Disorderly Conduct

It has become very obvious to me lately that Evan dislikes anything that's too neat or tidy. When he discovers a laundry basket full of folded clothes, he takes every item out one by one and tosses them on the floor. He opens dresser drawers and pulls out everything within his reach, and he purposely knocks over stacks of books and pulls his photo albums out of their storage crate. And in these particular photos, he'd just discovered the cabinet in which I store my cardigan sweaters. He took one look at those three piles of neatly stacked sweaters, and well, you guessed it...

Halloween Parade

Evan's daycare had a Halloween Parade today in which all the little kids got decked out in their costumes and took a stroll around the center's parking lot. I held Evan's hand and we made the full loop, with him taking tiny little steps in his big ole monkey feet. Needless to say, it was a looooong walk! He loved it, though, and when it was time to go home and he had to trade in his freedom for a car seat, he was one Mad Monkey!

Carrots as Hair Gel?

I placed some ravioli squares and some mushy cooked carrots on Evan's high chair tray the other night so that he could feed himself his dinner. He ate all of the pasta but just stirred most of the carrots around with his fingers. The next thing I knew, the carrots were in his hair! He started deliberately rubbing them through his hair from the top of his head down. Once he was finished with his masterpiece, he got all upset. It's not clear whether he decided that he didn't like having a head full of carrot juice after all, or if he was just mad because he had nothing left to 'paint' with.

Mooching Nana's Peach Milk Shake

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Cool Dance Moves

Talking on the Phone