Dinosaur Shirt

Courtney gave Evan a dinosaur shirt this weekend. It was supposed to be his birthday present but didn't arrive in time. Here is a short movie of Evan and his shirt!

School Time

I got a new student today. He came running down the hall making lots of noise and ran into my room hollering, "Mimi, Mimi". He immediately went to the box of markers and said he wanted to color. I got the new student some paper and sat down on the floor with him. He said he would like to draw an orange dragon and that the dragon had to have a big head and wings. After drawing the dragon, he decided he needed to sit at a desk so we found a good seat for him and got all his materials laid out on the desk so he could work. He worked quietly for a while drawing a "long zig zag". He did a really good job on his "long zig zag". Eventually he tired of his assigned seat and asked to work at the counter. I moved his materials and reminded him to be careful and only color on the paper. He immediately marked on the countertop and his granddaddy reprimanded him. This caused much crying and calling for mama and daddy. I guess he thought they would get him out of trouble. His grandfather took him out into the hall and the tears immediately stopped. He took off running down the hall happy as a lark! What a strange student!

A Few of Evan's Favorite Things

Evan loves to be out doors. He's heard his daddy talk about hiking so much that he now talks about going hiking too. Here Jacob, Evan and Kim are hiking in the woods behind our house. It was still extremely boggy back there so Mimi and Granddaddy played it smart and stayed in the yard!




Another of Evan's favorite activities at our house is to take folks out to Granddaddy's workshop. He likes to find all kinds of geometric shapes and things of different colors in the shop.



Evan loves our pond. Right now it is a perfect height for him to go "fishing" from the dock!





Evan loves the yellow jonquils in our backyard. I guess he gets that from his Mimi and his daddy. Here he is picking a few to give to some of the women in his life... Mama, Mimi and CooCoo.




Probably Evan's all time favorite activity is riding in the Mule! It was a bit chilly outside and Evan didn't have a jacket so we wrapped him up in Mimi's Alaska windbreaker and Granddaddy's hat!

The twuck is tuck!

Evan came running into the house this afternoon shouting, "We tuck, Mimi, we tuck!. I said, "What?" He says, "Gwanddaddy's twuck is tuck!" Here are some pictures of Evan and Billy getting the "twuck" un"tuck". By the way, Kim was the one who got the "twuck tuck" trying to drive Evan out to visit Billy at his workshop!

Granddaddy and Evan are off to the rescue!

Oops! We forgot the chain. Gotta take the mule to get it!

I'll keep the dogs away while you hook up the chain.

I've got gloves just like granddaddy's.

I'm ready when you are granddaddy!

Just say the word, Granddaddy.

Are you sure you have the chain on there good?

Ok, here we go.

I've got the twuck back on the woad, Granddaddy.

Tell mommy not to take this route to your workshop anymore!

Way to go Granddaddy!

Let's take her back to the shelter.

Help me down!

Don't drop me!

I'll drive!

A successful rescue by the dynamic duo!

More of Sunday afternoon videos

Furlough Day!

We had another furlough day today so Billy and I decided to take off to Brunswick and Jekyll. Kim and Evan came along for the ride. Evan was excited about getting to go to the beach. On the way he chattered about what he was going to do....He planned to make sand castles and draw rectangles! He was extremely good about having to wait so long to get there. He fell asleep as we were leaving Brunswick to head over to Jekyll so we rode around the island for awhile then finally stopped in the historic section. Kim and I walked over to the sweet shop to get some ice cream and left Billy and Evan( still sleeping) in the truck. We paid for our ice cream and headed out to the shop and saw Evan coming up the steps of the shop. He was ready for some ice cream too. We got him a chocolate cone and walked around while he ate it...what a face he had when he finished! Then we headed over to the beach. Above are a few shots we took of him on the beach. I think he ran about ten miles up and down that beach. When we got home he told his daddy that he had fun!

A Sunday Afternoon

Jacob, Kim and Evan had lunch with us today. After lunch, Kim told Evan is was time for a nap. Of course, he said "No!" Kim told him he could play for 5 minutes then he had to take his nap. Here is his "5 minutes" captured on video. At the end of his "5 minutes" , he went peacefully with his mama. He threw us kisses and told us to "catch" then said "I love you so much!". Too sweet!