I Know I'm Her Mother...

But my 3 year old is a genius!  I love watching her little mind work!  

Eve is starting to find her name EVErywhere... on billboard signs, on the credits of a movie, in words to songs, on her EVEnflo highchair...the list goes on.  She even points out that her name is in the title of "Eye Glass World" that we frequently pass.  Is she brilliant, or what??

A few days ago, I picked her up from school.  She reported that she was on "sad frog" that day.  I replied, "Eve, it makes mommy sad when you get on sad frog at school!"  To which she said, "What about when I get on happy frog?  How does that make you feel?  Does it make you.... jealous?"  :)  

I overheard Eric and Eve having a conversation about loving each other.  Eric told her that he loved her THIIIIIIISSSSSS much (and stretched out his arms as wide as he could).  Eve looked at him plainly and said, "You dont love ME, daddy!  You love food!"  THAT was hilarious!  :)

I have a rule about closing doors inside the house.  I dont like when Eve closes her bedroom door, our bathroom door, the laundry room door, etc.  It makes me nervous with the little girls (and soon to be Coleman) crawling around everywhere.  Eve knows about this rule, but she LOVES closing the doors (almost all the way, but a little bit cracked...just to get under my skin).  Getting ready for church one Sunday morning, I was drying my hair and she was playing with the little girls.  I guess the blow dryer was too loud for her, because she walked in and closed the door almost all the way.  I called her back and said, "Eve, we're not closing doors!  Mommy wants the doors open!"  She replied in a very ugly voice, "But you don't know that the right way works all the time in the bad time and the right way works when it's not fair!"  Not sure exactly what she was getting at with that comment, but the attitude behind it deserved the spanking it got :)

Back to the cuteness...Eve is OBSESSED with "hiding your eyes" for everything.  And she doesnt mean JUST to close your eyes!  She means COVER them with your hands!  She loves to "surprise" Eric and I with the outfit she is going to wear or the paper she colored or cut out at school.  She is precious!