How we love our weekends

I actually started writing this post last Sunday.  If that's any indication of how busy things have been.... and now I'll try to post the pictures we took last weekend before we fall into another weekend.  And I'm not complaining about another weekend.  And this coming weekend promises to serve up a date night and possibly some sunshine, so no, I'm definitely not complaining. Evan asks every morning if it's the weekend.  He wants to know if he gets to stay in his pjs all morning and eat pancakes or waffles in the morning (this trend of big weekend breakfasts might have to come to a close after pregnancy, but for now he's loving it, and maybe mommy and daddy are loving it too!)

With limited engagements last weekend, we were able to spend a lot of time together and a lot of time outside.  Even though it was starting to feel like it would never stop raining this past week, we were able to make the most of every minute outside that we could last weekend.  And Evan was loving it!  We hit a few parks, played in the yard, he rode his tricycle, and he loved helping mom and dad plant more flowers in the yard. It's so cute to watch him because he wants so much to participate in every step.  And hearing him say the word "fertilizer" is a kill.  Maybe he'll be a gardner in the future?

And Evan got to go to a live version of the Choo Choo Bob Show Saturday.  It was a loud event and if you've met Evan, you know that he's not the most outgoing little guy at new events.  Once he warms up he can't stop talking and acting silly, but he can be shy to start.  This was no different, except at one point, he was sitting in my lap so he could see better, and he cuddled up (best he could - the belly gets in the way these days), and next thing I know, our friend leans over and says, "he's asleep."  It was so precious I couldn't interrupt.  There was a live band folks.  Hundreds of kids.  And Evan fell asleep.  It was only a 10-15 minute nap, and then he woke up and asked if we could go to the park, but it was priceless.   Wish I had a photo.

Not afraid to get his hands dirty.  

He wanted to keep digging.  He'd dig up the whole yard if we let him.

I wish I could remember what he calls the fertilizer.  

This was one of my favorite - he would grab a handful of mulch and just sort of toss it towards the beds.  

Hitching a ride back to the garage.  Typically he wants to pull the wagon everywhere but I think this load got just a little too heavy.

Long weekend

Evan is appreciating his long weekends more and more.  And despite mommy having to attend a conference for most of this holiday weekend, and the weather being less than desirable (what else can I complain about here), Evan had a great time this weekend too.    We spent as much time outside as we could and Evan shocked us with how much his tricycle riding skills have improved.  We'll be biking the lakes soon, I'm sure. Hope everyone had a great memorial day weekend!

He would scream "gooaalll!!!!" every time he kicked it even near the net.  

And of course we have to do ridiculous things with the basketball and cone.  

This one actually looks like a good goal, and with a soccer ball instead of a basketball.

Cruising the neighborhood.  I think he likes it so much more now that he can pedal and steer all by himself!

We Need to Blog!

Well, we've had a busy few weeks, and the blog has fallen behind. Here's a few photos of our last few weeks to catch everybody up...

First... Evan's new favorite music video... (and ours). It features "googly eyes."

One of Evan's construction sites

Evan is helping us turn his old bed back into a crib

Our little helper

We took down the letters from his room
and he put them together to spell his name.

Cousin Grayson came over.. and of course they played trains

Adrienne had some helpers, making cookies

Happy Birthday Evan!

Happy 3rd Birthday Evan!  

Just a collection of photos of our little guy on his big day.  Here's a cute video we've been meaning to post too from a while back, when mommy was sick and he had been helping daddy with the laundry.  He found a way to do his own laundry.  

Enjoying some goodies Easter morning.  

We had to get some pink balloons for his kids party.  Kid loves pink.

Doing some do-a-dot work before daycare.  He thought the "bday" was pretty funny.

Enjoying some dirt cake with his friends.  

He did not want to blow out his candles.  Daddy had to help.

Riding his new tricycle.  It's sad that we had to bundle up so much, but at least the snow held off for a day....

Cupcakes for his birthday with mom and dad.  He wouldn't even let me put the candles in his cupcake - they're in mommy's cupcake, and in the end, mommy had to blow them out.  

3 years ago today.  Such a peanut.  Hard to believe when you see him now!!

Getting back in the swing of things.

I say this nervously, knowing that it may come back to kick me in a few days, but I think we're over the flu here.  Finally.  I had it for 5 days, then no one had it for a few days, then Evan got it for 5 days, then I got it back for 4 more days.  It was awful.  Not just for the 2 of us who were sick, but for poor Jacob who had to witness it all and take care of everything while I was down.  He did amazing of course, and now he is definitely Evan's favorite (I don't get asked to play vehicles or blocks right now unless I'm the only one home).  But I can deal.  

I finally got to help clean the house and cook meals (that I actually ate!) this weekend, and I think we're back on track.  Now if we can just hold it off.....

