Max is absolutely, positively in love with Legos! All this week, he has worked on building towers at least twice a day. He gets a bit frustrated when he can't put them together the way he wants, but overall he has a blast. James worked on a tower with him a couple of days ago, and when I asked Max if Daddy helped him make the tower, he said, "No! Mine!" Guess he wanted all the credit.
Speaking of James, he and the kids are really getting close these days. For awhile there, Max was a Mommy-only kind of guy, but now he asks where James is when he's waiting for him to get home ("Where Dada?") and screams for Dada when I'm doing something he doesn't like, like brushing his teeth or making him put his pants on. He also loves to go hang out in the garage with James.
My Holly has had a rough few days. She had a fever all weekend which spiked up to 104 (!!) Sunday night, and vomited all night Sunday and most of the day Monday. My usually happy girl didn't smile for about 15 hours -- it was so hard to see her feeling so bad. Thankfully, she's feeling better after one day home with me and another at my office.
My daily blog has turned into a monthly one. Oh, well. I guess it's better than nothing!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Family update
It's been a busy month, and I just realized it's been awhile since my last blog. We are all doing well and enjoying this nice spring weather! Here's the latest news from the Evans house:
-A couple of weeks ago, Holly outstretcher her arms and said, "Mommy, I'm hugging the world!"
-Max really fought teeth brushing for quite awhile, but it's going a bit easier these days. He allows me to brush his teeth without too much of a fight when I ask him if random objects are in his mouth. "Do you have any dinosaurs in there? Do I see a flower in your mouth?" He says, "No," in a convincing voice and opens his mouth so I can see.
-Holly recently had surgery to place tubes in her ears since she's had fluid in there that just wouldn't go away for months. A couple of hours after her surgery, she flushed the toilet and said, "Wow that's loud." Later, she was coloring with markers and said, "Mommy, I can hear when my marker gets dry."
-Holly is fascinated with two subjects right now: step parents and Heaven. We seem to talk about these subjects quite a bit.
-Speaking of Heaven, Max fixes his hands and bows his little head for the blessing now before dinner. :)
- Holly is reading! She's mastered "The Fat Cat" (her first book she's read completely by herself) and is doing very well with a phonics game in which she adds vowels to form words. I think her hearing issue was having a big impact on learning about sounds, because she's really taken off since surgery.
- Max had his yearly Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) assessment a week or two ago, and he's just doing great! He's actually on target with gross and fine motor skills, a tad behind in language, but way ahead in cognitive ability. He completely charmed his PT, PT assistant and developmental coordinator at the assessment. He's quite a flirt!
- We are going to Cincinatti in early May to see Dr. Wong and her team at Cincinatti Children's Hospital. Grandma Ginger is coming too to go on adventures with Holly while we are in appointments with Max. We're hoping to visit Michelle in PA while we're up north. Looking forward to a family vacation. Not too excited about the 16-hour drive each way.
-Aunt Patty visited last week! It was great to spend some time with Patty and, of course, the kids loved how she and Grandpa spoil them! We ended her visit with a fun trip to the zoo on Saturday.
That's all for now.
-A couple of weeks ago, Holly outstretcher her arms and said, "Mommy, I'm hugging the world!"
-Max really fought teeth brushing for quite awhile, but it's going a bit easier these days. He allows me to brush his teeth without too much of a fight when I ask him if random objects are in his mouth. "Do you have any dinosaurs in there? Do I see a flower in your mouth?" He says, "No," in a convincing voice and opens his mouth so I can see.
-Holly recently had surgery to place tubes in her ears since she's had fluid in there that just wouldn't go away for months. A couple of hours after her surgery, she flushed the toilet and said, "Wow that's loud." Later, she was coloring with markers and said, "Mommy, I can hear when my marker gets dry."
-Holly is fascinated with two subjects right now: step parents and Heaven. We seem to talk about these subjects quite a bit.
