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Evan Turns 4

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Yesterday Evan turned four years old. He woke up, opened presents from family and friends, and then watched his favorite movie (Tom and Jerry Nutcracker). After Denise arrived, Evan and I went to the local donut shop to get donut holes for a birthday treat for his pre-school class. He went in and wanted a peppermint donut (which they had) and then we took it home for him to eat before his class.

After that, I went to work and he played with some of his new toys and enjoyed the morning. Unfortunately – he started complaining about not feeling well and by the time I took him to pre-school he looked wiped out. He was not interested in lunch (not even fire chips) but when he got to school he seems to light up a bit.

When I picked him up, he told me he wanted a nap and after telling him a ghost story (his favorite type of stories) he quickly fell asleep. When he woke up, he opened a few more presents (including the super flying airplane I bought him) but was not very excited with anything.

For dinner – we made plans to take him to Portillos and then to Chuck E Cheese with his friend Caden and his dad. He did not even eat his french fries let alone his hot dog, and by the time we got to Chuck E Cheese – he looked wiped out again. After 30 minutes or so of playing games, we sat down to have cup cakes, but he instead of wanting a cup cake, wanted to go home. At that point we knew he was not feeling well.

Turns out he had a slight fever, so after some medicine, he went to bed without arguing. No one likes to be sick – especially on his birthday, but he woke up this morning feeling much better and super excited to play with all the new toys he got.

Thanks to Uncle Mike (and family) and the Reid family for calling and singing Happy Birthday!

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Evan’s 4th Birthday Party!

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img_2578Evan and all his friends had quite an exciting birthday party last week. We had the Traveling World of Reptiles come and give a fun filled hour + presentation on reptiles. We had a 150lb python, a tortoise, crocodile, lizards, etc in our home as Dave talked to everyone about the reptile’s natural habitats, the dangers of having them as pets, and how to interact with them.

Overall – I think everyone of all ages enjoyed the show and were pleasantly surprised how much fun it was. After the show, we all enjoyed Portillos and Costo cake.

Here are some pictures from the big event. A big thanks to all those that came out for the celebration.

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Don’t Eat the Blue Ice

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Yesterday, Denise picked up Evan from his pre-school class and returned with a funny story. Evan loves snow and eating snow. Just before pre-school I found him eating snow off the parking lot which I quickly told him not to do, but on the way out of his pre-school he saw something that interested him: blue ice (blue salt to melt the ice). Apparently he saw it and thought it was some sort of super treat that came with the snow and picked some up, put it in his mouth and quickly spit it out.

While Denise quickly yelled at him – it became a good lesson. Not everything that looks exciting is good for you – even if it is blue!

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She is Rockin’

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While Will is still mastering how to roll over, Cora has been learning to master the pre-crawl rock. She has been spending a lot more time pushing herself into the crawl pose and then rocking back and forth. She is definitely the mover and shaker out of the bunch and I can only imagine what it will be like with her on the loose. I have a feeling she will be chasing her brothers around the house in no time!

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Finally Rolling

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The kids spent the day at Denise’s house today, thank goodness since I am totally sick. Denise called midmorning and I was expecting to hear that someone else was sick, but instead she told me Will finally decided to roll over. Cora has been rolling all over for weeks, as opposed to Will who did not see a reason to roll. But he finally decided to do it today. Unfortunately he is still pretty top heavy so he gets onto his stomach and then just screams because he cannot hold himself up or roll back over. But he is moving and that is the important part.

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New October 2010 Photos

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Evan and Cora I finally emptied the camera and uploaded some of my favorite photos from the last two weeks. There are some photos of the kids in their new toys (which Amy thinks makes things about 5% easier now – with some more options), the kids eating their first bite of food, and of everyone hanging around. Their big brother Evan enjoys the new toys too. He really likes gently pushing everyone around in their toys as well as playing with the kids when they are playing on the floor. Check out the latest photos.

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Goebbert’s Pumpkin Farm 2010

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Evan on the hayride Last week we ventured out to the nearby pumpkin farm with all the kids and had a great time. We took everyone on the “spooky” hayride, let Evan play on a big bouncy thing, and enjoyed some apple cider donuts. Evan loves to go here and we look to go back another time in the next few weeks. We will probably not go back on the hayride – as it was a little too spooky at one point. You could literally see him freeze up in fear (we were in a barn that had a big fake spider in the rafters and some scary-ish looking props). Fortunately – the spooky part only lasted a few minutes. Check out some more photos of our trip to Goebbert’s pumpkin farm.

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Photos From the Last Week

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Will in his chair We are constantly getting requests for “some updated photos on the web site”. Generally we have a hard time getting a lot (or any) because by the time someone finds the camera, and the camera’s battery actually has a charge, there are two kids that need some sort of attention. Once that crisis is over – we are either too tired or have completely forgot to get the camera again for the photo. I have been trying to make an effort to take some more photos – generally when at least one of them is sleeping so here you go: a few new pictures. I will try and be better about taking/uploading them in the next coming weeks/years 😉

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Christmas List Started

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Over the last few weeks Evan has been identifying who his best friend is…it changes by the day. Although, crazy enough, “air bag” stays on the list….I do not get it….anyway….tonight his best friend was Santa Claus. He said that he wants Santa Claus to come and bring lots of presents. So far on his list…

1. Pillow pet – the bee….jen is not happy about this selection
2. A yellow airplane with a remote

It is so funny to hear what he has to say. Always makes you smile…no matter how many times he was in time out the hour before.