Otherwise Evan is doing great!  He continues to blow us away with silly things he comes up with, he's rockin the potty training (I was amazed by how much we were saving already having not purchased diapers in about 2 months!), and he's excited about his new sibling to come this summer.  When asked if he thinks it's a boy or a girl, he nearly always replies, "I think it's a baby."  He is still working to identify toys he will and will not share with the baby and frequently pulls out bins of baby toys and talks about how the baby will like each one.  And in a few weeks, we hope to move him to his new big boy room.  We're sad because he will be on a different floor from us for the first time, but we're having fun putting together a room that we know he'll love. Don't judge if I end up reporting that Jake and I slept in the family room on his first few nights just to be close to the little guy.  

Loving playdough play.

He built this tower by himself and it almost made it to his height....

Before he kicked it down....

And then had to pull out the pay loader to clean things up.  It's how he rolls.

"I Love Vehicles!"

Here's a VIDEO,

and a picture...

Snow!

Evan's been loving up the snow these past few weeks.  We had new snow to shovel almost every day last week and Evan would come home from daycare asking to shovel.  The productivity of his shoveling varies from drawing patterns in the driveway with his shovel, up to actually clearing the stairs or patio.  But if it's warm enough, he wants to be out there.  We're not going to argue.  We're also going to hang on to all of the photos of him shoveling and smiling while he's 2 so we can bring them out when he complains about it when he's 16.

Here's a cute VIDEO of Evan laughing at a game on the iPad. He's laughing at "Mr. Bubbles."

Evan got to go sledding this weekend.

He enjoys carrying around snowballs and threatening to chuck them at you.

"Can you cover me with some snow Daddy?"

Welcome to Twenty-Thirteen

I can't believe it's already the 3rd week of January and we're finally getting around to posting about the happenings since Christmas.  Evan's been busy as usual with a Christmas gathering with the Turzynski side, additional sleepovers with cousin Grayson, a visit from his Auntie, and just trying to stay away from all of this illness!  He's a trooper.  He continues to come up with crazy things to say every day.  This morning he heard a reminder sound on my phone and said, "mommy, who's texting."

Playing outside with Grayson.  Notice the sweet Packers hat!

Sharing a pillow and sharing a Thomas moment.

Being cheesy as only he can do it. 

I'm not even sure what Evan is doing (is he trying to sit in the bucket?), but generally they were racing each and every matchbox car Evan owns down the race track.  

Helping daddy remove a dusting of new snow.  He loves his new shovel!

Here's a VIDEO of Evan and his cousin Grayson dancing in the kitchen.

A VIDEO of Evan and Grayson singing "Jingle Bells."  We're not sure who taught him to give it an "ohh...." at the end so he can continue, but it's too cute!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!  I know, we're a bit late, but we still wanted to send our best wishes to everyone reading our blog and share a bit of Evan's Christmas so far.  We were able to make it to Nebraska, despite the blizzard, for a few days to visit before Christmas day.  Then we traveled back home so Santa could visit Evan's house on Christmas Eve.  He'e enjoyed the holiday so much this year!  And it's not over yet:)  Grandma and Grandpa Turzynski roll in this weekend for another celebration.  We're happy we'll be able to see both sides of the family this holiday.  We hope everyone was able to be with family and had a safe and happy Christmas!

Driving the dump truck in the snow at Grandma and Grandpa's house. He later discovered it doesn't have snow tires and was quite frustrated by it's lack of traction.

Eating some Christmas dinner with his cousins.

Opening gifts at Grandma and Grandpa Stalder's house.

The adults needed some down time so insert an episode of Olivia.  They all 3 sat like that the whole time.

Helping Grandma Stalder fill the bird feeders.

Finding treats in his stocking.  Pretty sure it was 6 am at this point.

Excited about his peas from Toy Story 3.

Playing with some of his new art supplies while mom and dad cooked Christmas dinner.  

Real snow (finally!)

After a very limited snow season last year, we were excited to get some real snow this weekend. Of course we were expecting 3 maybe 6 inches based on the forecast, but ended up closer to a foot.  Evan didn't care.  He loved it!  He got to build a snowman (that he quickly asked to knock over), got to make footprints in the snow (until it was too deep for him to walk in) and finally got to use his new sled (new about 12 months ago).  Sunday was a great day!  No comments on the Monday morning commute.

Watching it snow in the morning.

Getting ready to go outside

Taking a ride on the sled - later in the day, 8 inches of snow later, we went to the park and hit the not-so-steep slopes....he LOVED it.

Pulling the sled is closer to what he enjoys doing with all of his trucks and trains

This is a bit happier than his face in the pictures from one of his first snows (see here)

Trying to build a snowman

Succeeding on a smaller scale - he even used a baby carrot for his nose!