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Evan has really got creative lately. Not only does he enjoy playing Angry Birds on the iPad, he also love so to play “outside the iPad” as well. He finds things he can use to build levels and then brings in his stuffed animals to act as pigs that he, with his stuffed animal Angry Birds needs to knock over (just like the iPad game). This is Evan with one of his set ups.
Evan is ready for anything. Goggles, toothbrush, plenty of fluid, remotes, and a sandwich. Look out!
Most nights the twins look forward to their milk and a cartoon in our room. Evan decided to join in to make sure he was not missing out on anything exciting.
Evan has been in the water since he was only a few months old. Our weekly trip to the YMCA or the Olympic Center for swimming lessons has paid off. He loves the water, is comfortable in the water, and has just about mastered both his front and back floats – along with his amazing under water swimming too.
I listen to a lot of music now that I did when I was younger – including 1990s dance music and Beastie Boys. The other day Amy was getting Evan in her car and he told her about the “I got the power – I will attack and you don’t want that” dance song. (The song is harmless) It was pretty cool to see he is actually listening to the lyrics, enough so to repeat them.
We also were in the car the other day listening to old school Beastie Boys and when it got to the lyrics “You got to fight for your right to party” Evan started singing “You got to find your way to the party”. That was super cute!
Needless to say Evan is constantly observing everything so we have officially moved into the “be careful what you say” stage.
The past week or so I have definitely seen a change in Evan’s relationship with his brother. He plays with him more, interacts with him more and seems to generally appreciate him more. Evan, up until now, has been quite attached to Cora but not so much with Will so it is nice to see this bind growing.
Evan netting the Blue Gill
Packing down the sand
Evan as the Terminator
I took the photo, then showed Evan. He was half intrigued and half scared as he told me:
“I have never seen the laser in my eye before”
He promptly looked in the mirror and started pressing on his face and looking into his eye. I cannot wait until he is old enough to actually watch the Terminator (minus Terminator 3) movies. I know he will be scared to death but also love them!
Today we went to Denise’s mother-in-law’s wake. We are sorry for their loss but had to laugh at Evan’s comment to Josh when we got there. Of course everyone is in suits and nice outfits. Evan so politely said to Josh,
“I am sorry for your loss and why are you wearing that costume?” – in reference to his suit.
It was a nice change to the somber moment.
Also, today on the way home from school, I took a half day and actually got to pick up evan – he had another good comment. He was explaining his plans for the afternoon -
“you know…Mac and cheese, go outside to take a walk with Denise and the babies, come home and nap and then play batman.”
He then passed his ideas to me and told me to put them in my brain so I could have the same thoughts.
So many good things happening.
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