Check out Eva’s sculpture! She made it during her lunch. The sculpture was made with a pyrex bowl, sippy cup, and bottle opener.
Rainy Day
April 30, 2009 at 9:57 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: rainy, stomp, toddler
Here are some videos of Eva stomping around in a giant puddle.
Eva at 17 months
April 22, 2009 at 2:17 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: development, stats, toddler
I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted about my daughter. Life is busy busy busy. At this point Eva is clearly in toddler land. She is walking fantastically, her fine motor skills are excellent, and her words are superb. She has so many words I can’t even count them! She adds words constantly. For instance today she learned the word peacock. She also says the full word “water,” not wawa. Her speech can be hard to understand and sometimes she’ll tell me whole paragraphs about what, I don’t know. She follows directions too. She doles out hugs and kisses, and even blows kisses. One thing I must note is that Eva’s most favorite person in the entire world is her father. He is pretty great, but sometimes it’s hard not being the one she runs to when she’s hurt.
We finally, 2 months late, made it to Eva’s 15 month appointment. She is really healthy and I have absolutely no developmental concerns, so there wasn’t much to talk about. But her growth numbers are wild! She’s 21.5 pounds, in the 25th percentile, she’s 31 inches, in the 50th percentile, and has an 18.5 inch head circumference putting her in the 75th percentile! That brain is growing!
Eva still only has four teeth!
Day Out!
April 17, 2009 at 12:55 am (Adventures, Animals, Fatherhood, Loving It)
I took the day off last Thursday and Eva and I went to the Legion of Honor Museum. Since we are members, I thought we should probably check it out. The current exhibition is called “Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique.” Basically, a bunch of sparkly stuff made prior to The Great War. Eva especially liked the Tiffany brooches and Fabergé eggs and vases. However, after about 15 minutes the sparkliness was just too overwhelming for both dad and tot. We retreated, screaming and overwhelmed to the permanent exhibits. This was more our thing, with no one around, the museum was ours!
This deer was Eva’s favorite piece in the entire museum. Seriously, she looked at this forever. I was even ordered to lift her up for a closer inspection!
Here is Dad, Eva and abovementioned Deer.
Eva and what was billed as a typical room from the time of Louis XV.
What Eva really enjoyed was running around the giant courtyard. The courtyard was great, complete with The Thinker by Rodin (how Rodin had the time to make so many of these I will never understand) and a mini Louvre style glass pyramid.
Follow the Green Marble Road!
We finished off the day by watching the bison in the rain. When Eva saw the bison, she mooed and then laughed hysterically.
