The girls have been so sweet lately. Yesterday morning Evelyn crawled into bed with us, Rowan was sleeping snuggled between Andre and myself, having crawled into our bed sometime during the night. Evelyn looked at her and said, "I love my Ro-Ro," then she gave her a sweet kiss on the cheek. They've been talking a lot more too. Using full, coherent sentences. While looking through the Pottery Barn catalog the other day, Rowan pointed to a picture of a little girl with curly hair and said, "That look like eww, Evey." She was right, it did look just like Evey.
They have their own opinions too--about everything. For Halloween this year, Rowan picked out an Elmo costume to wear. We took the girls trick or treating and when the homeowner opened the door, Rowan would proudly say, "I'm Elmo." Evelyn decided she wanted to be a pink Pegasus/unicorn. She picked the costume out of a magazine and we ordered the last one in the largest size available. It was adorable, but too small. Her Mimi (grandmother) deconstructed it and made a new pink bodysuit. She was very cute. Unfortunately, it was hard to see the top of the head of the unicorn and so people continually commented that she was a very cute "fying pig."
Of course in our family, one costume is never enough. So the girls also had Disney princess costumes. Rowan picked Snow White--her favorite character who she calls, "High Ho." And Evelyn picked Cinderella--her favorite who she calls "Princess." Its amazing how much more detailed costumes are nowadays compared to what they looked like when I was a kid. The girls Disney princess dresses were beautiful. Granted, we'll never be able to get all the glitter out of the house, but they are beautiful.
Interest-wise, Evelyn still appears to be most drawn to music. My dear friend, Janet, gave us her piano that I remembered playing as a child. Evelyn will sit at the piano and her playing around actually sounds melodic. She can keep a beat too.
Rowan's love is animals. She feeds the dogs, plays with them, orders them around, and on several occasions I have found our new dog, Murphy, sleeping at the end of her bed. Oh and "Daddy." Rowan is a total Daddy's Girl. She'll say, "Evey belongs to Mommy and Ro Ro belongs to Daddy."
