Find This Kid A Shirt

I look cool.


One afternoon I heard Evie Lu in her room and I went to investigate. I found her sitting on the rocking chair with no shirt, but with her swim goggles on. Do you know how difficult it is not to bust out laughing when you find something like that? I tried not to laugh so that I could call Kaia in to see what I'd seen.

Evie Lu seems to be going through developmental stages at a rapid clip. I'm not sure this is an entirely good thing since Kaia and I bear the brunt of a fickle Evie Lu. Between potty training, the constant choruses of, "What?" and "No!", and the spring cold we've been a hopping house. The trick with potty training is to be one step ahead of Evie Lu at all times. I know that sometime soon there is going to be a massive mess to clean up.

Hmm, how mad will I be at my parents for posting this picture?

The Naked Artist

After a disk repair, a clean reinstall, a RAM boost, and reloading of all my photos, I'm back in the blogging game. Thank goodness my slow Mac is back up to speed! Plus, I now have a brand new camera for my birthday! I had to give my new toy a try, and Evie's bath time tonight was the perfect setting. Evie got a set of bathtub crayons from Aunt Megan and Uncle Chris for her birthday. We use them as a special treat for when she uses the potty or when she needs extra encouragement to get in the tub. Tonight, she is fighting a nasty cold, so she needed some cheering up. Bathtub crayons to the rescue! She spent about 95% of her bath time working on her graffiti skills and 5% getting clean. In fact, judging by the color of the water after her bath, I'm pretty sure she was dirtier on the way out than on the way in. But it sure was fun!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

I dressed up just for you!

Sing Along With Evangeline

Do you want to sing along?

Evie Lu Reads!

Kaia and I were making dinner when we heard some small sounds from the living room. This is what we saw.

Aunt-a-palooza!

Aunt Kaitlin this is what we open next.


When you come and visit Evie Lu, you need to lead story time. It won't take long after Evangeline warms up to you for Evie Lu to hand you a book. She loves The Wheels On The Bus pop-up book, The Very Silly Shark, Make Way For Ducklings, Olivia, and Evie will provide the sound effects for you too. Doesn't it make you want to visit?

I love reading with my Great Aunt Robin!

What Are You Doing?

Look, I'm invisible!

The toddler endless question loop has begun at our house. Some kids ask "why?" over and over, but Evie Lu has decided to go with, "What are you doing?". So far I've found it hilarious. At the grocery store the other day I stopped counting how many times Evangeline had asked me the question at 100. The hardest part for me is to not give a smart ass answer to Evie Lu's honest question. I think it really cracked up my fellow shoppers to hear the volley of answers to Evie Lu's one question.

Now We Are Having Fun

Evie Lu - Queen of the Rodeo


Before Evie Lu was born I would pretend to hold her and imagine patting my little girl on the back. Kaia would laugh at me. It was so sweet after Evangeline was born to actually hold my little girl.
I also imagined giving Evie Lu horseback rides. This last week that came true as well. One of Evie Lu's favorites songs for me to sing while she is on her rocking horse is "Pony Girl" and she became a real pony girl this time. Yeehaw!