Since I stopped doing the monthly updates for Evie, I have kind of slacked on mentioning some of Evie's favorite toys and activities, and I like to document this stuff. So here's what Evie is into these days, at age 2 years and 4.5 months.
Favorite color: Purple. Hands down, she chooses purple everytime. Ask her what color shirt she wants to wear, which bowl she wants to eat out of, what color crayon she wants to use- it's purple. :)
Favorite foods: This is a tough one, because she's pretty finnicky these days. Some weeks she'll be obsessed with a food (like applesauce), and then one day she hates it and won't touch it for a month. She won't eat meat right now at all- the only way I can get any in her is in soup and it's because she doesn't realize there's meat. She does love soup, so I guess that's on the list. Particularly tomato soup. She also likes yogurt, crackers, cheese, grapes, and bread. But probably her favorite food of all time is baby carrots. This is why I try not to complain about the meat thing- Evie loves her veggies. She eats carrots, broccoli, edamame, beans, and peas happily with no coaxing. I hope this never changes!
Favorite books: These haven't changed much, she still loves Green Eggs and Ham, The Circus Ship, First Words, and The Seashore. We've added in a book called Duck Soup that's pretty amusing, she used to not sit through the whole thing, but now that she's older I think she gets that it's funny so she likes it.
Favorite toys/activities: Evie is REALLY into her play kitchen now. She plays with it daily, cooking us meals (pancakes and sandwiches are her favorite things to prepare), feeding her dolls and stuffed animals, and stocking the kitchen with her play food. We got her a little shopping cart as a potty training present and she loves that as well. She often gets dressed up, packs a baby doll into the cart, gets one (or more) purses on her shoulder, and says "Bye mommy! I shopping!" and pushes the cart out of the room. It is adorable everytime. :)
She's very into purses and bags right now, she's usually dragging two or three with her around the house and they're packed with the most random things. She also really likes her tool set- a gift from Aunt Ally and Uncle Matt- and pulls it out to pretend to fix all sorts of things, like her toy cars, trucks, the doll highchair, her trampoline, etc. We think it's so fun to see that she enjoys "girl" toys and "boy" toys equally.
A favorite activity these days is visiting friends' houses- every day she's asking to go to someone's house to play. We'll be in the middle of doing something and she'll randomly ask "Emma's house? Vivi's house? Eli's house?" As fun as our home is, I think she really likes to be around other people, so we go out and have playdates as much as we can.
Favorite shows: You're not going to believe this one- I don't think it's Fresh Beat Band anymore!! I know, they have been her love for over a year now, but she rarely asks for them anymore... it makes me a little sad. She watches more of a variety now, and mostly older stuff on Amazon or Netflix rather than what's actually on TV. She enjoys Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Doc McStuffins, Gullah Gullah Island (a really old one from when I was younger!), and Big Comfy Couch (another old one, and so weird but she likes it). But her new favorite is Bubble Guppies. If you've never seen it, watch this video- they're kind of hilariously weird. :)
Favorite color: Purple. Hands down, she chooses purple everytime. Ask her what color shirt she wants to wear, which bowl she wants to eat out of, what color crayon she wants to use- it's purple. :)
Favorite foods: This is a tough one, because she's pretty finnicky these days. Some weeks she'll be obsessed with a food (like applesauce), and then one day she hates it and won't touch it for a month. She won't eat meat right now at all- the only way I can get any in her is in soup and it's because she doesn't realize there's meat. She does love soup, so I guess that's on the list. Particularly tomato soup. She also likes yogurt, crackers, cheese, grapes, and bread. But probably her favorite food of all time is baby carrots. This is why I try not to complain about the meat thing- Evie loves her veggies. She eats carrots, broccoli, edamame, beans, and peas happily with no coaxing. I hope this never changes!
Favorite books: These haven't changed much, she still loves Green Eggs and Ham, The Circus Ship, First Words, and The Seashore. We've added in a book called Duck Soup that's pretty amusing, she used to not sit through the whole thing, but now that she's older I think she gets that it's funny so she likes it.
Favorite toys/activities: Evie is REALLY into her play kitchen now. She plays with it daily, cooking us meals (pancakes and sandwiches are her favorite things to prepare), feeding her dolls and stuffed animals, and stocking the kitchen with her play food. We got her a little shopping cart as a potty training present and she loves that as well. She often gets dressed up, packs a baby doll into the cart, gets one (or more) purses on her shoulder, and says "Bye mommy! I shopping!" and pushes the cart out of the room. It is adorable everytime. :)
She's very into purses and bags right now, she's usually dragging two or three with her around the house and they're packed with the most random things. She also really likes her tool set- a gift from Aunt Ally and Uncle Matt- and pulls it out to pretend to fix all sorts of things, like her toy cars, trucks, the doll highchair, her trampoline, etc. We think it's so fun to see that she enjoys "girl" toys and "boy" toys equally.
A favorite activity these days is visiting friends' houses- every day she's asking to go to someone's house to play. We'll be in the middle of doing something and she'll randomly ask "Emma's house? Vivi's house? Eli's house?" As fun as our home is, I think she really likes to be around other people, so we go out and have playdates as much as we can.
Favorite shows: You're not going to believe this one- I don't think it's Fresh Beat Band anymore!! I know, they have been her love for over a year now, but she rarely asks for them anymore... it makes me a little sad. She watches more of a variety now, and mostly older stuff on Amazon or Netflix rather than what's actually on TV. She enjoys Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Doc McStuffins, Gullah Gullah Island (a really old one from when I was younger!), and Big Comfy Couch (another old one, and so weird but she likes it). But her new favorite is Bubble Guppies. If you've never seen it, watch this video- they're kind of hilariously weird. :)
