Routine

This conversation happened between me and Evangeline after she had been quietly scampering back and forth from her room to the porch a few times. 

Evangeline:  "I'm making the coolest art right now!  It's art but with nature!"

Mommy:  "Your not bringing nature inside are you?"

Evangeline:  "No.  I'm not using leaves and stuff."

Mommy:  What are you using? 

Evangeline:  "Dirt."    

 

Here's another one of her prize winning quotes from the other day...."you know what's the scariest thing about being a baby?  If you always pretended like you were a horse they would grow up thinking that you were a horse."

 

Evangeline had one of her dearest friends, Avery Gard, over to play at the new house a few weeks ago.  They enjoyed swimming, playing princesses and making a recipe from her "Cook Me a Story" book from her birthday.  These two girls are two peas in a pod. 

 

Evangeline has been very much in to Anne of Green Gables lately.  When Avery came over I heard Evangeline say to Avery, "Call me Cordelia...Well, if you have to call me Anne make sure you spell it with an E."  Avery stood there looking totally confused and Evangeline began to give her a detailed summery of the whole story.  Then I heard her telling Avery, "Her best friend was Diana.  She drunk her."  Avery asked her what she meant by that and this is what I heard Evangeline tell her, "That means that you drink too much wine and you get dizzy and burp at tea parties."  I can only imaging what Avery will go home telling her mother.  

The new school year is underway.  Evangeline is an official second grader!  She is really starting to look older to me too.  When I see her at school I'm always startled by just how grown up she looks.  I can't believe she is already in her last year at South School.  I don't see her much now that she's on the second grade wing, which makes me sad.  She is loving school so far.  She is very serious about all the things her teacher, Mrs. Cannady sends home for her to work on.  She's been drilling her self with flashcards, reading her reading stories and practicing her spelling words like crazy.  I LOVE that she loves to learn so much.  I pray it continues.  She has so many nice friends in her class this year.  Her teacher goes to our church and is the sweetest person.  This is her last year teaching, so I'm so glad that Evangeline got to be in her last ever class.  It's going to be a great year, I can already tell.  We also have a new principal this year and the whole school is changed...there is such a happy vibe there.  It's a good place to be. 

 

Here's my big second grader on the first day of school.....

 

Evangeline lost her other front tooth at school.  It was big time drama this time.  It happened during lunch.  She had the principal, custodian and others involved.  When I came back from my lunch teachers were telling me that they were all looking for me because Evangeline was upset about the blood in her moth, but she finally pulled the tooth out.  When I went to check on her she was at recess and was happy as could be.  She didn't get to eat her lunch though and was very hungry after school.  She looks so cute without her two front teeth.  She gets SO excited about the Tooth Fairy coming and is always eager for bed on the nights she looses her teeth.  She spends lots of time writing the Tooth Fairy tiny little love notes and has to make sure everything is just right as far as the placement of her Tooth Fairy pillow. 

 

Jed took his first steps last Friday when we got home from school.  I stood him up in front of me and did a marching motion with my hands out in front of him.  He mimicked my steps and ended up taking 2 and then 3 steps!  I called Evangeline down and he did 1 step in front of her.  She was so excited!  So first steps...8/19...just before his birthday.  He still seems a little ways off from walking, but he's on his way. 

This is one of the groggy little faces that greets me each morning.  He's always so good-natured and cheerful when I come into his room in the mornings.  I pick him up and rock and cuddle with him for a few minutes.  Then Sis usually stumbles around the corner to see us and we chat about the day ahead.  It's a very nice way to start the morning off. 

 

We attended a campaign picnic over the weekend.  Oh, this is all so new to the Hutsons.  Good thing he's unopposed this time around.  It sure takes the edge off.