full fledged kid

when nana takes evia for a few hours and the littlest is napping seems i have some time to put some thoughts down. so her goes blogger monday for mama.

this morning i woke up and realized i didn't put words to the page, about evia and what she's up to now at age four. i've done a post about her personality, interests and milestones for every birthday, but failed to do this years...that's what i should be thinking about at 4:50am, right?! 

*she is an inquisitive little human. she asks details about anything that sparks her interest so she really understands the core of the subject. lately questions like "how long is the journey from earth to heaven, was i cold when i was inside your belly and how do horses cry?"

*she loves cheeseburgers, pizza, macaroni and cheese and bean and cheese burritos. i think there is a common theme here. 

*she loves her papa like nobody's business. the way she laughs when she is with him is one of the best sounds ever. they have a sense of humor that bonds them and i love it! wrestling, playing funny words games and watching old silly looney-tune cartoons tickles her to no end.

*like her papa she is a nature girl. she collects things on our walks that are unique and save them to show to papa when he gets home from work. i hear from grandma t that d has always had a love for the earth too.

*she looks forward to her weekly cricket walks, where we go out at dusk as a family in hunt for crickets. she always reminds her papa to bring his headlamp.

*she listens to chapters of little house books nightly. i love watching her face (if d is the reader) as she listens to the detailed descriptions of life in the 1800s. she is a book LOVER (we need to read to mila more).

*in one breath she tells me how she can't wait to go to school and in the next, she just wants to stay home with mama.

*she is BEYOND excited about her 2 wheeler with training wheels. it was on her xmas and birthday wish list (i guess roller skates were too, missed that one) and it was delivered for the latter. she gets on it first thing in the morning and tells everyone she meets about it.

*she "protects" her sister with gentle hugs, if mila is in danger of falling, straying too far from mama or getting into something she shouldn't. she puts up two fists and says "get away from my little sister" as a practice activity that her papa taught her. apparently she's ready to knock any bully out. 

*she gets excited about any milestones or achievements that mila has, which is endearing to say the least (going potty on the big girl seat, magnificent artwork or using a new word).

*she still loves to snuggle and put her face on my skin, which is something she has done since she was an infant in an effort to be as close to mama as possible. brings me back.

*she dropped naps at the beginning of the year and now goes to sleep at bedtime, two minutes after her head hits the pillow...now if we could get mila to follow suit.
*although she's an aries not a taurus, she snorts puts her head down and rams things like a bull. we do not know where she came up with this!

*her memory is like an elephant...as she'll recall what she wore on a given day (that was special to her in some way) 2 years prior, what someone said to her a year ago, or that mama got a parking ticket and the 3 errands that followed that day, from 6 months ago. 

*she loves to show me dance moves, work on cartwheels and misses swim lessons 

*she dreams of day she can have a puppy and insures me she will take care of it (with papa's help).

*she's a great cleaner and is eager to earn a coin for doing a "chore."

*hotels are her favorite thing about traveling.

*she got her first pedicure the day before her birthday and chose turquoise as the paint color (her papa's favorite color). she loved it and said "i wish we could do this all the time." me too sweety!

*she can write her name, her sister's, mama, papa and nana on her own without verbal instruction. 

*she is in the beginning stages of sounding out words and recognizing words.

*she loves science experiments. 

*she loves her cousin isei

*she loves her family, her friends and her home....she's just a love bug and i am in love watching her grow.