Adventures of Evie

  Today was a busy day! This afternoon Evie had an appointment at Childrens that we've been waiting six months for. Usually these are pretty painless and go rather quickly but today everything seemed to be going sideways. We got there early as we typically do but ended up having to wait an hour to see a nurse. Evie's nurse told her he was going to make her into a pirate for a bit with an eye patch which prompted Evie to tell him a pirate joke which was pretty funny. After that they moved us back to the waiting room where we sat for another two hours or so before we finally got to see the doctor. That part went quickly though and then Evie got her stickers and we headed out. Because we were both restless from so much sitting we headed out to Liberty Center for some fun. We got some fancy chocolate truffles, some violet lemonades, and Evie got a new dress and then we headed down to the splash pad so she could play while we ate our treats. This center is Evie's FAVORITE place ...

  Today is the first OFFICIAL day of our vacation. We originally planned it to be a low key beach type trip since COVID is still a thing and it was meant to be a last relaxing week before life gets hectic with school and the holidays. However, once we found out that Universal and Disney were less than two hours from our house there was no way weren't going to go. We started with Universal Studios.  It was a really magical day! We got to ride the Hogwarts Express into Hogsmeade and our first order of business when we arrived was an interactive wand. Evie had fun waving it at the windows in the shops to try to get the magic to happen. We all had a few goes at it as the day went on and even though it was hit or miss it was a lot of fun trying! We stayed in Hogsmeade for awhile and got butterbeers and some sweets from Honeydukes. Evie really wanted to go inside Hogwarts but she wasn't tall enough for the ride and she was not interested in the Hippogriff ride so after we finished s...

  It's been a crazy week so today we decided to have some fun! Evie is a big Harry Potter fan even though she's only seen the first two movies and we haven't worked through the books quite yet. She's still a little young for some of the content but she loves to hear the stories anyway. So today we decided to use a fictional place to round out our week. We read some of the Tales of Beetle the Bard, had a "Quidditch match" in the living room, decorated a wand for her, and sorted her into a house. Then we finished it up wtih a potions class. For her sorting ceremony I set out four cups and she chose the one she wanted.  I gave her a bottle of vinegar and when she squeezed it into the cup it revealed her house! Ravenclaw it is! She loved the sparkles I put in here too. I suspect when she is sorted later in life she will turn out to be a Hufflepuff rather than a Ravenclaw BUT as a fellow Ravenclaw myself I wasn't sad to see her choose this cup. She definitely d...

  We're still reviewing this week and also working on counting up to 20. She's doing really well with 1-10 and 15-20 but those funny numbers like eleven and twelve are getting her jumbled up still. Most of my working day today looked a lot like this...me on the computer while Evie dragged her little toys up to my desk and made up stories and dialogue for all her little characters. I have been relegated to voicing the roles of Kristoff and oddly... Professor Snape. 😂 After all those years in dark corridors and potions rooms at Hogwarts I imagine he must feel very out of place at a party with so many famous princesses. ;) It's been fun to take a little break from so much learning with her and just use our time for play but next week we will be back on track with more of a school type schedule!