Evie at FIVE Years Old

Evie turned FIVE in May.  I finally got her five-year-old pictures taken and you MUST know more about this darling girl.  She is so sensitive and sweet, yet fierce and determined.  She's had our hearts since before she was born and that hasn't changed one bit!  We love this Evie doll and love how she makes our hearts explode with love constantly.

 Here's a little birthday interview I did with Evie.  Her answers are raw and I put down exactly what she said.

Birthday Interview - Evie at 5 Years Old
Mom's clarifications are in parentheses.

1. Who is your favorite person in the whole world?  Freddie (The CUTEST and NICEST little girl in our neighborhood.)
2. What is your favorite color?  Pink
3. What's your favorite television show?  America's Funniest Home Videos.  (She seriously loves this. We love Sunday evenings at 6pm because we all snuggle up on the couch and get in some good laughs.)
4. What is your favorite outfit?  Mermaid Shirt (She got this for her birthday.  She loves the mermaid and the sparkles on this shirt.). 

   

   Evie on her actual birthday.

5. What sport do you like best?  Gymnastics (This changes by the season.  She has loved soccer and swimming, but hasn't done gymnastics for a few months and she's missing it.)
6. What song do you love?  "I Am a Child of God."  (She actually does love this song.  She loves us to sing it to her when she goes to sleep at night.)
7. What is your favorite cereal?  The circle one.  (Honey Nut Cheerios is her current favorite.)
8. Who is your best friend?  Lenna  (A few months back we met this darling girl in our neighborhood and Evie and Lenna seriously hit it off.  It's like they had been friends for years.  They have so much fun together.)
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?  A Vet.  (She even plays "animal doctor" with all of her stuffed animals.)
10. What is your favorite book?  The wallet book.  (I didn't even know what she was talking about and she had to go grab it and show it to me.  It's actually a pocket music dictionary book.  She loves that it is small and has a picture of a pocket, a place for a wallet, on the cover.  She does pack this book around.  When I further prompted her for a book she actually likes to read, instead of play with, she then said the Scriptures.  Again, she actually does love her scriptures, but I kept prompting her for her favorite children's book and she just wouldn't drop the wallet book or the scriptures.  So, these are her definite answers today.)
11. What are you really good at?  Riding horses, swimming, and soccer.  (She is indeed good and all three of those.)
12. Where do you wish you could go on vacation?  Disneyland.  (Ever since our Disneyland trip this past February, she can't wait to go back.)
13. What would you buy if you had $1000? A lollipop . . . a Mickey Mouse one.  Candy.  Surprise Toys.  (She loves all of these things.  When we go to the store, she definitely asks for candy and surprise toys.)
14. What vegetable do you love the most?  Broccoli.  (She is a great vegetable eater.  She prefers her veggies raw and will eat most of them.  She also loves carrots, cucumbers and bell peppers.)
15. If you could have a wish, what would it be?  To fly.  (She talks about wishing to fly almost daily.)
16. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?  Strawberry.  (She does indeed love strawberry ice-cream.  She loves strawberries plus she loves the color pink.  Thus, strawberry ice-cream is the best!)
17. Who is your biggest hero?  Dad  (Shouldn't every little girl's dad be her hero???)
18. What do you like to do best with your friends?  Play at the park or in a swimming pool.  (For sure!  One of her most favorite things to do.)
19. What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday?  Clean up and do my chores.  (What a funny answer.  I sure hope she does clean up and do her chores before her next birthday.  Ha, ha!)
20. What is your best memory?  When Codee died.  She was getting old and then she died.  Now she's in heaven.  (Our dog Codee died last August.  I don't thing this was her "best" memory, but I do think that having Codee as a dog is one of her best memories.  Evie misses her constantly.  She often continues to still tell me on random days, "Mom, I really miss Codee."  We all do.  That dog was the VERY BEST dog ever!)

What else is Evie up to these days?

• She has progressed by leaps and bounds educationally.  She went to preschool this past year and learned several sight words and started to actually learn how to read!  She loved school.  She loved the social aspect, the learning aspect, the art that she got to do, and all the performances she participated in.  We all loved and adored her awesome teacher, Mrs. Jensen.   Her Preschool Graduation was epic.  :)

• She is a little second momma to Miss Adeline.  She is always watching her, telling her what she can and can't do, tries to keep her out of trouble, and stands up for her, and protects her.  

• As Adeline continues to grow, Evie is finding that she is more available to play with and wants to do what Evie likes to do.  They have recently been escaping to the playroom for long periods of time to play.  I love it when they play so nicely together.  
• She has a tender heart.  She cannot stand hurting someone when it's on accident.  She totally breaks down in tears and can barely handle it.  We help talk her through it and explain that accidents happen, that she still needs to say she's sorry, and then it's usually all okay.  She just always feels so badly.  
• That being said, she also has a fierce side to her too.  She is a fighter when she has a cause to fight for.  She's super competitive and will fight for the win.  She also gets pretty serious and determined when she sees someone breaking the rules.  She also gets ramped up if she sees someone messing with her little sister or best friends.  
• Evie continues to shine as an athlete.  She competed in fall and spring soccer this past year.  It took her a few games to figure out the game, but once she did .  . . there was no stopping her when she would head for the goal.  Her first game this past spring she ended up scoring FIVE goals.  

• She also made the swim team this summer.  There was only one other 5-year-old that competed all summer in her league. Everyone was amazed to see this little peanut out there swimming like a champ.  She is wicked fast with Freestyle, and when focused she actually beat out all the 4 and 6-year olds one meet.  She also competed in the Backstroke and continues to get faster and faster with both strokes.  She ended up winning lots of ribbons, medals, and even a trophy!

• She went elk hunting her with daddy this past year.  They were gone for 3 days and Evie rode her very own horse all 3 days.  She rode all by herself and did awesome!
• She still loves to play with friends!  We try to get together with her cousins regularly and then we have some fun girls in the neighborhood that she loves to play with too.  
• She hates doing her chores.  She's wonders why we have to make our beds every day and keep our rooms clean.  But, she's getting better at them.
• She LOVES to help more when we're outside.  She'll help pull weeds, water plants, feed the horses/chicks/chickens, and anything else we can find for her to do while we're outside.
• She LOVES to play in the snow and then drink hot cocoa afterwards.  
• She loves corn on the cob and watermelon and corn dogs.
• She loves to play games.  Board games, video games, physical games (like hide-n-go seek), and paper games (like word searches, connect the dots, etc.).  Her mind is so sharp and she loves to strategize and figure things out.
• She loves "daughter" dates.  She loves to go on mommy-daughter dates, daddy-daughter dates, and when we all go out as a family, she calls those family-daughter dates.  

There's so much more we could write about this darling, expressive, sweet girl.  We love her so and CANNOT  believe she is going to start kindergarten this year.  Man, they grow so darn fast. We're blessed to call her ours.