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His preschool class had a “Mom’s Spa Night” which entailed a relaxing hour with your preschooler as they gave manicures, massages, and pampered their mothers. Since I am generally the one who is involved with Evan at preschool I thought this would be a great opportunity for Evan to spend time with Amy at his school. As you can see Evan painted Amy’s nails and had a great time spending time with his Mama.
Evan had his first T-Ball game last night and he absolutely loved it. He did a great job with hitting and playing his positions in the field. His favorite of games? His really long red socks.
The kids all love helping in the garden. Evan enjoys wearing his gardening gloves and digging. Cora loved planting the seeds. Will just loves being in the garden. We planted half the garden a few weeks ago with heartier plants: carrots, lettuce, peas, and some peppers. We look forward to another successful garden like last year!
Evan has a friend that he met his first year of pre-school and ever since they love playing together on the playground and at soccer every week. Here is a picture of the two of them after Evan gave her a bracelet (aka one of Amy’s hairbands). She was super excited and just gave him a big hug.
Every year our town has a day in the spring where the local companies bring their “big trucks” so that kids can see them, sit in them, and blow their horns (the neighborhood must love it). Evan and I got there when it was really busy and the lines were pretty long to see anything so we stood in line for the police truck (he wants to be a police officer), and then I had him stand in one of the bull dozer’s buckets (as seen in the photo). We were in line for a cool recycling truck but of course Evan had to go to the bathroom half way though the line – so we just left and hung out with some of his pre-school friends on the playground.
Every year – our town holds a “Go Fly a Kite” day where a ton of kids/adults go to a park and all fly kites. I took Evan two years ago when Amy was on bed rest with the twins and we decided to go again this year. After I figured out how to put the kite together – we enjoyed flying the kite (Yoda) aka “Yoga” (Evan was mis-pronouncing the name).
Evan is playing T-Ball this year and yesterday was his first practice. He was most excited about his cleats and how they made him run extra fast. He kept saying – “Look at these babies go”. He had a blast and really liked that this sport is outside (all his other classes/sports are indoors). He is on the St. Louis Cardinals team and is wearing #6 (I chose the # based on one of my favorite PSU football players that played the last few years…who reminded me of what Evan might look like when he gets older).
The team is comprised of 11 players. At practice they broke into small groups and then practiced running the bases, throwing, and catching. Let me know if you are interested in seeing him in action at an upcoming game. Games are 1 hour long and generally on Saturdays in May/June.
When Evan was little – we went out to dinner with him all the time. We had been out to breakfast once or twice as a family – with help with friends, but this is our first official dinner out with all of us. We chose Portillos (a Chicago staple). The kids were good. They love Portillos and really liked having their own container of ketchup.
If the kids were not crazy about candy – they definitely are now. Both twins hover around the kitchen counter where their Easter baskets are whenever possible. Both Will and Cora enjoyed the Easter egg hunt, playing with the friends that came over for dinner, and having an overall good fun day with everyone. We hid candy and some money (change) in eggs in the backyard and while Cora was obsessed with her “pops” (lollipops) Will enjoyed shaking his egg with all the change in it best. Check out more photos of Easter.
Evan really enjoyed Easter this year. He saw the Easter Bunny, colored eggs, had an easter egg hunt and got some awesome candy and presents. We then had some friends over for Easter dinner and Evan had a great time with everyone. Check out more Easter photos.