Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Weekend at Sheboygan

We enjoyed a nice weekend in Sheboygan with Grandma and Grandpa T.  The Packers won, we got to eat some amazing wings, and Great-Grandpa Gasper visited too.  Oh, and we stopped at Lambeau on the way home....Dad says it was to pick up something for the little guy, but we all know he just wanted more Packers can coozies:)


Checking out some goats with Daddy and Grandpa.

Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins (and we didn't even come home with one!)

Evan went to check this fountain out, and then discovered that he could reach the water and splash around like he does in the tub - it was not easy to get him away from it.

And yes!  They had a tractor that Evan could "drive."  And it wasn't easy to get him away from this either....

He couldn't reach the pedals, but we thought he'd enjoy riding around.  Well, he did, until we went under a tractor tire tunnel....didn't like that too much!

Sweetie!

Evan's trying to distract the sheep by pointing the other direction.  

The sheep didn't buy it.

"I found a seat!"

Mom and Evan got a little confused with directions here...

Mommy & Me

Last Wednesday I had a cancellation at work so I got to stay home with Evan all morning.  It was great!  We played, he napped, we played, and had a fun snack (see pics below).

We're eating from the wagon hooked up to a tractor, drinking from a truck cup, and there's a bus waiting for us to play with on the couch....can you tell Evan LOVES trucks?

Bunny grahams taste even better when Farmer Pete hauls them to you in his John Deer "Gator."

"Give me the camera mom....I want to show everyone that you have bunny grahams all over your face too!"

Monday, September 5, 2011

Evan at the State Fair

Grandma and Grandpa Stalder were in town this weekend. So Evan got spoiled! He had a great weekend. We got to go to the Minnesota State Fair, and the little guy took it all in. We walked around the animal barns, had some good food and got to check out all the farm equipment on display - this was Evan's favorite part.

Grandpa took Evan through the Horse Barn

He pointed at every horse

Getting a ride on Daddy's shoulders

Evan even went on the carousel...

He enjoyed it at first...

The he got a little spooked... (too fast)

This was the result

Evan really enjoyed "Machinery Hill"

Driving one of the many tractors

He really enjoyed the large wheels

This picture needs no caption... too cute!

Animals + Tractors = Nap Time

Thursday, September 1, 2011

This Dude is Funny

Our little guy has had a pretty good week. He must be getting excited to see grandma and grandpa Stalder this weekend. Here's a few videos of our goofy little guy.

Evan in the Tub - this is a pretty funny video.

Evan Making Music and Dancing - may want to turn your speakers down a bit.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

This is what happens when.....

Evan doesn't take an afternoon nap and instead spends the time "reading" books in his crib at daycare.  These pictures were all taken between 5:30 and 6:30 pm tonight.  Let's just say he was asleep by 7.

Going....

Going....

Almost gone!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Trains!

So Evan is loving the Brio train set. He has played with it everyday. He's learning how to connect the tracks and the trains. He also makes a "vroom" noise when he's pushing around the little engines.

Here's a  VIDEO of the little guy playing with the trains. At about :20 the trains come off the track and Evan says "uh oh.." Then later he sees Mommy and says "Momma." Too cute. This might be my favorite Evan video.





Sunday, August 21, 2011

First Sleepover of Many

Evan's cousin Grayson came over Saturday evening and stayed overnight. It was Evan's first sleepover. We had lots of fun. We played outside and Adrienne made a delicious pasta bake that the boys just devoured. They woke up super early (6am) and got to have homemade cinnamon rolls too!

Here's a VIDEO of the boys enjoying dinner time.

Evan fueling up th Cozy Coupe...

...and giving Grayson a ride

Evan has been standing more and more, finding his balance

Dinner Time!

Sharing is fun... somtimes

6 in the morning... Evan had to join Grayson in
the pack n' play after he woke up

Watching cartoons in the morning.. thank god - it's like 6:15.

We broke out the Brio trains... good times

Monday, August 8, 2011

Best Weekend!

It really was the best weekend we've had in a long time!  We had absolutely NOTHING planned so we were able to roll with whatever we wanted to do and ended up having a great time together as a family!

Evan continues to LOVE being outside.  However, in recent weeks, he's become a bit obsessive about pushing his vehicles and does not seem to enjoy riding in them.  This would be ok, if he wasn't persistent about pushing them into people's lawns, into the street, and other locations that are prohibited.  So, we were very excited when he started to enjoy drawing with sidewalk chalk, here's a VIDEO.
We spent some afternoon time at Lake Nokomis on Saturday and had a great time!
  Evan really enjoyed swimming with daddy!

He smiled the entire time we were there!

More proof of smiling...

Oops!

And back to his super cute smile.

Evan has always been interested in shoes.  He brings us shoes to wear (even when we already have shoes on).  He will go get his shoes when told because he thinks he's going outside (which is true most of the time).  And more recently, he's been interested in putting on shoes, especially daddy's shoes, here's a VIDEO.
  Here he is trying to get his feet into Jake's shoes. He tried this multiple times this weekend, pretty unsuccessfully.  

Evan became more interested in eating utensils this weekend too.  He especially enjoyed his fork with veggies and fruit, watch a VIDEO here.

We hit up the local wading pool on Sunday.  Evan wanted to go off on his own, unfortunately he's a few inches too short for that (we need to invest in some floaties).  He did love using his watering can on the side of the pool though!
And to end a great weekend, tonight Evan was in the tub playing around and suddenly pointed to the eye of the fish bath mat and said, "eyes."  He immediately looked up at me and nearly poked my eye out pointing to my eyes, and then grabbed his rubber ducky and pointed to its eye!  Perfect ending to a perfect weekend!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Hot and Sticky!

We're a bit late with all of these photos, but better late than never, right?  We continue to have busy summer weeks and weekends.  Last weekend it was VERY hot and humid here, so we had to do outside time sparingly.  Of course, Evan would stay outside all day if it was up to him, but he heats up so fast that we have to watch it.  So, he's hanging out shirtless more, which he enjoys, and we definitely think he has the physique for it:)  Lots of water play, pushing his car and wagon around, and now he enjoys drawing with chalk!  Hope you are all enjoying the summer weather!

It was HOT this weekend... shirtless Evan.

Instead of riding in the cozy coupe, he prefers to push it

Snuggling with Daddy, cooling off inside.

We built forts this weekend... this is Fort #1

Fort #2

Nice hair dude!

Evan knows when we put his hat on he gets to go outside...
so he tried to put his hat on himself and this was the result.

SPAGHETTI!