All about Eva

Attempting to dance like Mya from "Dancing with the Stars," Eva led the other kids in providing us with entertainment  on Thanksgiving. This year there was a new venue for giving thanks, overeating and studying for Black Friday: Donna's place. Donna also had her housewarming on Thursday, and she welcomed us into her beautiful new home, fed us well and even set up a playhouse in her garage for the kids. (Devon, 6; Marcus, 4; Eva, 2; Sofie, 18 months)

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Top photo: Eva with cousin Devon during his visit a couple of days ago.
Above: Eva with new headband today, right before we headed out to the park.

No wonder Eva has said "party time!" more than once. She's always partying. The latest one was at our house, a baby shower last weekend for my sister Vicel and her husband Kevin, who are expecting their second daughter next month. Below, soon-to-be big sister Sofie watches cousin Eva's attention-getting behavior. More photos from the baby shower here.

Friday night we took Eva to Nut Tree in Vacaville, where she rode the train, the carousel, and engaged in typical kid behavior of getting all excited about all the stuff she could get into. More photos from that night here.

The next day, which was Halloween, we went to downtown Napa, where Auntie Joan/Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz was taking photos with the public for her job. We also saw Devon/ninja, which, as usual, was a treat for Eva/butterfly princess. After Eva's nap, we headed out Halloween night to her various grandmas and grandpas' homes in Vallejo and Fairfield, where she scored lots of treats. She tricked us -- her parents -- in the end by refusing to come home with us. She spent the night at her grandparents' house. We retaliated by hiding all her treats when she got home the next day. More photos here.

Eva and I had a great day with Sofie and Vicel, plus Anna and Jami recently at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. There, the kids played, danced and explored, both indoors and outdoors. Click here to see more photos from our explorations in Sausalito.

Later that night, Sofie and Eva were joined by their cousin Devon as they danced the night away at their grandparents' house in Vallejo. (That's how the video above was born. It was a day full of dance.)

Wig out is probably what Eva will do when she grows up and sees that I posted this photo on her blog. But here she is, in all her glory, trying on Grandma Denise's wig. Photo courtesy of Grandpa Vernon's iPhone.

I took Eva and her cousin Devon to Connolly Farm in Napa yesterday for a Harvest Festival. We saw a miniature horse, a cow, a pig, sheep, goats, geese, chickens and turkeys. We were too late for the free pumpkins and the line for face-painting was too long, but the kids got to make collages and check out the 12-acre farm dedicated to connecting children with nature. And Eva and Devon truly seemed to appreciate and understand nature, all right. As we were walking around the farm, they constantly told each other -- and me -- to "watch out for the poop!"

Click here to see more cuteness from the trip, plus other photos from the rest of our day -- we also went to a jewelry home show at the Gans' house. And check out the video of Tito Kuya Erick playing with Eva and Sofie!

At Habitot Friday, Eva and Karina enjoyed crawling through the tunnel, at top, and playing in the wind tunnel. More photos here.

Later that night, daddy and Eva enjoyed Karina's birthday present to Eva, a magnetic drawing board. On the package it said it is "kid tough," which is what Eva truly is.