10 posts tagged “eva”

so we went out to eat at a small diner nearby our house. (we have the be very selective to find GF options around here! but we were able to narrow down a few places with a few meals -with minor adjustments of course- where we cant eat.) anyhow we're all looking at what we want for dinner off the menus and Eva says "mom look I drew you name".

now she says this a lot actually. usually it's some silly scribble that she is veyr proud of. circles and lines and what not. to which I say "good job! keep practicing!" and she beams with pride. so in auto-pilot-mothering-mode I turned and said "great job....."  no wait! she had written my name! oh my goodnes!

right in front of her on the scribble paper menu thingy they give in classy restaurants like local diners where the letters:

M O M

yep. mom.

she remembered from last week when I told her how to spell it. (she aska  billion times a day how to spell all sorts of words, but as she's still learning what letters are what this rarely goes anywhere. she just enjoys asking!)

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she just said to me as I type this...

"mom, I really really want this peice of chocolate" *big sigh*

and she was so cute I said "ok you can have it".

"for real, mom? are you sure?"  (long pause of disbelief)

"mom, can I really have it? are you only kidding? Can I really put it in my mouth and eat it???"

"yes, honey, I said it was fine. go ahead, eat it (just don't make me regret it!)"

and she smiles this mischeivious smile and puts it in her mouth in pure childhood delight.

So exactly how bad a mom am I that b/c I SO rarely allow my kids candy that they stare in disbelief when I grant them permission to eat it?

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ok one more Eva-ism b/c I don't want to forget it....

(I'm terribly long winded, so forgive how long the pre-story is to this tiny little story)

Eva is very curious about things other people do that she (or our family) don't do.... and vice versa.

in our house we don't celebrate halloween. she wants to know why. I could go into the theological arguments of why we have decided against it (which btw aren't b/c "it started as a pagan holiday"... but that it a WHOLE other post) but she was 3 after all. simple is better sometimes. a lot of the times actually - evenw ith adults.

so I just explained that some people celebrate different holidays. in our house we don't celebrate halloween, but the neighbors do. it's fine what they do, but we don't. that's all. (I'm not trying to build an anti-halloween army here...)

so she thinks about this and is settled. she asks about a few more holidays and what not. she asks what "jewish" means b/c Sean and I were talking about a jewish friend and chanakah and we explained about it. "why can't we celebrate chanakah?" was of course the next question. I just explained that it wasn't a holiday we celebrated but some of our friends do... so in simple terms I explained the holiday and about the lights. she wanted in on that! (she loves anything candle related - that's a big fascination for her right now)

totally different note - we have a rule in our house. we don't say "stupid". well the kids don't. I slip and do say it sometimes. b/c frankly some things ARE stupid. but.... this too easily becomes a name to call one another and it's hurtful to be called "stupid" by another person - even your little sister so it's a no no in our house. she often reminds me if I slip and use the word stupid to describe my feelings about oh... how the GPS is trying to take us into town some random way with closed roads etc... she's quick to remidn me that "we don't say stupid, mom!"

one day after saying it she says "mom, why does the neighbor call me stupid?". and I say maybe his mom didn't teach him better. and that she should remember how hurtful it feels to be called stupid and not say it back. she thinks very thoguhtfully over this and says:

"or... maybe in their house the celebrate "stupid" but we don't in our house."

I LOVE her logic hahaha

ok so for whatever reasons my photos aren't uploading. whatever. Sean can figure it out in 1- seconds when he wakes up. apparently I have become old and far behind the times computer wise. there was once upon a time I knew a LOT more than the average joe... or jane? anyhow, now? my dad knows more than I. big time. He has one of those crazy digital everythingbutthekitchensink phones. I can't even answer the stupid thing! How did this happen? hw did the guy who I had to teach the difference between email and instant messaging become so much more advanced than I am?

I will tell you this. The whole world would have to turn upside down before I EVER start texting as my main means of communication. I find that the most annoying habit in the entire world. and i will NEVER (short of losing the functioning ability of both of my arms) own a headset phone thingy. and if I did lose functioning of my arms and needed one, I promise that I will NOT walk around the grocery store, walmart, target, the park or any other PUBLIC setting and have private phone conversations at a very loud decible. Because that freaks me out every.single.time.

