First Babysitter

Saturday night Evvie had her first experience with a babysitter in our house. (But don't tell her, she has no idea). We put her down to sleep at 7:00 and left for a concert at 7:15 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center.

The show was John Hammond and he was AMAZING! The guy has been around the blues music scene for over 40 years and it's incredible that only a small group of people have heard of him. He wailed.

Anyway, we came home after a few hours and Evvie hadn't made a peep. Easiest $20 the babysitter ever made.

Face First in the Driveway

Potty Talk and the Messy March Blues

Evvie's been poopin' up a storm since Thursday. Yes, it's the big "d"- diarrhea. She's run-down and sick with a rashy irritated bottom. Not to be outdone, mama got the barfy belly over the weekend, too.

I'm living with a bunch of sickies.

Evvie did have enough energy Sunday night to find these "stickers" in mama's bag and stick them to us. We labelled ourselves so we wouldn't get confused as to who was who.

In more uplifting news, the nasty March snowbanks got covered up with a new coat of pristine white, before that white changed to sleet, freezing rain & rain that knocked out the power. This killed our basement sump pump and caused a nice flood among the boxes and unfinished projects that clutter our basement. Was I thinking that I was ready for spring?

It's been an exhausting five or six days. Evvie's finally turned the corner and is feeling better, and our hopes are that mama will, too. With any luck the harbinger of spring will be a bluebird with a basket of marshmallows, puppies, fluffed towels and things less nasty than these past few days have brought.

The Playground

This weekend finally saw a bit of a thaw, so we took advantage of the sunshine and limped down to the community playground. (Ruby & Hallie are still a bit lame, although Evvie's active enough for both of them)

Evvie had a lot of fun swinging, playing in the snow, and going down the slide. (Daddy was caught enjoying himself a little bit, too). The play halted when an navy plane flew overhead and we all had to stop to make plane sounds.

(nnnnnneeeeeeouuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmm)

Quick Quiz:
What's more fun?

A) Climbing up...

B) Sliding down?

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In other news, Evvie uttered her first complete sentence Saturday night on her way to bed. (Drumroll please...) It was: "Bye bye Dada". Although only four syllables and just two words, it does qualify as a complete sentence. In fact, it's better grammar than I'm usually able to mumble before my own bedtime.

Overdressed, Dressed Pretty, and Underdressed

Here's some fun we had with the free stickers we got from...some organization. Evvie had fun sticking them on her kitty, on Daddy, and then finally...well, you can see where she decided the stickers were fun.

Today was music class day, and it started out like most others- with Evvie leaned up against me watching intently. When we stood up and started to get more active, though, she became much more interactive with the other kids in the class. Cecelia is about Evvie's age and was very interested in Evvie's dress. It had stars all over it (And it just so happens the Cecelia's favorite song in "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". They became fast friends, sharing shaker eggs and swapping scarves to dance with. I was very pleased.

This picture is from a few weeks ago, but the outfit is the same as the one that wooed a new friend...

Weekend in New Hampshire

This past weekend we visited some friends in the great state of New Hampshire. Evvie rode really well and enjoyed the ski trip we went on (see photo).

I was a little concerned about her sleeping through the night- a feat she has seldom accomplished flawlessly in a new enviornment. Amazingly, though, she slept..well, like a baby. It must have something to do with all that fresh air.

The following day after breakfast we took a trip to a great sledding hill. Evvie took the task very seriously in her one run down the hill. She did not hate it. She did not whoop and holler. She observed the situation and filed it for later examination.

After that, momma took a run down the hill which resulted in a dramatic overturn and crash. Unfortunately, it also resulted in an injury. Her right knee was bent too far in the spill, and she could not put any weight on it. Nate and Suzanne had to sled her off the hill on a litter, and we headed back for ice and ibuprofen.

Evvie took an active interest in mom's injury when she realized there was melitng snow involved.

Hallie had great acute care in the apartment. The team consisted of two health care pro-fessionals, a rugged helpful man, a cute comic-relief baby, two interested dogs, and myself, the interfering papparazzi. We decided to head back to Maine early and get our home base established before heading to the ER. (Which, incidentally, we never did do).

Hallie's now resting her leg and feeling quite a bit better- she was able to drive today, although we're still waiting to see the specialist to really check her out. Hopefully she'll be 100% soon, but until then feel free to call her soooooooo lame!

Peek-A-Boo!

She wanted my hat. I didn't know why, but I don't usually ask when she wants something like that.

She got the hat.

The game, as you can see, is age-old.

The fun, however, never stops.

These Boots Aren't Made for Walkin'

SNOW DAY!

Let's stay inside and Play!

Momma got a day off today, so the whole family got to start our weekend early! We built a fort in the living room and made a big turkey for dinner (that makes a total of FOUR turkeys at home today!)

Momma also did some stretching, which Evvie found utterly hilarious. Tomorrow we're off to New Hampshire to visit our friends and ski on some of the new fresh snow!

Paper Hat?