Evelyn at 2 Years

- Loves to say "Hi!" to everyone we see.  She's a pretty social little girl.
- Evy is such a girly girl.  She loves to wear dresses, tutus, hair bows, necklaces, bracelets, etc. She loves princesses. She loves to get her hair done and will sometimes even request pigtails. Yes, she's a girly girl for sure.
- A true blue Dukie.  Whenever she sees a Duke shirt she points and cheers,  "Go Duke!"
- Little dancer.  She doesn't have the best moves, but she loves to dance.

- Destructive.  Oh so destructive.  I now know why there are so many different safety gadgets because we've had to install so many with this crazy at our house.  She'll rip things open with her teeth.  She's dumped whole bags of grain on the floor.  If we happen to have a intact crayon she'll snap it in half.  She likes to dig out chapsticks if yours happens to fall out of your chapstick.  I found her taking a plastic fork to my entertainment center I worked so hard on and scratching off the paint.  And of course, magic erasers are my favorite for taking off her art on the wall (even though the crayons are locked away she seems to squirrel them away for later.) She's very much the reason we won't buy anything nice for a few years.
- She loves Minnie Mouse.
- Evy is a little talker.  Nate's speech therapist has remarked the Evy's speech is very advanced for her age and I definitely believe her.  I'm always surprised by the things she'll say to me.
- A huge fan of nursery.  But it's always nice to get a huge hug from her when I come pick her up.

- Absolutely loves her brother.  It's so sweet to see them when they're playing happily.
- Such a good little eater.  She's always wanting snacks and eats so well at meals (usually.) My favorite is when she tries a meal and says, "Oooo, tasty!"
- Evy is definitely mastering the art of tantrum throwing.  The trick is to make sure mom is watching.  And if she's not, stop, move closer to mom, and then throw yourself on the ground wailing. She's an expert at this.

- Extreme climber.  See exhibit A above.
- Evy loves her daddy.  She always wants to see him first thing in the morning and will often ask for him when I'm putting her down for her afternoon nap.
- Jumping.  All the time.
- Two year old stats: 34 inches tall and 25 lbs.
- I discovered a box of our old Halloween costumes and Evy loves to go through it to try things on.  She especially loves dressing up in her Wendy costume from this last year and begs Nate to put dress like Peter Pan.
- Such an enthusiastic celebrator.
- Evy's pretty sure she knows her colors.  If you ask her what color something is she will tell you a color, but not the right one.  She's just says it with so much confidence.  She is always right about pink though.

- Evy has a couple baby dolls that she absolutely adores taking care of.
- Evy is heart broken when Nate has to leave.  We have two therapies at one office.  One therapy we get to go with Nate, one we don't.  When we don't get to go back with Nate, Evy is so so so sad Nate has to leave.  She'll come up to me every 5 minutes and ask for Nate.
- Loves loves loves books.
- Such a good little singer.  She loves to sing along with I lullaby to her when she's going to bed.  My favorite right now is when she'll sing Skinnamarink, but mostly because then she says, "I love you!"

- Generally, this girl is the happiest, cutest, sassiest little bug.  We love love love her so much!