A little off the top

I hold many titles around here and one of the stranger ones is company barber.

Both my boys needed haircuts this weekend, so I got out my trusty kit and went to work. Evan was very good and sat still the whole time, but he didn't like it when hair got in his mouth.
He has needed regular haircuts since he was 3months old to keep him from looking like a girl and my husband doesn't think that a bald man should have to pay for a haircut so I am what they get. I do an okay job and if there are any complaints I just remind them that you get what you pay for.

Dinosaur, Rarrr!!

Evan is just getting old enough where it is fun to take him places because he actually gets interested in seeing new and fun things. This weekend we took him to the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian to see the dinosaurs.  He was very excited to see the dinosaurs, and would point to the dinosaurs and say 'dinosaur, Rarrr!' He roared at all the dinosaurs and tried to climb into the exhibits.

 We went around and saw a bit of everything except the butterfly exhibit because you had to pay to get in. Evan also really liked the mammals exhibit with bears and tigers and our favorite a hippo!

Beating the Heat

It has been unusually hot in Virginia this summer with at least 5 days in July reaching over 102 degrees. That isn't even counting the humidity. For some cool summer fun my friend and I took our kids to Lyon Village Spray Park. There are a few spray parks dotted around the area. This park has many sprays that go upward from the colorful concrete floor. There is a bucket that pours water from above and a spinning flower that spritzes water. The best part is that they are free. Our kids had a great time and we were happy to join in on the fun too since the temperature was about 104 that day.

 This will most likely become one of our favorite summer haunts.

18months and counting

Evan had an appointment with his pediatrician today for his 18 month check up. He is doing great, they took all his measurements and my long and lean boy is in the 88% for height with 33.75 inches and 50% for weigh with 25lbs 13oz.  The doctor said that his speech is fairly advanced with all the words he can say and how clear they are which is fun to hear. I was told not to worry that he only eats fruit, cheese, and bread and to just keep trying new things. It is so fun for me to take him to these check ups to see how much he has grown and developed, he is no longer my baby.  It is not fun for him however, because he is scared of the doctor and nurses and at the end he has to get shots. The shots are more scary than painful but I have to make sure to bring his blankie to help calm him down. He spent most of the visit with his blanket over his head, every time someone would come into the room he would throw his blanket over his head to block them out. the doctor thought it was hilarious. After we were done I took him to to get a cranberry bagel from Einstein's, which are his favorite, to make it up to him.

Back at the Bay

We had so much fun the last time we went to the Chesapeake Bay that we had to go back.  On this trip we took our friends the Workmans along for the fun. It is nice to have friends that have kids the same age as Evan.

The last time we went I had a hard time keeping Evan hydrated because he refuses to drink water unless it has ice in it, warm water is out of the question. It is impossible to keep his water cold on a 90 degree day at the beach so I cut up a whole watermelon for the kids to eat. It was a big hit with kids and adults alike.

                                                      He  is my little watermelon boy.

At the Chesapeake bay

For the 4th of July weekend we went to the Chesapeake bay for the day.  The Sandy Point State Park on the Chesapeake bay has some man made beaches for swimming, fishing and crabbing.  We had never been before but wanted to try it out. The best part is it's only about an hour from our house. Evan enjoyed playing with his beach toys and pouring water all over himself.

 The waves aren't very big here which is good for little beach goers. When I took Evan and his Grandma Heather to the Beach in Ocean City Maryland a few weeks ago he hated the water and didn't want to get near it because the waves were big and loud and just too scary for him.

 We stayed all day, and when we were tired of swimming we dried off and Daddy cooked us dinner in one of the BBQ pits they have there while Evan ran around like a madman and mommy took in the views of the lighthouse and the bay bridge. It was a wonderful day and we can't wait to do it again.

Thank you and other fun words

Evan is 17 months now and learning lots of new words. He learns a new word almost every other day it seems. One of our favorite words these days it "Thank you". (I know it is really two words but he says it as one word) I'd like to take credit for it and say it was because of our good parenting that he is learning such polite words and behaviors but the truth is he did it all on his own. We play the thank you game a lot, Evan will hand us something usually a toy and we say 'thank you' and then he wants us to hand it back to him so he can say 'tanko'.   It is so fun to watch him learn to communicate, he gets so proud of him self when he knows that he has used the right word for things. 'Tanko' is one of my favorites though, especially when it is used instead of whining. If I am holding something he wants like grapes, he will start saying or yelling thank you until I give it to him it is very cute. I just hope it isn't a phase.