I am such an old lady all of the sudden. I'm going to start carrying a heavy hand bag so I can hit young people who get i my way on the side walk and call them "hoodlums".

wait didn't I have a point to this post???? ......... oh yeah. I found this picture of Eva from a few weeks ago and i had to post it. it just sums up "Eva" to me. one giant goofy, grinny, silly child. =)

we're back! we had a great time! a few bumps along the way... my camera LCD got smashed. I am SO careful with it. no really... VERY careful with it. I bought a really nice case and all. but when Sean looked it up it's known for that lcd smashing ridiculously easy. that doesn't make me feel much better though. it's money I don't have ot fix it. it's such a nice camera too! I love it - never has blurry pics like that old one I used to have.

I am so sad. not just b/c it's my camera but b/c it was a gift from a friend. I cried. I really did. I held it in infront of the kids and then they went to bed and I cried. it hurt my feelings so much! it was really special to me as stupid as it sounds. I didn't get but like 5 pictures of the whole trip.

oh well, what can you do? eventually i'm sure we will fix it... but everytime I see it hanging on it's little hook by the computer I get all weepy. (I'm not usually a big crier... but I really wanted that camera)

a tleast I had a wonderful time with my husband... ALONE for 2.5 days. ahhh. the longest we've ever been alone in 8 long years. it was wonderful. really... it was!! I think it should mandotory that every 6 months parents are required to take a vacation alone for 3 days (only nurslings allowed along if they must heh)

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did I mention that someone hit my car? yep. last week before we left. i had a GI appt I've waited for 6 weeks for... and on the way this old guy ran into me! nobody was hurt at all, but my car was. weird thing is he didn't even notice AT ALL until I made him get out and look at my hanging out light and dent on my car and the huge white streak on his. he pushed us up on a curb and didn't even notice it!  so I missed my GI appt (that is the thing that makes me the most upset!) and now I have to wait another 7 whole weeks for an appt!!!  I know it was a sincere accident, the old guy was so gentlemanly and nice (from North Carolina) but he was old and apparently deaf and blind too. it was a rental car so I expect to get a bunch of fight from them over it... but really it was me AND my mom so we both know what happened.

so my car isn't totalled... but it's not a great car anyhow (though right now I'm thankful for any working car) but i can't drive it until it gets fixed. the wheel is messed up. I'm back to borrowing and car from my mom which means sharing... I either drive her to work or my dad does. it's almost like driving  public transportation but with the HUG SUV gas prices hahaha. I wish our area was walkable... i'd much prefer to walk to town.

in good news, Eva's undies stayed dru ALL day today. if you're the mother of a 3.5 yr old with SPD you'd know how exciting that is!!! I'm about thrilled over the whole thing!  she's outgrown all the clooth versions of diapers and trainers so now i'm left buying those nasty disposable overnight bulky things and she gets a rash rom them so yuck! good riddance to them! I can't wait to have all kids in undies. trust me, diapering a 3 month old is way more funthan a 3 yr old! =)

we're back! we had a great time! a few bumps along the way... my camera LCD got smashed. I am SO careful with it. no really... VERY careful with it. I bought a really nice case and all. but when Sean looked it up it's known for that lcd smashing ridiculously easy. that doesn't make me feel much better though. it's money I don't have ot fix it. it's such a nice camera too! I love it - never has blurry pics like that old one I used to have.

I am so sad. not just b/c it's my camera but b/c it was a gift from a friend. I cried. I really did. I held it in infront of the kids and then they went to bed and I cried. it hurt my feelings so much! it was really special to me as stupid as it sounds. I didn't get but like 5 pictures of the whole trip.

oh well, what can you do? eventually i'm sure we will fix it... but everytime I see it hanging on it's little hook by the computer I get all weepy. (I'm not usually a big crier... but I really wanted that camera)

a tleast I had a wonderful time with my husband... ALONE for 2.5 days. ahhh. the longest we've ever been alone in 8 long years. it was wonderful. really... it was!! I think it should mandotory that every 6 months parents are required to take a vacation alone for 3 days (only nurslings allowed along if they must heh)

