acting" meltdown scene. She is definitely lots of fun though especially as she begins to do more activities. I have finally lost count of her words as now she is beginning to put a couple words together. Here are some fun things Evie is doing now:

She absolutely LOVES to "COOK". If I go over to the stove she immediately tries to pull up a chair to help. We have a little chef-in-training on our hands!
She loves to "COKOR" (translation-"color") and decorate with stickers--A crafter after mommy's heart!
She has mastered Iphone Apps and loves to play games---this becomes quite a problem when mommy has to actually USE the phone to talk....working on this...
She loves to go on wagon rides and explore and hunt for treasures--her favorite is of course "acorns" (we have finally moved on from "rocks"). Although lately she just wants to "WALK" and pull the wagon...this makes for a VERY long ride...
At 18 months we have surpassed the 50% in height and are now 75%! I guess this little one had a growth spurt!
We still love to dance and spin to music. We now can do all the hand motions to "The itsy bitsy spider" and "Away in a manger" (thanks to Grandma Hird) and she tries to sing the ABC song although all that I can understand is "BEE, DEE, CEE" and then a "W" thrown in there towards the end. we are working on numbers too and she can almost count to 5 by herself!
She loves puzzles and is quite good at them. She has some sound puzzles and she loves to throw out a loud ambulance siren every now and then!
She still loves to accessorize and whenever we go shopping she loves to try on shoes, hats, bracelets, and sunglasses. I might have to already set a shopping allowance for this girl!

On the carousel with Daddy

Cooking away in the kitchen

Being a little crafty and made a get well sign for Grandma Hird

Reading some books

At church carrying her backpack--so grown up!

Pulling the big wagon

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Zoo and Park

We had some fairly nice days while we were all together over Christmas so we enjoyed playing at the park, walks, and even a day at the Fort Worth Zoo.

Trevor taking the girls for a spin at the zoo

All ready to see all the animals!

TJ and Penelope entranced by the zebras

The monkeys were definitely my favorite part they are always fun to watch.

A close-up view of a huge gorilla eating his breakfast

A tiger on a rock

Evie watching some birds with Papa

Getting a better view

Taking a rest with Grandma

Penelope and Evie wrestling an alligator!

We went to a park by Trevor's house one day and the kids had lots of fun!

Evie and Penelope driving the fire engine

Mastering the slides!

Swinging

Can't beat those beautiful winter Texas days!

Evie trying to pull Uncle T in the wagon

Hanging out at the house

We had a lot of fun just hanging out at the rental house together. The girls entertained us most of the time and it was fun to watch them interact. Penelope was mostly in charge and showed Evie how to play with all her new toys. Every once in awhile Evie would surprise Penelope and take her toys back!