Friends

Evan and I have had a lot of fun this summer going to parks on Fridays with my friend Krystal and her boy and girl twins. Our kids are about the same age and they have a lot of fun together. Evan gets so excited when he sees them and even knows Jakob's name even though he plays more with Joslyn. Jakob is just easier to say I guess.

           We love the swings and as for slides the bigger the better.

I was lucky enough to get my camera out just in time to take this picture of Evan holding hands with Joslyn. 20 seconds later and I would have missed it. They are so cute together.

Earthquakes and Hurricanes

It has been a very interesting month here in Virginia weather wise. On August 23, 2011, at 1:51 pm I woke up to my bed shaking and the doors rattling. It was so weird I didn't think Virginia had earthquakes, but not only was it an earthquake it was a fairly decent size one at a magnitude of 5.8. Had it lasted any longer it could have done some serious damage. We only had a few pictures go crooked, but some of the older buildings in our area didn't fair so well.

the Washington monument has a huge crack in it and is closed indefinitely.  These 100+ year old structures just aren't built to stand up to earthquakes. 
Just as we were recovering from our earthquake less than a week later Hurricane Irene struck with flooding, power outages and fallen trees everywhere. Once again we were left unscathed with just a few fallen branches to clean up, but we cant help wondering whats next?

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.