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did I mention that someone hit my car? yep. last week before we left. i had a GI appt I've waited for 6 weeks for... and on the way this old guy ran into me! nobody was hurt at all, but my car was. weird thing is he didn't even notice AT ALL until I made him get out and look at my hanging out light and dent on my car and the huge white streak on his. he pushed us up on a curb and didn't even notice it!  so I missed my GI appt (that is the thing that makes me the most upset!) and now I have to wait another 7 whole weeks for an appt!!!  I know it was a sincere accident, the old guy was so gentlemanly and nice (from North Carolina) but he was old and apparently deaf and blind too. it was a rental car so I expect to get a bunch of fight from them over it... but really it was me AND my mom so we both know what happened.

so my car isn't totalled... but it's not a great car anyhow (though right now I'm thankful for any working car) but i can't drive it until it gets fixed. the wheel is messed up. I'm back to borrowing and car from my mom which means sharing... I either drive her to work or my dad does. it's almost like driving  public transportation but with the HUG SUV gas prices hahaha. I wish our area was walkable... i'd much prefer to walk to town.

in good news, Eva's undies stayed dru ALL day today. if you're the mother of a 3.5 yr old with SPD you'd know how exciting that is!!! I'm about thrilled over the whole thing!  she's outgrown all the clooth versions of diapers and trainers so now i'm left buying those nasty disposable overnight bulky things and she gets a rash rom them so yuck! good riddance to them! I can't wait to have all kids in undies. trust me, diapering a 3 month old is way more funthan a 3 yr old! =)

incase you didn't already see this on my husband's blog... Eva (my 3 yr old) drew this for me yesterday. I love it!

"it's a silly guy!"

so we declared today "supoer family fun day" as it hit 71 degrees. and well in february when ti's anything over 60 degrees it's a family holiday.

well apparently nobody broke this news to the rest of the nation who was so rude as to schedule President's Day on the very same day!! arg. how rude.

so with much naivity we decide to forgo the metro this time and take the car so Eva could take a nap on the way hoe if she needed." how busy can it be on a Monday in Feb?" we argue. somehow we both decide the car is a good idea. (hindsight is everything)

well 5 hrs later and we are back home having seen... nothing. nada. zilch. zip. we could not get a parking space with in a mile of ANY of the MANY attractions on DC.

normally i make a plan... set up lunches, times to leave and arrive, schedule to stick roughly to. etc but we decided to make it a whim. sometime they work out beautifully, sometimes not. this time... not.

the kids were starving, I was starving... we drove in circles for every trying to find something... anything to do. even a park to stop out so we could eat the sad little lunch I did pack for us. well after more than one GPS mistake (not ours!!!) we ended up at a sad little park nearby our house... and it started to blow and rain!!!

oh my goodness. ok so we'll just go to the grocery store and run some errands instead. we determine not to loose patience or moral. this IS family fun day... right? so I suggest goign to pick up our raw milk from the coop drop off a bout 30 mins from where we are. we drive there I get out and I am hit with the realization that... I did NOT order milk this week. I forgot to. we have no milk.

this is when Sean says "ok... time to go home. we'll start over again later"

so we are all goign to Chevy's mexican restaurant for dinner this evening. what will come of it? who knows. Eva is doing summer saults instead of napping b/c she's wired for some reason. and I have a serious sinus head ache and the house is a wreck b/c we gave up all chores in order to have "super family fun day".

I have a feeling I will be very happy to crawl into bed today and put todat to rest in the past.

(I will say however, for a girl who gets very carsick, Eva stayed pretty composed for the majority of our 3-3.5 hrs in the car driving in circles)

it's about time right? I never post anything... so I will.  This is a picture a friend took of us at a restaurant yesterday. it's so rare we get a real family picture with us all together and everyone is looking at the camera, so I have to post that

  (he is an older mennonite gentlemen and refers to his younger friends as "son" and "daughter" or of course brother and sister if they are older. he's such a kind person and it was quite an honor!)

Son Sean, Daughter Larua LaFianza & Children

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