A Long Week: Friday and Saturday

Tom had to leave on June 21st for his annual week-long business trip to Kansas City. My parents arrived on the same day to help me out with the boys. Evan had an especially hard time adjusting to his dad being away last year, so I really wanted to keep him distracted this year. He had a lot of emotional ups and downs during the week with several "I want my Daddy" moments, but he did pretty well over all. On Friday night, we had a nasty thunderstorm and both boys were really frightened by the lightening and thunder. I suggested that we hide in the closet with a flash light, and Evan like this and was a big help in making his little brother feel better.

On Saturday, we all went to the local Outlet Mall, which has lots of little mechanical rides for kids and an outdoor playground.  Evan seemed to be having a good time there but as we were leaving, he said "Mama, you made us stay too long at the outside mall." It was awfully hot that day.

Boys Will Be Boys!

Happy Birthday, Ava & Aiden!!

Evan's twin cousins Ava and Aiden (who were born 13 days before he was) had their 4th birthday party last Sunday at Chuck E. Cheese's up in Hagerstown, MD. Tom and I were a bit angst-ridden when we heard where the party was going to be held, as we found our local Chuck E. Cheese to be absolutely horrid last summer. However, we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived, as the place wasn't very crowded at all and it ended up being a great party! Evan has always enjoyed playing with his cousins and he was very eager to give them their presents from us when they started opening gifts. We will get to see them again in a couple of weeks when they come to Evan's birthday party.

Darth Evan

Evan has really gotten into Star Wars lately, and he appeared in front of me the other day wearing his do-it-yourself "Darth Vader" mask. Of course, it really doesn't look much like Darth Vader's mask at all but I thought this was quite inventive and clever for an almost-4 year old to come up with by himself!!

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Fun at the Farm

Last Sunday, we took the boys to a big farm nearby that has a lot of play areas for kids. Tom's company had held an event there last Fall and he took Evan then, but Dylan and I had never been. Evan really enjoyed going back there and remembered all the things he liked to play on the best and wanted to re-visit them all right away. He really enjoyed the castle, the bouncy dome, and the big black tube slides, but we all liked the corn crib the best because it was nice and shady in there. It was such a hot day but the boys had a blast!