Evangeline's house. I thought I put these pictures up, but apparently didn't make the dial-up cut. So, here's the house that my dad is making her. He's used the leftover scrap logs from a local sawmill, so The Girl can boast that her house is pretty green. It has a lake view, beach view, and sauna view. Of course, she knows all about life in a log home from staying at her Grandma and Grandpa Mietzner's, so she's pretty much an expert.This is the only summer she won't have a pesky little sister to share it with, so hopefully she's enjoying it enough.
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| Looking out the beach view window. |
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| Helping grandpop with the roof. |
This last week we've had a few sunny days in which Evangeline stayed outside and in the water all day. She's even doing a few swim-like moves in the water. She wants to be outside all the time, even if it's raining. It is more fun for all of us when it's sunny. I'm afraid she's getting rather spoiled staying in a house with two great-grandmothers, grandma and grandpop. Plus various uncles and aunts and cousins. And two dogs. And a cat. But I did remind her about Iago the other day, and she still seemed pretty enthusiastic about shouting his name. She also proved to remember something very important when she found and pointed to a picture of her dad while talking to him on the phone (file under: just when you think they don't really "get" things, you find out they do).
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| Sharing strawberries. She's good at picking and eating them. |
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| Going over her plans for the day. |
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| Fresh out of the sauna and ready for bed. Best feeling ever. |
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| Waiting for her paddle boat to launch. |
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| A girl, a dog and a grandpop |
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| Captain Evangeline surveys her kingdom |
