Evie – “And Nana, also what I would like for Christmas is a sleep mask.”

Nana – “Maybe we can stop by Walmart and pick up one of those hootchicoos.”

Evie – “How did you know that’s what it was called?”

Evie – “Nana, watch how fast I can dizzy!”

Evie – “Since I was soooo patient while you got your hair cut, that means I could go every time, right?”

Evie was sitting in my chair playing with her tablet.  Out of the blue, she says:

“Nana, is why I like to go outside is to get some fresh air.  We been in the house like a million, gazillion times.  I’m gonna leave my headband here so it doesn’t blow away!”

Then she walked out of the room.

Evie’s new room is considerably darker with the purple curtains.  Mama had to go wake her up this morning (after her first night in the room) so she wouldn’t sleep too late and end up going to bed too late.  When Mama woke her up, she looked around and said:

“Go back to bed, Mama.  It’s still too early!”

It was around 11 a.m.!

Evie came to ask me if I was available to sit with her for her nap but then said:

“Actually, I think I want to go to sleep by myself.”

I said “Oh, really. Can you be trusted to go right to sleep like you’re supposed to?” Her shoulders went down and with a look of resignation on her face she says:

“OKaaay, fine. You can sit with me.”

We were cleaning up Evie’s room. I gave her a ruler that said Pez on it and tried to convince her it should go in the Pez bin. She said:

“No, it should go in the tools bin cuz it’s a measurementer.”

Smart kid!