I dedicated an entire blog to Haddee not too long ago and there will be one for Justus coming up since he will be turning 1. I thought it was about time I did one for my middle child.
Eva is Hebrew for "full of life." I love how fitting the names of our kids are. She is always on the go and has been since she was born. She started crawling at 7 months and never looked back. She is an entertainer and energetic. She has the craziest imagination. I love listening to her when she plays alone. She likes to play with little people or animals. Her favorites are barbies and polly pockets. She makes up conversations and uses different voices for each person. I have got to get it on video.
But with that imagination, I am never quite sure when she is telling the truth. She makes up stories all the time. Grandma could call on the phone and ask what she is doing today and without even blinking or thinking she starts telling her all kinds of things that we definitely have not been doing that day. I wonder what kinds of things she says in Sunday school or what she will tell her teachers in school when they ask what she did for summer vacation. :) Scott has been trying to teach her about lying and the consequences of that. I think she will catch on pretty quick.
There have been so many crazy things coming out of her mouth lately I just had to document them. I don't do well with scrapbooks and I don't journal - so this is it to have for the future when she will find this as humorous as I do.
- "Mom, your hair looks like a Weeping Willow."
- KP was telling the girls about all these barbies she found that she had when she was little. She was trying to hint that she would give the barbies to them but they weren't really catching on. KP said, "I don't play with them anymore and my nephews won't play with them. I don't know what to do with them. Can you girls think of anything I could do with these barbies?" And without missing a beat Eva says, "I know! You could put them in the bushes." What??? Crazy.
-"Mom, did you know you are driving on God. Since Jesus is everywhere then he is on the road and you are driving on him."
-Me "Eva, does your throat hurt?"
Eva - "Yeah, it's kind of nervous because my head hurts."
Every day she asks Haddee to play Prince and Princess. And she always wants to be the princess. She also always tries to take 5 barbies and give her older sister only 1. She pushes Haddee out of the way to run past her to beat her wherever they are going. (We are working on what it means to be a bully and that she doesn't want to be one.)
She is hilarious. Haddee often stops what she is playing just to listen to Eva as she plays. She opens a book she has heard many times and flips through the pages making up her own completely different story. She is smart without trying and has confidence in who she is. She is quick to say "I'm sorry" and sticks up for her sister when others come around.
Her energy is contagious, her smile infectious, her laugh can lift the heaviest of moods. She is a ball of fire and has a mind of her own. She doesn't care what people think. She is dangerous and daring. She is precious and loving. And I love her with all the love in my heart.
