My First Day with the Twos!

It was a pretty cold morning this morning (the car temp said 50 degrees....brrrr). I had to dig around to find Evan a pair of pants...I was shocked to find his pants don't fit him anymore (they're like capris on him now). The boy is finally growing taller! I did find a pair of pants I thought were way too long for him, but they fit him perfectly. We're finally in a size 12 month pant!

Evan's first day in his new classroom today! When I dropped him off, he wasn't too sure of things. There were only 2 other children there in his class and his regular morning teacher wasn't there yet. I handed him to the teacher on duty and he didn't cry, so that was a good thing.

The report when we picked him up was that he had a GREAT day! He buddied around with his best bud Hayden (who just turned 2 but is a good head taller than Evan is).

Our Little Punkin'!

Evan's first trip to Apple Annie's up in Willcox didn't thrill him too much. He did love watching the tractors go by. We're hoping he'll now realize that Dad doesn't drive a tractor (he always points to the tractor in one of his books and says "Dad-da").



The weather couldn't have been better (a little overcast for Mom would have made it perfect). The bad weather from Hurricane Norbert blew through our region on Friday and Saturday, so it was relatively chilly (in the upper 60's). You can hear the wind in these clips.



At Apple Annie's, you can pick your own pumpkins and other items such as sunflowers, peppers and squash. We found a decent sized pumpkin that wasn't roughed up too much to carve up for Halloween. There are hayrides that take you further out into the patch and a corn maze to wander through. The best part was the caramel kennel corn for Dad.



It was hard getting Evan to do 2 things at once: stand still and look at the camera. He's caught on to the whole camera thing and wants to hold the camera himself. You can get him to stand still, but he'll be stubborn and not look at the camera.



Wandering the pumpkin patch:




Helping Dad with the pumpkin:








Riding back to the barn:


Playing in the corn bin:


Walking through the corn maze..."Children of the Corn" flashback! Lookout for Malachi!

Moving to the 2s on Monday!

I wasn't sure if I posted earlier, but we found out Evan will be moving up to the 2-year old room on Monday the 13th! A few days this week his teachers tested the water and took him over there for an hour or so. From what I heard, he did great...since he was the "new kid" the older 2s were over-protective of him (how cute). We'll see how long that lasts! ;-)

On Tuesday morning I stopped into his new room so I could meet the morning teacher (Ms. Yvette) and she is very aware of Evan's food challenges and vertical challenge (height). Luckily, one of Evan's 1-year teachers has bumped up to the class, so he'll have someone looking out for him. It was a little shocking to see how much bigger these kids are (and how much they talk).

Jacuzzi Bubbles

Evan has his own unique way of making a jacuzzi bath...

Art Work Update

A catch-up on some old artwork of Evan's. There weren't any dates on these, so we'll just call them...Late Summer 2008 Collection. I've added artwork to some old posts. To view them, just click the "artwork" label.

Ravioli Drumset

I know a video of a kid eating is not very exciting....but this is like capturing an exotic wild animal on film. This is Evan, eating his second plate of ravioli at 8:40pm tonight. He picked the can out of the pantry and handed it to me (I thought he was just playing around). After handing me the can, he pulled his high chair into the kitchen (he doesn't really like sitting in his high chair). I guess he wasn't joking! Ironically, this is all after just getting a bath (so much for a clean kid). His rhythm isn't too bad either.



Evan is always the best helper cleaning up...I was finally able to get him to say "night, night".

Our Little Newsie!

Here are the pics Evan's daycare took the other week. They dressed all the kids up in these vintage-style outfits. He just needs a paper route now!!






Here was Evan last year when they took similar pictures....oh what a difference a year makes!! Note the red eyes from crying (he was probably trying to say...."Get me out of this box")!! He was about 16 pounds in this pic...he still hovering in the very low 20's now (so he's not that much bigger now than he was in this old pic).

Get Your Motor Runnin' (Not Yet)

Poor Evan has trouble fitting on toys that are supposed to be for his age range. This was one of his presents from a co-worker of ours...as you can see it's huge for him. He can manage to get himself on and off, but can barely touch the floor.

Stand Still Will Ya!

Is there some switch that goes off with a 2-year old that makes them not want to stand still for one second for a picture?? I was trying to get a pic of Evan with his Gator shirt on (in anticipation of the Florida-Tennessee game on Saturday).

Nice nose pick!


The look he gave me after swatting the camera away:

Our Pooh-crack Baby!

Evan has never been one to get sucked into watching television or videos...until recently. The boy has become a Pooh-addict! We're not sure where it came from....possibly because there are Pooh wall stickers in his daycare? We now have our DVR set to tape every epsiode of "My Friends Tigger & Pooh" on the Disney channel. If there is a t.v. on in the house, it must have Pooh on (but of course not Dad's big screen t.v.).

All this has come about at the same time that Evan is starting to eat really well. When we pick him up, he is getting noticeably heavier. When putting him to bed the other night I noticed that his legs are getting longer...he's starting to leave that baby-look behind...sort of sad, though. His vocabulary is still pretty limited our running tally is:

"ights" = outside
"ot" = hot
"Pooh" = um, yeah, no definition needed there
"bye bye" (said with an accent like Cartman from South Park)
"ba" = Max, Sadie, bottle and ball (little confusing)
"cook-cook" = cookie
"caca" = cracker
"va-va" = water
"go"
"tee-tee" = thank you
"noooo"
"ooooh"
"oh" (said with sort of an Andrew Dice Clay inflection for those of you who remember who he was)
"mine"
"mah" = more
"mama" (finally)
"dada"
He also has a mumbled word that starts with a "tee" sound that we figured out was "trash". He loves throwing things away in the trash can!

What Does This Switch Do?

Evan is a smart kid...I should say, a sneaky smart kid (even more dangerous). I caught him in his room standing on top of a little end table, flipping the light switches. For some reason, he didn't want to wear shorts that afternoon.

Fall Collage