Evangeline's such a funny kid. I can't believe how fast time goes...I wish I had written out a lot of her mannerisms these last few years, so I'll begin now. Not only is she humorous, but she is so kind and strange! Here are a few of the things she says and does at age 3:
Evangeline pronounces "Daddy" as "Daddin" and loves to greet him at the door when he comes home from work. Kevin and I frequently talk about the day when she will say "Daddy" correctly and it makes us both sad.
She recently started calling me "Mommy" which might not seem like a big deal..but she said it so slowly and intentionally. It took me a few days to get used to, bc for over 3 years she only called me "Mom"
She points to Kevin and says "Mommy" and then to my brother Billy and says "Daddy" and then to me "Olaf!" and starts laughing hysterically. She likes to point at people and call them something else on purpose.
She just learned how to raise her left eyebrow and does it to get a laugh out of you. She also likes to make her eyes bigger and raise her hands up high in a slow and dramatic fashion.
She'll start whispering and talking in a deep voice.
In order to prevent going to sleep, she will ask us for more reading time when we finish a Bible story. How do we say no to that?
We transitioned her to a toddler bed so she can get up and come out when she's awake. She refuses to come out and still waits for us to come in and get her. But we know she gets up bc there is always a new toy in her bed when we go in to greet her for the day! Today there were two paint brushes. The other day it was a toy car.
She likes to hide her bear Bobo in random places and forgets where she puts him. She can't sleep without him, and the longest Kevin's spent looking for him was nearly an hour. She was so sad when she had to go to bed with a replacement bear. Five minutes later, Kevin found Bobo and went back into her room. She was so relieved.
We know when Evangeline is awake in the morning because she is either singing or talking to Bobo. Sometimes we hear her say "No Bobo! No! That's mine! Not yours Bobo!" I wonder what they're fighting over.
Her counting is way off. "One...two...tree....seven, eight, nine, TEN!"
Recently, she's been giving the dogs treats and she says "Eshtee, Shmokey, no! tit down, tit down!" ("Estee, Smokey, no! Sit down, sit down!") Then she happily hands the dogs their treats. When Estee licks her, she goes "Dog eat me!" while giggling.
In speech therapy, she refuses to speak until the last few minutes when they hand out skittles as a reward. Then she will say every single word they asked for in the 40 minutes session. Incentives work for this child.
She calls Elianna "Na-Na" and Anna from Frozen "Na-Na' and Moana "Na-Na"
She prefers to play with Daddy, but during the day she likes to read with Mommy. Her favorite books are Disney-related with princesses or anything with Minnie or Mickey Mouse.
When Elianna is crying she says "Mommy, Na-na drying...it's otay Na-Na..aww..Na-na...it's otay." Sometimes she will mimick me and go "Aww...hi baby...hi baby..."
She loves the Trolls Movie Soundtrack. And when she sees Justin Timberlake, she thinks it's her Tito Alejo, who's the main worship leader at church.
She LOVES church. When you ask her what she did at church, she says she goes running. She waits patiently for the entire service to end before she starts running around the sanctuary. Recently she's been talking and interacting with more kids, which makes us so happy! She will usually only talk to Nathan, but she's warming up to interacting more with Sammy, Olivia, Levi, and the Escala girls Lilly, Mady, and Jaelen!
When Kevin is done with Bible stories every night, she demands to read it back to him. She will start saying things that don't make sense and then start singing. Kevin is very patient when this occurs.She will start saying things are in the picture that aren't there...today it was about a burning bush but she kept saying it was about baby Jesus.
Kevin will start beatboxing randomly and automatically Evangeline will start dancing.
Someone at church will start playing drums after service is done, and Evangeline will start dancing again.
Music plays, Evangeline dances... period.
Evangeline likes to lip sync to songs in the car. We keep encouraging her to use her words bc she's already too silent!
