I often wondered if Evie would have as much personality as Lucy would, and often worried that if she was well, boring, that I just wouldn't quite know how to handle that!! Well maybe my worries were heard too loudly and they sent me Evie along with PLENTY of personality!
I had put the kids to bed the other night...Lucy all snuggled in her bed and fast asleep after about 2.5 seconds and Evie was supposedly asleep in her crib, so downstairs I went to cook up some bacon (no not for me...although being pregnant with some of these extra pounds may make some question if my nightly snack is bacon!) I was cooking it for some quiche I had to make. Anywho I was just about done when I heard Evie yelling "MOM!..MOM!!" so up I went to try and quiet her down and when I opened her door she said, "MOM...some BACON!!!" Well I got a good laugh partly cause she has the nose like no others, I mean what 2 year old can pinpoint that smell and also because Evie has a passion for well...FOOD! So I took her downstairs to quiet her down got her a piece of bacon...I know not even a remotely good bedtime snack but if it made her happy and she went back to bed that was a risk I was willing to take. I hurried her back to bad and once again made my way to the kitchen when I heard her yell, "HEY MOM MORE BACON!!!!"
EVIE'S FAVORITE SAYINGS:
"Mom has lots of pickles" translation "Mom has lots of Freckles"
"Gosh" "Gosh your cute"
"Look at my Fingertails"
"Great!"
"I DID IT!"
"NO EVIE DOED IT!"
"Lucy have a good sleep...great!!"
When asked "what does mommy say?" she replies, "blugh, blugh"(pretends to throw up!)
When asked "what does mommy say?" she replies, "blugh, blugh"(pretends to throw up!)
"Oh hurt...need a bandaid, Evie kiss it!"
"baby toot...lullaby and goodnight!"
Lucy as most of you know has a flare for the dramatics..unlike her mother and at times makes parenting a little trickier and well..entertaining. While out to eat one night after a few bites of soup she decided that she was done eating..being the well trained mom that I am I said that she could either eat it now and have a snack before bed, or I would save it for her to eat tomorrow and she would have to go to bed hungry. Being the smart child that she is she decided that saving it would be best because she just couldn't eat it!! We got home, her jammies were on and she came up to me with that cute little freckled face and said, "mom I'm really hungry!!" Well I usually don't stick to my guns enough but it has been a goal of mine to mean what I say so I calmly said, "Well Lucy you had a choice and you choose to save your food...so there will be no snack!!" Lucy stormed off to bed, I followed and tried to reason with her just a little bit. As I talked with her she said,"mom that's not very responsible of you!!" I then explained to her that moms don't like sending their kids to bed with no food in their tummies but she had ma de a choice and needed to learn to eat her dinner. (We have been through this MANY times, and like I said I was going to stick to my guns!) The emotions were running high and I could tell I wasn't making much progress as the tears welled up in her eyes and came spilling out as she said, "How could you have a daughter and send her to bed with no food?" Pregnant or not how could I refuse? Next time though..I will hold strong!!
While driving home from my moms I told Lucy that I was just going to run into the grocery store and I was going to leave her and Evie in the car. Now before any of you calls social services on me let me explain. We live in a little tiny town (I know bad things can happen in small towns), it was -29 degrees Celsius...in other words FREEZING, and Evie had just peed her pants. I explained to Lucy that all I needed were some buns for dinner and if she was good I would buy her some watermelon gum (yep I was pulling out all of the good parenting skills!) Well being the dramatic little soul that she is the tears and the mom please don't leave me came and then she said, "Mom if you leave me my heart will turn black!" A phone call was made and JD was sent to pick up some buns!
