Adventures of Evie

  Today was predictably rainy and gross so we decided to use it to go to the library. We had a few books that needed to be returned...one of them Evie has held onto for almost a month now! Luckily our library auto-renews our books for up to eight weeks so we didn't have to pay any fees or anything but it was time for some fresh ones to read. She is VERY obsessed with the Pinkalicious books right now but they didn't have any of them today (probably because she had them all checked out...lol) so we picked out some new things and then we did some coloring sheets and a Mothers Day craft. Then we headed down to our favorite custard shop for some frozen custard. Todays flavor of the day was mocha brownie so I had that one and Evie went with her standard vanilla happy sundae. After we finished up we headed home to read our new books and play the game she checked out. Library days are always full of fun! 

  Today we played with MEGA beads! I got these mega water beads and I've been waiting for a good time to use them. So I set them up last night and they really did get huge! We took them outside between breaks in the rain to play with them. Evie mostly wanted to crush them up and pretend they were a slushie which was fine with me! They are actually really fun to squish into a bunch of tiny pieces and it was cool to mix them in the cups and make layers of color. It took her about an hour to crush up all of the beads and then she spent some time just playing with the mashed up mess! This definitely is an outdoor project though because they got EVERYWHERE!  Later we went up to my moms house for family night. Evie has been looking everywhere for "blow flowers" and there aren't many in our neighborhood but there were TONS of them at nana's and she loved picking them and blowing them all over. She also really loved playing with her cousins. It was a really fun day! :)

  It's Monday and we had a busy weekend so today we occupied ourselves with a series of mini projects. First we made some noodles and toppings and Evie had a ball making me different combinations of yummy noodles. She had a lot of fun helping me color them in too. We also colored in some printouts to make some little puppets to play with. We used them to tell stories and also to make customers for her noodle shop! Last we made this little butterfly. Evie colored in his wings, eyes, and body and then I cut the wings out and glued the whole thing together for her. It was fun to do some mini projects and play make believe for awhile! :)

  We had a mini vacation this weekend and it was so much fun! On Saturday morning we went downtown to see Trolls Live! Evie wasn't happy about how high our seats were and, much like she did at the JOJO Siwa concert she spent the better part of the time before the show started crying and asking to leave. However, after the show started she calmed down and we had a lot of fun. She got a fancy lemonade with a flashing ice cube and a really cute Poppy headband too!  After the show we headed up to Columbus to grab some lunch. Our first choice restaurant had a one hour wait so we walked up the street to a different one. Luckily it was a really pretty day so the walk was pretty nice and everything is so green and pretty since it's Spring. Definitely getting us really excited for more road trips this year!    After that we headed to West Virginia to my cousins wedding reception. The reception was beautiful, the food was good, and there was plenty of good company...but Evie's...

  Today was such a pretty day so we decided to spend it playing outside! Evie really wanted to play with Barbies and I had some new printer ink cartridges I needed to test out so I worked on making some mini games and stuff for her Barbies to play with and we took the whole thing outside to have some fun!  First they played some UNO and ate some Doritos... Then they cleaned everything up and watched some movies, and lastly they played a few rounds of Monopoly! After we finished up playing the games Evie spent some time running around, playing with her chalks, jumping on her trampoline and singing and dancing -- her favorite! In the summertime we spend almost all our time outside and I can't wait to spend more days just enjoying the sunshine. :)

  Today was a busy day for us! Since the earlier part of the week included appointments and we spent our weekend enjoying the summer weather we didn't have much time to get any errands run. Today we decided to knock some things off our checklist before dance class. After I got off work we ran to a few stores and then came home and had lunch. Of course Evie wanted to get in as much jumping as she could before we had to go to dance class in the evening so after lunch I let her go out and jump some more. We also got her spring cover on finally. Next up is a safety net but that's a project for another day! After that we headed off to hip hop! Evie really loves to dance but she's not been super keen on being told HOW to dance. She started off really loving this class and having so much fun and now she seems really resistant to going. While she's doing great and following along the moves really well she just says it's not fun for her anymore and she really wants to just d...

  Today was check up day with Evie's ophthalmologist. We had to see a different doctor this time because her usual one had no openings until August and it wasn't the smoothest visit. The doctor part was fine but the previous nurses we've seen were very patient with Evie and gave her plenty of warning when potentially uncomfortable or painful things were coming up. This time her nurse seemed impatient and annoyed and didn't warn either one of us that her dilation drops were going to sting. So Evie was pretty upset in general about it. I am pretty used to pulmonology appointments and what will happen and how it may feel but this is only our second time with ophthalmology so I didn't recall the painful drops from the previous time and I felt awful that she was uncomfortable.  After she was finished up I asked her what she wanted to do since she had done such a good job and she said all she wanted was to have a mama/Evie day. So we went to a "fancy" restaurant...