Legs!

Yea!  Aidan's legs are finally long enough to touch the floor when she sits in her walker and she can actually go forwards and backwards in it!  Of course, the walker is also good for relaxing while she has a snack.

Thanks to those longer legs she can now ride the rocking horse. Evan used to love to ride the horsey while Granddaddy sang and I played The Lone Ranger song on the piano.  From the smile on Aidan's face you can tell she loves the horse too.  Of course, Granddaddy had to give her a little help to stay on the horse.  She tended to list a little to portside! 

A Year's Worth of Posting in One

I haven't posted in a long while.  Evan has started school and he now has a little sister that we can brag about.  She stays with Mimi and Grandaddy during the day while her mama and daddy are working.  Here are a few "catch up" pictures of both grandbabies.

 Here's Evan at the hospital waiting for Aidan's arrival.  He wore his I'm a big brother dinosaur shirt for the event.

 Our precious little Aidan Elizabeth arrived on March 19, 2012. Here she is in her coming home outfit.

Evan is so proud of his new little sister.

 Aidan at age 3 months

 Mimi with a lap full of grandbabies.

 Papa Lord with Aidan and Lilly.  Heidi and Ramon came for a visit before they flew off to live in Hawaii for a few years.

 Evan, Aidan, Papa Lord, Lilly and Cali

 Evan and Cali were still best buds even though it had been quite a while since they had seen each other.

 In June Billy and I took Evan to Splash in the Boro.  We had a blast!

 Aidan with the pumpkins we got during our visit to Poppel Farms near Jesup.

 New Year's day we started a new tradition.  Evan says every year we have to have lunch at Iguanas on St. Simon's Island then spend the afternoon on the beach at Jekyll.  It was perfect weather for the beach this year.

 Mimi doing her job to protect the castle Evan was building.

 Evan can read as well as any adult even though he is only 5 and in Kindergarten.  This year he read all our clues for the Christmas treasure hunt.  We had to do it really fast because it began to rain but we still had a lot of fun.

 One of Evan's favorite pastimes at our house is to build a "nest" in one corner of the den and have a dinosaur or dragon hatching.

 Aidan loved the ornaments on Aunt KK's Christmas tree.

 And here is our little Miss Piggy at almost 10 months. She loves feeding herself and will pretty much eat anything...including fuzz from rugs, bugs, paper and anything else she can get her hands on.

Want some of my macaroni and cheese?

In a little over a month I will be adding a new face to this blog.  Miss Zoe Kathryn Wang is due to arrive Feb 27, 2013.  Mimi and Granddaddy will be traveling to Michigan to welcome her into our family.  Can't wait to meet her!

Farm City Day with Evan

Billy and I took Evan to Farm City Day at Herman and Corrine Seller's Farm.  This was the first time any of had ever gotten to go.  Evan was so excited about everything.  Its sad that this is the last year Farm City Day will be held.  It was great!

Evan loved the birds...just like his daddy!

He petted a pony.

And got to ride one just his size.

Granddaddy took our picture with the pony.

Evan got to feel of some bear claws.

He correctly identified most of the animals these pelts came from.

He got in a giant John Deere tractor...

and a little John Deere tractor.

The library ladies thought he was so cute they asked him to pose with the book they were reading!

He was fascinated by this demonstration by Satilla REA.

Two cute little girls gave him 2 tattoos!

He got a flower to plant.

He got to hold a baby boa constrictor!  

Of course, he had to have food...a sausage biscuit.

He rode the wagon with his mama's class from last year and got to pet a chicken.

We saw all the smelling hogs and the their baby pigs.

Here Evan's examining some quail.

A goat tried to give him  a kiss!

He got to dig "taters"!  (He said, "Mimi, they are potatoes!")

Evan's friend, Jamie, from the tennis team, let him help at the blacksmith's station.

He even got to help cool the metal!

Visit to Carter Man and Bebe's Hunting Club on the River

Billy and I took Evan on a little trip to Beverly and Jimmy Carter's Hunting Club.  The river was pretty high but we found a spot where Evan could enjoy wading in the water.
 

Looks like Evan and Granddaddy are having a serious conversation!

 

I promise not to go out too far Granddaddy!

 

 

 

 

Granddaddy, Bebe and Carter Man!

 

The most fun thing to do at the river is throw rocks in the water!