Water Fun

Granddaddy and Evan had a ball playing in the water! We sent Evan home wet and dirty! Oh, the joys of being the grand parent!!

 

Rock Star and Homecoming Parade

Evan was a rock star today. He rode on the Jeff Davis Primary School's float in the homecoming parade. Kim attempted to spike his hair but it insisted on curling!

Shrimp N Grits Festival on Jekyll Island

This weekend we went to the Shrimp n Grits Festival on Jekyll Island. We camped at the Jekyll Island campground with Jacob, Kim and Evan. Friday night we went to the Festival and sampled all the shrimp n grits from the various vendors. We all decided that the Jekyll Hotel's chef had the most delicious shrimp n grits but we didn't find a single one that wasn't delicious in its own way. Evan loved the shrimp n cheese grits he got. His was very simple but he really enjoyed it!

After we had our fill of shrimp n grits we listened to the music for a while. Evan wanted to dance to the music but the rest of us were too full of shrimp n grits to be good dance partners for him. So he just danced around by himself.

The festival also had an arts and crafts show with some really unsual exhibits. One of Evan's favorite exhibits was the sealife exhibit. He got to touch horse shoe crabs, look at some fish and play some games. He won a bag full of stuff from this exhibit when he played a game and correctly answered questions about what he had seen in the exhibit. I think his favorite thing he won was the dolphin stickers. Saturday Jacob and Evan went through the Sea Turtle Center and Evan won a baby turtle that was just hatching out of its egg (toy) for correctly answering questions about the turtles. After much thought he named the turtle Rocky. We've decided that Evan is going to be a fact sponge just like his daddy!

Below, Evan gets a lesson from Daddy on what he is seeing in the tank.

Friday night I caught a fold up frisbe for Evan. He insisted on calling it his "rugby". Saturday morning he and Billy enjoyed playing "rugby" while they waited for breakfast to be cooked.

Before Billy and Evan went off to play "rugby" together Evan got in a bit of trouble. He decided to butter the bench to the picnic table. Billy and I had a de ja vu moment. Guess Evan is pretty close kin to his Aunt Courtney. She buttered the utility room when she was his age. Kim had Evan clean up his mess!

Billy and Evan enjoyed reading a bedtime story in the camper. Evan supplied the light source.

Lumber City Farm City Day

Billy and I went to Lumber City to Farm City Day with Kim and Evan this morning. A couple was taking "chicken" pictures. They had several exotic and quite tame chickens and roosters that you could choose from for your picture. Of all the exotic feather legged and bare necked chickens, Evan chose this rooster that is just like the hen his daddy has at home. We made this picture just for Jacob since he has loved chickens since he was younger than Evan is now. This rooster was obviously used to having his picture taken. He let Evan pet him and did not try to get away when the lady just sat him down by Evan and was getting the rest of the scene together for the picture. The rooster would walk around on the hay bale abit but never tried to wander off. Even more impressive to me, he never tried to peck or spur any of us. I'm used to "mean" roosters that chase you around trees!

Bath time and Play Dough

For some reason Evan loves taking a bath at our house. We never have clean clothes for him but he doesn't care. He just loves to splash and play in the tub! Once he tires of the water he likes to escape and run around with no clothes. Below are some cute after bath pics! Don't worry...he's covered!

I took time out from my painting for a little play time with Evan.

Mama got Evan a Yellow Jacket "tartoo".

Granddaddy gets some snuggle time with Evan after his bath.




Kim made Evan some homemade play dough. I found some cookie cutters so Evan could make "cookies" for everyone.

Lucy

We went to look at some puppies with Evan today. One of his classmates at pre-school had some beagle/rat terrier puppies ready for new homes. Evan wasn't too sure he wanted one of the puppies at first.
When his daddy asked if he wanted one of the puppies he said that the puppies needed to stay where they were.

While he was trying to decide if he liked the puppies he and his friend had fun playing with their donkeys. He was totally unafraid of the donkeys but wasn't too sure of the puppies! He even let one of the donkeys eat out of his hand.
Evan finally decided he did like the puppies...or at least this puppy. Jacob asked what her name should be and Evan promptly said "Lucy, like that black dog." So here's Lucy!


So, here he is with Lucy in a basket on the way home. Lucy was tired from playing and slept all the way home.

Making Movies

Here Evan stars in a movie about making a snake with a head, body and tail!


And here he is in another movie about a snake with no head, no body, no tail and no eyes!!