Sunday, April 17, 2011

Fireworks Party

Evan was too sick to attend Thunder Over Louisville this year, which was really disappointing for all of us. Carl decided to make the night fun by having a fireworks party at home! Bonnie Mom and Grandpa joined us for the party. We had lots of fun watching the air show on TV. (Evan was really cute during the air show and he made his toy planes and helicopters mimic the stunts!) We also enjoyed playing with silly string, confetti and glow sticks, while we waited for the fireworks to be broadcast on TV. Once the fireworks began, Evan was super excited. He clapped and danced around the room. The fireworks show was amazing and we all had a wonderful time at our impromptu party!

"I am having so much fun!"



"My helicopter can rescue people too!"



Evan found a plane like the one on TV and made his plane copy all of the tricks. It was super cute!



Evan liked the silly string. (He called it funny string!)




"Grandpa, you are so silly!"




Evan got a close up view of the show!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Spring Break 2011

Spring Break was a lot of fun for everyone in our family. On Monday, Evan and I joined Terri, Levi, Luke, and David at the zoo. We then had lunch at Rocky's. On Tuesday, Evan and I went to visit Carl at work. Evan LOVED going up in "Daddy's Tower" and looking out the windows at the busy streets and the bridges. Afterwards, we all went out for pizza. After his nap, Evan also got to go to the dentist, which he sill loves to do! On Thursday, Carl, Evan and I went to The Children's museum of Indianapolis. On Friday, we got our pictures made, went to Chuck E. Cheese's and then went to The Congleton's house where we were joined by several of my sorority sisters. On Saturday, Carl and Evan hung out, while I enjoyed a day at the spa and dinner with my sorority sisters. (The boys had an eventful morning. During a thunderstorm, a house close to ours was hit by lightning and caught on fire. Our neighbors got out safely, but the fire was really big and required lots of fire trucks and firefighters to put out. Although we feel bad for our neighbors, Evan was THRILLED to see all of the action!) Sunday was warm and we played outside, napped and ate dinner on the patio. It was a really great week and I was so glad that I got to spend time with my family and friends.

Levi and Evan had so much fun at the zoo! Evan was even nice enough to share his stroller with Levi when Levi was tired.





Evan LOVES going to the dentist! He happily let Amanda clean his teeth and showed Dr. Pape his clean teeth.





Evan liked the museum even before we went inside! The dinosaurs outside of the museum were pretty cool!





The entrance to the dinosaur exhibit was cool. Evan liked the pterosaurs that were flying above us.



Evan spent A LOT of time playing with the small dinosaurs at the dinosaur play table. (We went back to let him play MANY times!)



The dinosaur fossils were SO cool!



Evan and Daddy got a dinosaur view of the world.



Evan had fun pretending to be a dinosaur Daddy and took care of the dinosaur eggs.



"That's a lot of trains!"



Evan spent quite a bit of time watching the small trains travel through the tiny town.



Evan had fun looking out of the telescope on the pirate ship.



Evan got prepared to dig for dinosaur bones!



"I found one!"



Evan had fun putting together the dinosaur puzzle.



Evan was a good listener as he heard the man talk about finding dinosaur bones on his ranch.



Evan was so tired when we left the museum. He slept for most of the trip home.



These are some of my favorite pictures from our photo session.













Evan always has a blast at Chuck E. Cheese's!





After Chuck E. Cheese's, it was time for Evan's nap. He took his nap UNDER the bed! He is so silly!




We had fun at dinner after a day at the spa!





We went back to the hotel after dinner, where we talked late into the night. (I really wish we all lived closer and could get together more often!)



Evan started out using the tub for his toy whale. He then decided it was a cool splash pool.



Eventually, he got his whole body in his "pool."

Monday, April 4, 2011

Our Big Boy Helper

Evan still loves to help us do various tasks in and around the house. The other day he asked Carl if he could help him dig a hole so that we could plant the new trees. It was super cute and very sweet!



Visiting Grandma and The Fowler Family (Spring 2011)

We went to Tennessee last weekend to visit Grandma and The Fowler Family. It was so good to see everyone and we had a great time visiting. Evan remembers everyone now and as soon as we got to Grandma's house, he went right up and gave her a hug! He had lots of fun playing with Marlee on Saturday, as well as shopping for treasures at garage sales. It was so good to see everyone and we hope to get back to visit again sometime this summer.

Evan pushed Grandma's walker up to the table so that he could eat his breakfast right next to Grandma.



Marlee and Evan had fun throwing the ball to each other.



The boys took turns pushing each other on the gardening bench.





Everyone had fun in the sandbox.



The bubble machine made hundreds of bubbles, which both Evan and Marlee enjoyed chasing.





"ROAR!"



Evan and Marlee had fun swinging together.



"I am a monkey!"



The view of The Smokey Mountains was beautiful!



Evan had such a good time in Grandma's big tub. The jets made lots of bubbles, which made bath time LOTS of fun!



"I love you Grandma!"