Nah!

This week, Evie developed a skill that is sometimes helpful, usually frustrating, and often funny. She discovered how to say "no" and practices this new skill at every available opportunity.
M: Evie, do you want a strawberry?
E: Naaaahhhh! (said while shaking head dramatically with mouth agape)
M: Evie, do you want some water?
E: Naaahhhhh!
M: Evie, do you want a delicious Back to Nature Peanut Butter Creme Cookie which offer a serving of vegetables with each bite*?
E: Naaaah!
M: Good, cause I ate 'em all.

She has been delighted with her ability to reject all forms of food and drink for the past few days, with the exception of some incredible Rice Krispie Treats given to us by our good friend Erin. I'm starting to doubt that it's simply coincidence that she stopped eating all other food after experiencing such a culinary delight. I think we can all relate. I know I've considered a pure Rice Krispie Treat diet on occasion. Or maybe she's just fed up with hearing her Nana discuss Under the Tuscan Sun as though it's non-fiction and this is her way of retaliating. I might join Evie in that crusade, because I'm not sure what I'll do if I hear one more account of how they just uncovered another layer of stone in the wall of their fabulous home in Cortona! And a boulder that was probably used in a gravesite at some point! FABULOUS! I've never read the book or seen the movie, but I am pretty sure I know the details of the story/fact-based novel better than the author herself.

Please, Nana. No more Under the Tuscan Sun.

My mom is here helping with Evie right now so I can get some work done. We are so lucky to have this option. I get to work some during the day and Matt and I get to go out at night. As much as I appreciate my mom's help, there's always a give and take. It seems to throw Evie off schedule, she sleeps poorly and she gets so whiney when she sees me. I hear a lot of ehmaaaahhmamamamamamaaaaaahhhhh throughout the day. For whatever reason, this sound makes me laugh each time I hear it, which makes the little girl pretty mad. It will take a day or two for Eves to get back to normal, but it's worth it.


*Back to Nature Peanut Butter Creme Cookies are not made with vegetables and have very little nutritional value, but a good friend told me she had seen this in an ad and I am choosing to believe it to be true. I have been eating a ridiculous amount of vegetables this week, incidentally!

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Is anyone else ready for Christmas? I can't wait. I think most of us agree that October is entirely too late for the stores to begin putting out decorations. August is already halfway over! What's taking so long?

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Things That Happened This Week That I Want to Remember:

•  Evie kissed Baby Archer goodbye
•  Took a few more steps
•  We discovered that the cats are terrified of bubbles
•  Evie learned how to unlock my iPhone