haircut

Finally after three years I consented to get her hair cut.  It actually grew in really nice but now the ends are nice and even and the front is shaped nicely.  Evelyn was very serious about the whole thing and she didn't want me taking her picture or talking to her.  She just wanted to talk to her Auntie Tricia who cut her hair for her at her salon.  She was good for the whole thing and listened to Tricia nicely.  The no picture thing was a pain. 

 Here she is fending me off when I tried to take a before picture.

 Here Evelyn is with her aunt turning away and being difficult.  She was so quiet and sat still for her auntie.

So proud after she was done and wanting to pose for pictures.  This picture probably doesn't show off the hair, but it looks very nice.  She wanted everyone to see how pretty she looks with her big girl haircut.

little angel

Evelyn has been planning her snow activities since before her birthday in mid-October.  She was so excited to see our first measurable snow when she came down this morning.  Excited to the point where I thought she was going to cry due to happiness.  Then a little bit later she actually did cry when she realized there was snow on her tire swing that Daddy was going to take down before it snowed.

As soon as she got outside on the patio she immediately got down and began to make several snow angels.  In fact most of her playing took part on the patio because the snow just seemed like more there than on the grass since the grass was still visible.

She was pretty disappointed that there was not enough snow to make a snowman or go sledding, but I promised her we would get to do that this year.  So she spent her time shoveling with her sand shovel (I hear Santa might be getting one her size), pretending to fall onto the grass and have me and Beefcake find and rescue her, throwing snow clumps at Beefcake for him to try and catch (don't worry, he likes this, though he was strangely bothered by the swishing noise she made when she walked in her snow pants), and she made a really cute song up while she was throwing the snowballs.

 Here she is on the front walk drawing a ghost in the snow....I don't really get it.

Her post snow snack consisted of a big carrot, water, and hot cocoa (I let her add her own marshmallows--she didn't get to eat that whole bowl).  And by hot cocoa I mean she ate most of the marshmallows she put in, had a couple spoonfuls and managed to get a good cocoa mustache and then she was done.  This was the third time I've made her cocoa since someone (mom) told me she drank it at her house, and this was the third time she didn't drink it.

mini dance recital

Evelyn is in a dance class for 2-3 year olds.  She really enjoys it and I love having a little dancer.  The studio had a little mini recital with a Halloween theme.  Her Rapunzel came in the mail about a half hour before we left the house and she was already dressed as a fairy so we stuck with that.  There were two other Rapunzel's in her class so not a bad choice.

 I tried to pick pictures where you can't see other kids faces since they are not people I know and feel like I shouldn't post pics of other people I don't know.  That kind of makes it hard to post action shots.  As they are all 2-3, there is not a lot of synchronization that goes on.  It was really cute.  Evelyn was not at all nervous about dancing in front of all the parents and other classes.

 

pumpkin carving

This was the first year we carved pumpkins with our little pumpkin.  I was surprised that it seems a lot less messy than I remembered.  Evelyn didn't love pulling out the guts, I think it was just too much work, but she didn't mind sorting out the pumpkin seeds from the flesh. 

Here I think she was trying to make a pumpkin face.  Evelyn and my pumpkins were happy and Daddy's was scary.  I think you can figure out which is which.  Notice the cameo of Beefcake through the screen door. 

she's 3

Two weekends ago we celebrated Evelyn's third birthday with family.  Daddy couldn't resist getting her another Packer shirt and she was pretty happy about it too.  She can't wear any #4, the betrayal is too fresh.  Super bowl here we come!

 Birthday girl hamming it up.

Her party was Minnie Mouse themed.  Here is the cake that took me 10 hours from start to finish, that includes making all the cake and the frosting.  It is bigger than it looks, I think the bottom layer is like 12x12 or 14x14.  I drew the face myself and was surprised it looked as good as it did.  Curt made, and is very proud of the fondant bow he made by himself.  His first dive into cake decorating.

celebrating 3

Evelyn got an early birthday present from her dad tonight.  No surprise that she loves it.  Thanks to all the hard work that Curt has done clearing out our lot line there was room for a tire swing.

She got to play on it for about 15 minutes while I finished putting together dinner.  I am sure we will be on it again tomorrow.

No idea what Curt was doing in this picture.  But wanted to show the whole thing.  Tomorrow Evelyn turns three and will spend the morning with me, then off to Grammie and Bumpa's house for an overnight adventure as Curt and I get ready for her birthday party Saturday.  I still have to work out the cake details so wish me luck.

Next year I will put in some more plants to block that electrical box.  Can you believe all this clear area was covered with invasive buckthorn.  I think it is so neat Evelyn and her little sister will have a woodsy area to play in like I did as a kid. 

our little helper

Here is Evelyn last Saturday helping us plant on our berm.  Notice all the dirt on our little helper's face, and there was snot too as this was the start of her week long cold.  She had a great time spending all the time outside even if it was hard to keep her on task.

Her helping seemed to involve a lot of laying on her stomach in the dirt, but the clothes came out clean in the wash!  I still need to clean of those shoes though.  A pile of dirt + water=lots of mud

Evelyn is not afraid to dig in and get dirty.  She also had a friend worm she carried around and played with until it escaped in some mulch.