Outside :(

We had a taste of spring on Wednesday where the temperature surpassed 70 degrees. It made for a fun afternoon of playing at the playground after work for Evan. It also made for a disappointing Thursday when it rained (and was a bit colder). Here is Evan - desperately wanting to go outside - right after I changed his diaper. He put his shoe on and was very upset that the clouds had come to rain. He even told me we needed to figure out a way to make them leave. Poor kid.

Sick Evan :(

Evan came down with a fever on Thursday afternoon. He let me take his temperature (which is rare) and he came down the stairs and said, "I'm cold. I want my mommy." He cuddled up on the couch with me, and then out of nowhere he started crying. In the past few months, I've come to figure out that crying means he's going to puke. Unfortunately, it's only about a 7 second heads-up. Evan got sick on his blankets, himself, the couch, and me. My son is officially a puker. Some people are (me), and some people aren't (Mike). We thought Evan was an "aren't" for a long time because he maybe puked twice in 2-1/2 years. He's puked about 7-8 times in the last 3 months. Gross, I know, but you know - that's parenthood. Here are a couple of pictures of Evan on the mend this weekend.

Underpants

We are trying to ease Evan into potty training. He's never been a cold turkey kid with any of his transitions (sleeping all night, bottle to cup, bye bye pacifier, bye bye crib, the list goes on). The other day after school, I was changing his diaper and I gave him a choice: 1) get a new diaper 2) wear underpants. To my surprise, he chose underpants. I had to take a couple of pictures of him in his boxer-briefs. It lasted for about 45 minutes when I went to go check on him and sit him on the potty again. He had already peed himself and was hanging out with wet pants and wet shirts (and was totally fine with it). We'll keep plugging away at it - and hopefully by June 20 (his 3rd birthday), we'll get this figured out. To quote Evan's Grandma Mary, "Girls at 2 and Boys at 3." Sounds good to me because Evan has no interest at 2 (as of right now). :-)

Batter Up!

Mike and Evan were taking batting practice in the living room the other day. Evan decided his knight's helmet was appropriate head gear for the occasion.

Baking for Mommy

Evan has discovered our unplugged toaster oven at the bottom of the pantry. He likes to put coasters, cars, etc., on it and pretend he's baking dinner for Mommy. He goes all out and gets the oven mitts out of the drawer as well. It's so cute.

Cheese Pizza Friday Picnic!

Since Lent is upon us, and Michael and Evan are Catholic, we observe "no meat" Fridays (ok - well, Mike does - Evan's a little young yet). For the last two Friday nights, we've had meatless pizza (which is ok with me since I only eat red meat once a month anyway). Here are some pictures of our picnic on the family room carpet last week. Please notice Evan's lemonade in his Murphy's koozie. This part was done on his own, which makes Mike proud, since Murphy's is a bar outside of Wrigley Field in Chicago.