Evan wasn't interested in opening presents while they were sitting under the tree but once Mommy and Daddy started in on them, he helped.
We got so many nice things, thank you to the aunties, uncles, cousins and to Grandma and Papa.
Hmmm, does someone like Thomas?
Evan left a cookie out for Santa Claus, one he helped make himself. The next morning it was eaten all up.
We spent Christmas day with the other Kases. Erik showed Evan how to bowl, I think the jumping around says it all.
We made cookies this year and Evan helped at all stages. Here he is using the cooke cutters for the first time. He may have gotten some flour on his shirt.
Here's the second shirt of the day, minus the flour. Apparently, Evan thought he should test the red sprinkles. Thank goodness they passed his taste test.
Posing with Santa did not produce tears this year like it did last year and you can interpret this expression yourself but to us it says "I'll sit on this man's lap but I really don't trust him. What's with the red suit?"
We officially had our first snow of the year. Evan got his first taste of shoveling but it only lasted a few minutes and then he had to help Daddy. It may have slowed Daddy down but he was helping.
Fun uncle Reid!
It's so nice to have the family together.The babysitter taught him this talent. The other one is apple but we didn't include it this day.
This zoo day was actually a week before Halloween. This is where we got our pumpkins.
We spent all of 5 minutes making our pumkin faces and there's a good chance we'll see similar faces in the future.
We started the weekend with trick or treating at local businesses downtown. It was very busy and our pint sized Superman was a little overwhelmed. He wasn't shy about taking candy, though.
Here we are transferring his stash to the backpack because it was getting heavy for Superman and he would never let anyone else carry his pumpkin.
Even Superman needs to take a break and recharge.
Happy Halloween!
We were recently informed of this yearly expo for the hobbyist. They had more model trains, remote control cars and helicopters, and building sets than you can imagine. Evan insisted on being carried because he thought he might miss something. A lot of the displays were up too high for little eyes to see.
Look closely, Evan is the last one in the first car.
Evan approached the display seen below with awe, he had both hands on the acrylic box and breathed the word "Cars".
The men of the house loading up on their carbs, just look at the concentration.Evan will repeat just about anything you say these days and there are new words almost daily. Then there are things like this that are just plain cute
We met some new friends, Francesca and Olympia, at the arboreteum on another lovely fall day. There were scarecrows decorated by local girl scout troops.
This was day 2 of the hot weekend. Past visits to the pumpkin farm entailed wearing heavy coats, mittens, etc. The only problem was that everyone else, and I don't exaggerate, Everyone else had the same idea. The cars were lined up to get in the entire time we were there.
Where's Evan? Watching the pig races, of course.
At this point Evan was running around the corn maze and mommy and daddy were just too hot to chase him. We had to take some time out to observe...
The pumpkin eating dinosaur!
Evan really enjoyed feeding the animals. It induced laughing and jumping around.
We started the unusually warm weekend (highs in the 80's) with another touch a truck event, this one sponsored by the city. This one was extra special because a helicopter landed right in front of us.
Evan really likes his Auntie Suzie and Uncle Reid. Little boy and little dog got along fine. Here he is entranced by Suzie's iPhone.
While the big boys went to the game, we took a walk to a playground. Here, Evan is sporting his new hat and showing us some sticks he collected.
Evan is showing us what happens when your face meets the sidewalk. He was pushing a car like he does at home all the time. Uneven sidewalks aren't quite as smooth. Mommy actually heard the skull clunk on impact. All's well and Evan was more than happy to drive the fire truck a few days later. Currently, he's obsessed with all emergency vehicles.
Evan enjoys petting zoos much more now. He's not scared at all and when the animal run around he screams with excitement.
We also discovered the joy of playdough, or at least the new version of it.
And of course we couldn't miss the train ride.
We ended the evening with rides. Evan's favorite was the motorcycles.
Evan even tried the roller coaster for the first time.
Grandma and Grandpa came to visit over a lovely summer weekend. We went to the trolley museum which to a 2 year old is going to see "choo choos". We were surprised that there was no actual building with displays, it's really just the 10 minute ride. Next time, we'll have to get the unlimited ticket because one ride was not enough.
Here is Evan on the "boose".
Look, he's using the train table for...trains! We went with the wooden Thomas the train set. We've had them for 1 week and that's all he wants to play with. The world of Thomas toys is vast. Ebay has come through for us to get good deals because buying new ones could bankrupt us. It also works well when you want particular engines. Here, Evan is showing us his knowledge of the engines names.
We made what is becoming an annual trip to the county fair. It was exactly the same as last year but Evan can interact much more. Here's the corn pit above. The fishing game, below, was a huge hit.
Too bad the lawn mower doesn't actually work. Notice the attire, who needs clothes to work outside. Speaking of no clothes, young Evan was letting it all hang out.
Here comes more summer fun, Evan still likes the carousel, big surprise.
