July Photos

Super Evan!

Evan is very into Super Heroes of all sorts right now and he got several different costumes for his birthday (Bat Man, Robin, Super Man and Iron Man, to name a few.) He likes to mix and match different parts of the costumes, and he's started calling himself "Super Evan." Here are some funny pictures, followed by a hilarious video of him wearing primarily the Robin costume and acting wild and crazy while his Dad made up an impromptu song called "Batman and Robin."

Three-Year Stats

Evan had his Three Year Check-up recently and he weighed in at 33.8 lbs and was 37 & 3/4 inches tall. I've often been told that when a boy turns 3, you can double his current height and that will tell you how tall he will be. However, I'm not sure I believe that he's going to be over 6 feet 2 since there aren't a lot of tall men in our family on either side.

Everything checked out great at the appointment but we had to wait a bit for the doctor to show up and by the time she did, Evan was bored and completely tired of being on the examining table. When the doc started his exam, he immediately began to exhibit a bad case of the "Terrible Three's." She started asking him a bunch of questions, to which he responded by either blowing a raspberry or saying "You're a stinky diaper." I was mortified, of course. At least the doctor is also a mom of a teenaged boy and young twin girls, so she'd seen it/heard it all before. She assured me that this phase will pass!

The 4th of July

On our Independence Day holiday, I took the boys to the mall during the day to keep them occupied while Tom got some work done at home. In the evening, we decided we'd take them to see their first fireworks this year. We went to a nearby parking lot in town where we could view the fireworks from a large park across the highway. We got a great view without the loud noises or horrendous traffic when it was all over....although our traffic was plenty bad enough! Took us 5 minutes to get there and about 35 minutes to get home! Dylan didn't actually see any fireworks because he fell asleep in my lap with a bottle in his mouth before they started, and he was out the rest of the night! Evan liked them, though! At one point, he decided that the viewing would be better through his Iron Man mask! Fun day!

Happy Birthday To You!!!

Evan turned 3 on June 26th, and we had his party outside on the grounds of my husband's office this year. The weather, which had been super hot and fraught with thunder storms all week, decided to cooperate: it was sunny and in the mid 80's! Because Evan had enjoyed 'bouncy houses' at a couple of other birthday parties he'd been to recently, we decided to rent one for his party. However, when he arrived and saw it, he said "I don't like those" and refused to go in. We kept trying to persuade him but he just wouldn't have it. He acted like he was scared of it, for some reason. A few of his cousins showed up and they got right in and were having a blast, but Evan still wasn't budging. Finally, Tom just hoisted him in there and then got in behind him. Evan resisted for another 30 seconds or so, and then suddenly came flying down the slide, and that was that. He spent most of the rest of his party in there! All of the other kids seemed to really enjoy it, too. It was a great day!

Congratulations, Da-Da!

Evan's multi-talented Dad won his second Emmy Award this year at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy's in D.C. This was for his writing and video editing of a Washington Redskins documentary called "Brothers of the Legacy." Now we have one for Evan and one for Dylan! We're very proud of him!!

The Air & Space Museum

My Dad, Evan and I went to the Air & Space Museum last week. Evan started playing a little game where he'd start to run and would look back to see if I was chasing him. I went along with it for a little while but at one point, he ran behind an elevator bay and ducked under a railing that I couldn't fit under. So I went the long way around to find him, and then realized where he was....right smack in the middle of one of the exhibit areas, standing inches away from one of the big planes. He said "I'm gonna get in this one, Mama!" I freaked out a little but didn't want to jump over the barrier and go in there and get him, so I kept pleading with him to come out. I finally told him to "Come out right now or there will be no birthday party this weekend!" Suddenly he appeared by my side. The rest of the visit was uneventful except that he had his first real hamburger experience. The only available food at the museum is from a McDonald's Restaurant inside. He said he was going to eat it like a big boy instead of letting me tear it into bites for him. However, he ended up flipping it around and nibbling out of the center of the top bun, chipmunk style. I don't think he got any meat in his mouth at all. Then he discovered my french fries, and that was the end of the burger's appeal!