Dave to Evelyn

Hi Peanut!

You are growing so much lately. You are a champion walker and are a very happy kid. Yesterday the family went to the park and you fell on the stairs of the slide and scraped your chin. You also got a bruise on your forehead from some other spill at the park that mom and I apparently missed. You are one tough kid with all your scrapes and bruises. It is quite a challenge keeping up with you as you try to climb on everything you can. Chairs, stairs, tables, even mom when she is sitting down. You are quite the dare devil. Erin on the other hand is not quite as daring as you. She doesn’t even like the swings at the park.

Mom wants me to tell you that you really love cheerios, fruit loops, plumbs, hot dogs, bologna, cheese, chicken, mac and cheese, bananas, chezits, lemonade, yellow raisins, and tortellini. You have a really cute way of eating your tortellini by taking your pointer finger and sticking through the hole and eating then one by one like they were rings on your finger. You love your cheese, and meat. Can’t really seem to get to eat a vegetable lately. Hopefully that will change soon.

You and your sister are playing very nicely with each other. You each fight over the same toy every once in a while, but it seems like the two of you are really figuring out how to share and take turns. This is especially true with the toy cars we play with outside. We have two cars that you girls like to play in. One is called a Cozy Coup which is Erin’s favorite. The other is a car with a handle that you sit in and mom and I push you around. You each play in your own cars for about 5-10 minutes and then the two of you switch. You really like the push car in our driveway. You sit in it and get your seatbelt strapped around you. Because our neighbor’s driveway has a slight incline, I bring you up to the top and push you down to mom. You love to go fast. Again with the dare devil attitude.

Mom has one more interesting thing to point out. Lately in the car seats, Erin has become very skilled at taking off her Velcro shoes. When she takes her shoes and socks off, you reach over and tickle her feet. She laughs and then you start to laugh with her.

Ah, yet more cute things you’ve started to do recently: you love to act like you are talking on the phone. You pick up one of our cordless phones or our cell phones and hold it up to your hear. You can’t really talk yet, but you act like you are talking and get the biggest smile on your face when you get the phone in your hands. Sometimes it doesn’t even need to be a phone. You also do this with the TV remote controls too.

Over the last couple of days you have also become a very good helper by picking up clothes off the floor and putting them in the hamper. Mom and I are trying to make a fun game out of this so it will last as long as possible. You with clothes, and Erin with the shoes will help us out a lot. We appreciate your help!!

These are just some of the funny and cute things that happen every day. You are so wonderful, and so much fun to have as a daughter. You are so very special to us and we love you with all our hearts. You are a good sister and it looks like you are on your way to becoming a good friend to Erin as well.

All my love,

Dad