She NEVER stops moving

Evie has an amazing amount of energy.  She never stops moving unless she's in her high chair eating.  And trust me, we trap here there often and feed her, just to keep her still for a bit.  She walks this house ALL DAY LONG.  Round and round and round.  Wandering.  Picking things up, waving them around, giving them a taste, tossing them on the floor and then it's on to the next thing.  Every day, all day.  It's crazy.  She prefers to be in whatever room i'm in, especially if it's the kitchen, because she wouldn't want to miss out on a scrap of food.  She will come over and tug on my pants (to the point of pulling them down once!) and let out her screams.  Is all of this cute?  Kind of.  Right now it's cute, as i'm talking about it.  But sometimes it drives me nuts!  What is cute is when she brings me books to read to her (Little Bee, Twinkle Twinkle, Bean), or her kitty, or her babies, to kiss.  And she makes that adorable nose when she brings something over....tssss. 

Marea just finished her first summer camp program at Hilltop.  A raging success.  She did GREAT, as I knew she would.  Tomorrow we're having all her friends over for a backyard kiddie pool playdate.  I think it's going to be super fun.  She made her first hopscotch in the backyard.  It was so cute, just a bunch of circles lined up.  One for me, one for her, and a tiny one for evie.  She's getting better at drawing.  She's putting thought into it and controlling the crayons.  She loves to draw Suns.  Perfect.  Me too.

Sumertime continues

We've been spending lots of days at the pool.  Today Marea, on her very own, got out of the pool and jumped in by herself...with her floaties and swim ring on.   She got so happy and excited with herself!  Then we suggested that she try it without the ring, that her floaties would hold her up...and she got out and stood there, then chickened out.  But then, without any encouragement or pushing from us, she just did it.  She went under a bit, but she was fine.  And she was SOOOOOO proud of herself.   It was adorable.  I love watching her conquor fears.  I remember when she was scared of the carousel, and would cry every time I took her on it.  And then one day, she was perfectly fine.  It was such a simple, proud moment, for both of us.  And after watching her today, I know she'll do great at her first day of preschool summer camp tomorrow.  I'm freaked out of course, because I hope my baby girl gets well taken care of and all the attention she needs, and makes new friends.  But she'll do great, because she can!  

Two more Marea words that i'm loving: a-cause (meaning, because) and da-jamas (pajamas).

Evie is busy busy busy.  Her favorite thing to do right now is bring us her little white kitty, which we pretend kiss, and her books.  She gets our attention with an obnoxious scream thing that she does.  It's SO loud and annoying!  Yesterday she entertained us by doing the 'Evie butt dance' in the living room when the music was on.  Thank god I got that one on video, it was too cute.  She is trying to say ball but it sounds more like 'cawl'.  But i know she's saying it because that's what she says when she sees a ball!  I can't  believe she'll be 10 months old tomorrow.  AHHHHH!!!!!

Busy Busy Busy!

That sums it up for us right now.  Busy as can be.  Busy with lots of activities-parties, playdates, pool days-and busy chasing the girls around.  Especially little miss E.  The child is crazy.  She walks the whole house, over and over and over again, screeching with happiness.  She's loud and excited.  And she can be pretty fussy and needy, too!  She doesn't like it when we leave the room.  She requires constant attention.  Which is good, because it makes me stop, and pay attention!  And seeing as though the baby stage is going by way to fast, i'm glad to have her demanding me to sit back and enjoy.  Her faves, right now:  walking everywhere, her baby white kitty, (and homer too!), jumping on giant lamb, eating cat food and shoes,  stealing Marea's pacis in the morning...and Marea just in general.  She loves watching Marea and taking over whatever she is doing.  

Marea has been quite the pleasure lately.  Her vocabulary is expanding, still, and the conversations are even more fun and interesting.  Especially when she talks about things she remembers from the past.  Sometimes she'll recall something that I forgot about, or puts her own little spin on something, and it's just so amusing to me.  I can't remember any of those things right now, but i'll try to think of something!  

We took Marea to Mahe for the first time last week, and she ate her fill of sushi!  The kid has good taste!  I love that she loves food.  Although she has a sweet tooth too...she demands her treat every night after dinner!    We had our first sleepover at our house last week, Harper and Mary came and spent the night, so I guess it was a sleepover for me too!  Marea loves sleepovers.  Hopefully we'll have lots of them in the future.