March & April 2013

We went to pick strawberries.  The girls had a great time.

We gave Evia her birthday gift early.  She loves her new bike and loves that it has a basket to carry her baby.

 We went to Corpus a few weekends ago.  Violet very nicely collected shells and dug in the sand.

We went to the aquarium and Evia loved this fish.  She sat in the viewing window and the fish just stayed beside her near the glass for about 5 minutes.  Evia thought it was great.

Evia's World

Evia is quite the little artist.  She love coloring, play-doh, and photography.  I love seeing how she sees the world and how her pictures change over time.  Her toys are her new favorite subject.  She likes to pose and photograph them.  She is also perfecting her selfies.

She is obsessed with He-Man and She-Ra.  She wants to be She-Ra for Halloween and so does Violet.  Thank you Netflix for allowing me to introduce my kids to the shows I loved while growing up.

  I love this picture.  Her sweet little grin and her three nose freckles are adorable.

May 2012 - Mother's Day Weekend

My family was in town for Mother's Day weekend and we had a great time.

The neighborhood pool opened and Evia is very excited.  The water slide and diving board were big hits.

Violet loved the kiddie pool.  She was content to play there.  I remember Evia would not stay in the kiddie pool when she was a baby.

Hanging out with cousin Hannah.

April 2012 General Pictures

Violet loves to color but not at the table.  I frequently find her lying on the floor coloring in one of her books.

Evia now insists on dressing herself.  Her boots are her new favorite footwear, and they go with everything.

Violet is a big fan of boots, too.  She is also a fan of spongebob.

Strawberries!

We went to pick strawberries today and had a lot of fun.  This berry actually made it into V's bucket.  I think the girls ate more than they put in the bucket.

Playing on the new race car mat.

April 2012 - Garden

We have a small garden in our backyard.  Randy had Evia help with the planting last weekend.  She looks adorable with her trowel.

Not sure what was so funny, but I love this picture.

Showing off the grub she caught.  She also caught several worms.  Check out those dirty hands.

April 2012 - Easter

The pretty sisters in their pretty Easter dresses.

I tried to get individual pictures but Evia kept doing weird poses and Violet was distracted by an airplane.  She is obsessed with airplanes now.

Randy's company had a big egg hunt on Saturday.  Both of the girls had a great time.

I gave Evia a talk about being nice during the egg hunt.  She shouldn't push other kids or take eggs out of other kids' baskets.  She then looks at me and says, "okay, so I shouldn't bite anyone while I'm out there?" No, Evia, we don't bite during egg hunts either.  During the hunt, she would pick up an egg and shake it next to her ear.  I asked what she was doing and she informed me that was how she knew if the egg had something good in it.  If it passed her shake test, she would open the egg to see what was in it before she would put it in her basket.  Some eggs just got thrown back on the ground.

Violet would have stayed and petted the bunny all afternoon if we would let her.  And no grandparents, she doesn't need a pet rabbit.

Evia got her arm painted.

So Violet decided to get hers painted, too.  V wants to do whatever E is doing.