Jingle Bells

We recently checked out some books from the Nashville Public Library (admittedly, Ev's first time there) and one was entitled "Jingle Bells." It contained the words and extended verses to the Christmas song we all know and love. In turn, I sing the whole book to Evelyn when we read it. Last night, I encountered her doing the same...

Jingle Bells... from Annie Powell on Vimeo.

Love this laugh...

Here's a video from a few days ago.  Mom was at work and the kiddos were having a good time with dad...

Laughter from Annie Powell on Vimeo.

Seven continents...

And in another dose of cuteness, here's Ev singing about the 7 continents... errr... maybe, 8. Sounds like continent "Envelope" as been added to planet Earth, recently.

IMG 0837 from Annie Powell on Vimeo.

Counting

At daycare, Ev's been learning spanish and at home we (And by "we," I mean Brendon) have been working on that, as well as some German.  Here's Ev counting in both.
The spanish is nearly perfect until number 16... but punctuated with a strong and excited Veinte!
And, I love how the German is good until "zehn."  Where she just subs-in "ten" at-will.
((Oh, and she's on the potty. Thus, you just get audio. LOL.)

IMG 0894 from Annie Powell on Vimeo.

Ev sings about the planets!

She's been singing about the planets for about a month now- thanks to aunt and uncle for finally catching it on video!



Here are the words, incase you missed 'em:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars,
These are the planets near our star.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, too.
Neptune and Pluto, we can't see you.

I know the planets, do you?

(Yes. We still include Pluto!! Long live Pluto's planet status!)

I'm a boxhead!

A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hanging out with some friends for our friend Emma's birthday party.  During the party, her husband Chris decided to invent a little game to amuse Evelyn and her friend Elsa.  Here's a quick video!  So awesome!  Love that guy!  (Also, I love the part where Elsa just randomly falls over. Gotta love toddler balance!)

Vietnam.

A shot this video a couple of weeks ago when Brendon was giving Evelyn a bath.... and apparently reading her the Patagonia catalog. So funny.   Hey Brendon, where was that made again?

Videos from Gatlinburg....

Ev liked to dance to the music...

Fun dancing with mom...

Crawling! (for real this time)

I amended the title of the previous post, as I have finally captured Evelyn moving up on all fours this morning.
The army crawl is still used when speed and efficiency is in order: for instance, when "chasing" the dog.
Ev reserves the real crawling for leisurely playtime and for when she's feeling like getting a little balance-exercise in.
Without further adieu, I give you: "Miss Ev, masterful crawler."

army crawl

Ev gave us some bona fide crawling this evening for the very first time. (Mama appreciates that she waited until she was home, however daddy missed it!)
Of course, when I went to get my iPhone camera, all I could capture was her doing her army crawl that she's been doing for a couple of weeks. Which is adorable, in itself, but *not* the real crawling I was hoping to capture. Oh well.
Regardless, I realized you all had never seen the army crawl, despite us having numerous videos of it, so I thought I'd post it anyways. She always leads and pulls with her right arm... we're wondering if the handedness is revealing itself?

Fun with jumping.

Evelyn Anne, future yoga instructor.

You'll note the plank pose as well as some semblance of downward facing dog!

Belly laughs with daddy.

Grasping and "playing" with giraffe.

Well maybe "playing" is loosely interpreted.

Trying out some video... Ev as Coffee-dar.

Trying out some video... Ev at 1 month