When things don't go her way, or we say no, her big eyes will fill with tears and she won't cry or whine...she will only ask for tissue to wipe her eyes. It's actually pretty heartbreaking. It takes a strong will to not give in when she suffers silently that way.
Evangeline pronounces "Daddy" as "Daddin" and loves to greet him at the door when he comes home from work. Kevin and I frequently talk about the day when she will say "Daddy" correctly and it makes us both sad.
She recently started calling me "Mommy" which might not seem like a big deal..but she said it so slowly and intentionally. It took me a few days to get used to, bc for over 3 years she only called me "Mom"
She points to Kevin and says "Mommy" and then to my brother Billy and says "Daddy" and then to me "Olaf!" and starts laughing hysterically. She likes to point at people and call them something else on purpose.
She just learned how to raise her left eyebrow and does it to get a laugh out of you. She also likes to make her eyes bigger and raise her hands up high in a slow and dramatic fashion.
She'll start whispering and talking in a deep voice.
In order to prevent going to sleep, she will ask us for more reading time when we finish a Bible story. How do we say no to that?
We transitioned her to a toddler bed so she can get up and come out when she's awake. She refuses to come out and still waits for us to come in and get her. But we know she gets up bc there is always a new toy in her bed when we go in to greet her for the day! Today there were two paint brushes. The other day it was a toy car.
She likes to hide her bear Bobo in random places and forgets where she puts him. She can't sleep without him, and the longest Kevin's spent looking for him was nearly an hour. She was so sad when she had to go to bed with a replacement bear. Five minutes later, Kevin found Bobo and went back into her room. She was so relieved.
We know when Evangeline is awake in the morning because she is either singing or talking to Bobo. Sometimes we hear her say "No Bobo! No! That's mine! Not yours Bobo!" I wonder what they're fighting over.
Her counting is way off. "One...two...tree....seven, eight, nine, TEN!"
Recently, she's been giving the dogs treats and she says "Eshtee, Shmokey, no! tit down, tit down!" ("Estee, Smokey, no! Sit down, sit down!") Then she happily hands the dogs their treats. When Estee licks her, she goes "Dog eat me!" while giggling.
In speech therapy, she refuses to speak until the last few minutes when they hand out skittles as a reward. Then she will say every single word they asked for in the 40 minutes session. Incentives work for this child.
She calls Elianna "Na-Na" and Anna from Frozen "Na-Na' and Moana "Na-Na"
She prefers to play with Daddy, but during the day she likes to read with Mommy. Her favorite books are Disney-related with princesses or anything with Minnie or Mickey Mouse.
When Elianna is crying she says "Mommy, Na-na drying...it's otay Na-Na..aww..Na-na...it's otay." Sometimes she will mimick me and go "Aww...hi baby...hi baby..."
She loves the Trolls Movie Soundtrack. And when she sees Justin Timberlake, she thinks it's her Tito Alejo, who's the main worship leader at church.
She LOVES church. When you ask her what she did at church, she says she goes running. She waits patiently for the entire service to end before she starts running around the sanctuary. Recently she's been talking and interacting with more kids, which makes us so happy! She will usually only talk to Nathan, but she's warming up to interacting more with Sammy, Olivia, Levi, and the Escala girls Lilly, Mady, and Jaelen!
When Kevin is done with Bible stories every night, she demands to read it back to him. She will start saying things that don't make sense and then start singing. Kevin is very patient when this occurs.She will start saying things are in the picture that aren't there...today it was about a burning bush but she kept saying it was about baby Jesus.
Kevin will start beatboxing randomly and automatically Evangeline will start dancing.
Someone at church will start playing drums after service is done, and Evangeline will start dancing again.
Music plays, Evangeline dances... period.
Evangeline likes to lip sync to songs in the car. We keep encouraging her to use her words bc she's already too silent!
When things don't go her way, or we say no, her big eyes will fill with tears and she won't cry or whine...she will only ask for tissue to wipe her eyes. It's actually pretty heartbreaking. It takes a strong will to not give in when she suffers silently that way.
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