Pool time

Enough said.

Disneyland

This year we opted for a day at Disneyland instead of a birthday party. In all honesty this is the first time I have taken Evan to Disneyland. I know we live here, but I LOVE d-land and I didn't want to take my kids until they were old enough to appreciate it and old enough for us all to have fun. We got a babysitter for Kate and went to D-land with just the three of us. Evan was excited to have a day with his parents all to himself. He LOVED it, and so did we. I missed Kate and wished she was there, but I thought it was nice to spend time with Evan. He rode all the rides he could, and was hoping to get to ride all of the roller-coasters. He was scared of the dressed up characters- he never has been a fan of those. His favorite ride was the little mermaid and the roller coaster in toon-town. It was a great day and I'm glad we waited and made it such a big deal.

Evan's 5th Birthday

Can you believe my baby is 5???!! I can't. Evan was very excited for his birthday this year- he wanted to be five so bad. We celebrated his birthday with out family starting in the morning. We got up, opened presents and ate cake- therefore he is in his pajamas. His gifts were mostly trains and cars- a boy can never have too many of those! Evan is a bright, funny, and happy kid. He loves to be a daredevil and trying crazy things. He is coordinated like his dad, and musical like his mom. He is a great singer. He knows the words to most of the songs on the radio. He can pick out instruments when we listen to classical music. He loves making up knock-knock jokes. He loves his friends. He mostly loves his sister. He is an awesome kid and I am so blessed to have been his mom for the last five fun years!

Dad

This is Evan's version of Paul at the pool. Paul was dying when he saw it. Notice the belly and the belly button- hilarious!

BFF's (at night)

Kate and Evan share a room, which is convenient at night for encouraging late night party's. We actually could split them up, but truth be told they get along best at night time. I love hearing the laughter and stories that come out of their room when they are both united in their mission to stay up late together. This night was a particularly good party so we put Evan in our bed. We came upstair for bed only to find this sweet little scene. Kate snuck out of her bed and snuggled up to Evan in ours. Melt.

Baby Kate

Kate really likes to be a baby. Some days when she is feeling particularly in the mood, she'll drag out this old baby toy and lay like a baby for quite some time. She cracks me up! She won't talk, she only makes grunting noises and honestly just lays there like a lump. Tough life being the baby in this family!

T-ball

Today was Evan's first T-ball game! It has been a lot of work to get to this point! When we first signed him up he adamantly told Paul that he didn't like t-ball and he never would. He stuck to that for a while, but slowly but surely he has been warming up to the idea and he even likes going to practice (now). This first game didn't disappoint! We had a whole range of emotions from excitement, boredom, exhaustion, tears, and relief that it was over. That went for parents and kids! He started off ready to go, but he was done after the first inning. He caught a grounder, hit the ball and the coach, cried on the field, and blew his mom kisses from first base. Let's just say that one game wore us out for the day!