Feast Day of St. Nicholas

On St. Nicholas's Feast Day we put candy in Evan's shoes.  We went a little overboard today (instead of tomorrow, the actual feast day).  He got some socks, a puzzle, coloring books and window markers in addition to some candy.  Evan didn't complain.

Ti's Christmas Party

Evan went with Andria to her work Christmas party.  It was a HUGE carnival-like event with Santa, bounce houses, movies, candy, games, food and more fun.  Big crowds aren't Evan's thing, so he had a nice time playing in Ti's office too. 

Getting Ready for Christmas

 Thinking about putting the star on top of the tree.

 Deciding maybe not this year - a little too scary to be just held by Dad with nothing to hang on to.

 Reading a book with Mimi about the 1st Christmas (one of the Hallmark recordable books - very cool).

 Playing (year 4) with the Snoopy snowglobe.

 Playing with the train around the tree.

Checking out the first big snow (4+ inches on Saturday morning)!

Coupons

Here is a pic of Mike and Evan looking through the "toy coupons" from yesterday's paper.  We're not Black Friday shoppers, in the traditional wake-up-at-3am-and-hit-the-ground-running sense, but Mike has been known to go out during nap time.  (I stay home and partake in nap time - my shopping- which means buying stuff for Mike since he doesn't approve of my timeline he buys for everyone else - starts about December 15 or so....)

Touchdown - all at once!

As you can probably tell, Mike and Evan were watching the Bears game last week.  They were trying to coordinate a touchdown picture, but it took a few tries.  (I just love the Oreo mouth Evan has here.)

The Baker Man!

Evan loves to bake all by himself.  This batch is for home.  I actually have to bake stuff after he goes to bed if I want to share it with others since he loves cooking and baking.

Coloring

Evan has taken to coloring a lot more these days.  Here he is on Friday night with Mike.  According to Evan, Daddy was doing it wrong, so he had to help out.