Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a great time celebrating Thanksgiving this year. Evan started celebrating Thanksgiving at preschool. He enjoyed a special chapel time where he got to sing lots of songs. After chapel, he had a Thanksgiving feast with his preschool friends. Daddy was able to join Evan for this special time. (I can't wait to get to go to one of Evan's preschool celebrations!)

On Thanksgiving day, we made food in the morning and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. We then went to my parents' house for our first Thanksgiving meal with our extended family. Afterwards, we came home to let Evan nap and to put up our Christmas tree. Carl and I got the tree put up and did the time-consuming things, like putting up the lights and the garland. When Evan got up, he was able to help put up all the ornaments, which he really enjoyed. (I think his favorite part was getting to see his train that goes around the tree!) Later, Uncle Teddy and Aunt Rachel joined us for dinner. It was a really great day, although we missed Grandpa and Bonnie Mom a lot. (Bonnie Mom and Grandpa were in Key West for vacation.)


Evan had fun at his Thanksgiving feast!




Evan had LOTS of fun helping to make our special Thanksgiving food.



Evan watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time this year.



Evan had so much fun on Thaksgiving morning, that he fell asleep on the way to Grammy and Granddaddy's house!



Evan enjoyed his food!




Decorating the Christmas tree was fun for everyone!









I was THRILLED that it snowed a little bit on Thanksgiving night! What a fun way to start the Christmas season!



This picture was taken the day after Thanksgiving. I like it because it shows Evan enjoying his train.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Visiting Grandma and The Fowler Family (Fall 2010)

We visited Grandma and The Fowler Family in early November. Evan remembered everyone from our last visit this past summer. He was really happy to see everyone, especially his cousin Marlee. The two boys had a great time playing together. Grandpa went with us and we all had lots of fun talking, playing, going to the park, etc. We were happy that Evan was a good traveller both to Tennessee and back!

Evan and Marlee had lots of fun "playing" the piano.



Peek-a-boo!



Evan and Marlee like helping!



Evan loved showing Grandma her cats!



Evan had so much fun at the park! He LOVES to climb!














Evan walked the makeshift balance beam!



Evan enjoyed seeing the ducks. He also feed them his snacks!



Evan liked playing a game with Grandma where they each took turns talking and listening to each other through the pool noodle. It was SO funny to watch them two of them play the "fun game!"




Evan had a BLAST in Grandma's whirlpool tub!



Evan enjoyed sharing some candy with Grandma.



I took a lot of pictures of Evan, Carl, Grandpa, and Great Grandma. This is all four generations! It was hard to get a good picture with a wiggly toddler, but I think I got a few good ones!







Weekend in Indianapolis

Each year Carl and I like to take a trip together. This year we decided to head to Indianapolis for a couple of days. We enjoyed shopping at the Edinburgh Outlet Mall on the way. We purchased lots of clothes for Evan and a few things for us as well. Once we got to Indianapolis, we enjoyed eating out, exploring the city, shopping, and relaxing. Of course, we missed Evan, but he was having fun staying with both Bonnie Mom and Grandpa and Granddaddy and Grammy. In fact, he was having so much fun that he rarely wanted to stop and talk to us when we called!

Carl and I had a great time on our trip!



We took a walk in White River State Park, which is located downtown. Here is a picture of Indianapolis from the park.



We could see Lucas Oil Stadium from the park.



The park had a lot of cool sculptures.















We walked across the bridge as we explored the park.



There was an awesome canal where you could walk or go on a boat ride. I wish I got more picture of the actual canal, but there was a charity walk going on that day and we exited the canal area so we wouldn't get in the way. I did take a few pictures of the ducks and the hawk we saw.






We enjoyed walking downtown.



The Civil War Memorial (We went to the top for an amazing view of the city!)




The Capital Building

Monday, November 15, 2010

Fall Fun

We have had a lot of fun over the past few weeks. We had a picnic with my Young Survivors group, went to the zoo for a Halloween party, enjoyed our neighborhood fall party, had a party at preschool, went to Trunker Treat at church, had fun on The Belle of Louisville Boo Cruise, and went trick or treating on Halloween. We were very busy, but we had a lot of fun!

My Young Survivors group event for October was a picnic. We ate, played in the woods, had fun on the playground, painted pumpkins, and played corn hole. It was great to see my friends and it was nice to spend a nice fall afternoon outside!

Evan was drawn to the ducks from the moment we got to the park. He quacked at them and tried to feed the ducks some of his lunch!



Evan enjoyed his time playing in the woods. He has quite an imagination and pretended to do all sorts of fun things!



Evan helped Daddy play corn hole.



Evan had fun decorating his pumpkin with stickers, paint, beads and glitter!



Evans' masterpiece!



Bonnie Mom and Grandpa joined us at the zoo for "The World's Largest Halloween Party." Despite being tired, Evan had a great time at the zoo. He got lots of candy and had fun seeing all of the people dressed up in costumes.

Evan enjoyed the talking pumpkin at the zoo entrance. He thought it was cool that the pumpkin knew he was a shark!



Evan asked Daddy to carry him at first. I think he was a bit overwhelmed!



Evan LOVED his shark costume!



Evan had fun trick or treating at the zoo.



This candy is delicious!



Daddy took Evan in the corn maze. Evan was not quite sure what to do, but he had fun running around in the maze.




Evan took inventory of his candy!



What's over here?




It's a big shark! Cool!



Evan liked the little shark too!



The dinosaur was really big and Evan loved it! He walked right beneath the dinosaur!



Evan got VERY tired while we were at the zoo. He sat in his stroller to do some trick or treating and almost fell asleep!



Evan managed to get some energy at the end of the party and walked with Daddy.



Our neighborhood has a fall party every year. The weather was unusually warm, so Evan could not wear his costume. He still had a lot of fun and Carl and I had lots of fun watching him!

As always, Evan had a great time playing in the bounce house!



Evan had fun on the carriage ride.





Seeing the fire truck was cool!



Getting to play in the fire truck was AWESOME!



Evan worked VERY hard o decorate his pumpkin!



Evan proudly showed us his pumpkin!



Evan's first school party was his Halloween party. Daddy was able to attend and both of them had a good time.

Evan had fun eating a special snack at his party.



The gourd hunt was SO much fun!



Look what I found!




Evan LOVES boats, so I purchased tickets for us to ride on The Belle of Louisville's Boo Cruise. Unfortunately, I got a stomach virus and was not able to go on the cruise. Daddy took Evan while I slept. They had a great time and I was able to hear about all the fun they had when they got home.

Evan was SO excited to get to ride on a big boat!



"Look at the bridge!"



Going under the bridge was fun!



Evan was fascinated by the big paddle the made the boat move.



Daddy and Evan had a great time on the boat!



The candy was an added bonus to getting to ride on the boat!



Home Sweet Home!



By the time Halloween rooled around, Evan was exhausted! He didn't even want to go trick or treating at first! Thanksfully, we convinced him to get his costume on and go to a few houses.

Evan liked his candy and toys!



Carl made a cool witch pumpkin.



Evan wanted a shark pumpkin, so Carl made it for him!



The best part of the night was showing off his driving skills when Grammy and Granddaddy came to visit!