Rooting out the Dogs!!

Thursday afternoon when we went outside to play Evan rooted the dogs out of their hole they dug under the oak tree. The dogs use the hole for keeping cool. Evan used it for getting really dirty! He shoveled dirt into his pail and all over himself. He started to eat some dirt but I stopped that! We practiced saying "dirt" and he could say it really well!
After Granddaddy got home he helped pick the cucumbers that have come up where we had our garden last summer. We have a nice crop of volunteer cucumbers. Evan carried his share into the house to give to me. After all that hard work digging dirt and picking cucumbers we had to get a bath( had to get rid of all the dirt before mama saw him!) then he relaxed in a chair while he drank his milk and read a book!

Youngest Calculus Student in the Universe!

Last night Evan officially began his studies of Calculus. He diligently worked problems on his TI-92 graphing calculator. He's only 16 months old.... and my students say calculus is hard!

Spoon Feeding!

Evan had lunch with us today. I gave him a little curved handled spoon that was his Great Aunt Pam's when she was a baby. He actually managed to eat his mashed potatoes with it all by himself. He couldn't manage the green beans and meatballs by himself so I would stick them on the spoon for him and he would try to get them in his mouth. Some made it, some didn't, but he had fun trying. Billy and I would clap every time he managed to get food in his mouth with the spoon.
Before lunch he went to visit Aunt Kay. She gave him the watch on his wrist.

Thursday Visit

Evan came to visit Thursday night while his mama and daddy did their class work. We went outside and played on the swing set. He loved sliding on the slide. He liked walking back up the slide rather than climbing the ladder. Above he is standing at the top of the slide ready to go!

He made it to the bottom and gave himself a standing ovation!
Evan wanted to pet the "kitty kat". However, Mrs. B wasn't too sure she wanted to be bothered. Evan finally did get a "finger" on her.

After Evan came in and had his bath he found some of my ponytail holders. He thought it was hilarious to stick one in his mouth and run away from me laughing!

Somersaults at Aunt Ethelyn's Video

This is a new trick that Evan's Yai Yai taught him while he was visiting her this summer. It was the first time Billy and I had seen him do this. We all thought it was hilarious.

Splash Pad Videos

Little Ocmulgee State Park Splash Pad

We took a little trip to Ocmulgee State Park this afternoon to let Evan play on the play ground and on the splash pad. Evan fell asleep shortly before we got there and was so soundly asleep that he did not wake up when Jacob took him out of the car seat. We walked out onto the dock at the pond while he was sleeping. We saw a huge alligator just floating around at the end of the dock.



When Evan finally woke up his face just lit up when he saw the play ground and he was off and running. In this picture he and Jacob are listening to Kim talk to them through the tube. He tried out all the play ground equipment then we took him over to the splash pad.




He had a ball running through the water.



We stayed there until it closed then headed over to the lodge for supper where he enjoyed some corn on the cob and a roll.





After supper we headed over to Aunt Ethelyn's to visit with her and Brenda. They weren't there when we arrived to we passed the time swinging and walking around the pond.


Jacob took some really beautiful sunset pictures at the pond.




After Brenda and Aunt Ethelyn got home Evan had a great time showing off for them. He ran around plundering, then turned somersaults for them and finally kissed everyone goodnight when we left.