-Speaking of Heaven, Max fixes his hands and bows his little head for the blessing now before dinner. :)
- Holly is reading! She's mastered "The Fat Cat" (her first book she's read completely by herself) and is doing very well with a phonics game in which she adds vowels to form words. I think her hearing issue was having a big impact on learning about sounds, because she's really taken off since surgery.
- Max had his yearly Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) assessment a week or two ago, and he's just doing great! He's actually on target with gross and fine motor skills, a tad behind in language, but way ahead in cognitive ability. He completely charmed his PT, PT assistant and developmental coordinator at the assessment. He's quite a flirt!
- We are going to Cincinatti in early May to see Dr. Wong and her team at Cincinatti Children's Hospital. Grandma Ginger is coming too to go on adventures with Holly while we are in appointments with Max. We're hoping to visit Michelle in PA while we're up north. Looking forward to a family vacation. Not too excited about the 16-hour drive each way.
-Aunt Patty visited last week! It was great to spend some time with Patty and, of course, the kids loved how she and Grandpa spoil them! We ended her visit with a fun trip to the zoo on Saturday.
That's all for now.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Tantrum on aisle 1
My Mr. Max has decided to get a jump-start on the Terrible Twos. Last week, he threw his first rip-roaring temper tantrum, complete with screaming, foot stomping and head-butting. I actually found it cute, but I know that won't always be the case. He also has the expression, "No no no," down pat!
Holly has been counting down the days until she has a sleepover with her cousin Natalie. Every morning, the first thing she asks is, "How many days til Natalie comes over?" It's so sweet to see how much the girls love each other -- I just hope they are always close! I think I'll have them do some Valentine's Day craft and baking projects.
Holly has been counting down the days until she has a sleepover with her cousin Natalie. Every morning, the first thing she asks is, "How many days til Natalie comes over?" It's so sweet to see how much the girls love each other -- I just hope they are always close! I think I'll have them do some Valentine's Day craft and baking projects.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Drop everything!
Each day as I drive from work to pick up the kids, I think about how much I miss them and how much I'm looking forward to seeing them. I'm always thrilled when I see my little boy's face in Miss Amanda's Toddler 1 room. It seems my little man is quite happy to see me too. As soon as he sees me, if he is holding anything in his hands -- a baby doll, a crayon, buckets of sand -- he drops everything, shows me the biggest grin and walks to me as fast as his little legs can go! It cracks me (and Max's teachers) up to see how quickly he'll toss even the most coveted toy on the ground.
If everyone on earth received that kind of welcome, the world would be a far happier place!
If everyone on earth received that kind of welcome, the world would be a far happier place!
Major milestone
Holly can now tie her own shoes! My mom came into town this weekend, showed her a few times, and she's really getting the hang of it. She's working on getting the bow tight enough so she doesn't have to re-tie it so often. I'm so proud of her! We went to Target to pick up her first sneakers with laces to celebrate her accomplishment.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I've finally jumped on the bandwagon
Since almost everyone I know has a blog, I figured I should see what all the fuss is about. I haven't blogged before since so many blogs I read are clever, touching or downright hilarious, and the pressure to be equally clever, touching or downright hilarious seemed too great. But the kiddos do and say some really funny stuff these days, and I wanted a place to record their funnies. And, who knows, I may post some of my random musings about life in general.
Some of the latest kiddo funnies:
Holly picked up some plastic vampire teeth at Max's dentist appointment and took them with her to her pediatrician checkup. When she heard she needed a second chicken pox shot, she decided she would wear her vampire teeth to scare the nurse away. When the nurse walked in, Holly gave it her best shot, growling, and making scary hand motions, but her plan failed and she got the shot anyway. She really thought her ruse would work!
Holly told me about a strange cooincidence at her school: "All the teachers have "Miss" in their names: Miss Amanda, Miss Brenda, Miss Kim ..."
Max has started carrying around a kids calculator and using it as a phone. When he first picked it up, I thought maybe had had a future in math/engineering like James, but instead he just chats away on a cell phone like his mama.
Some of the latest kiddo funnies:
Holly picked up some plastic vampire teeth at Max's dentist appointment and took them with her to her pediatrician checkup. When she heard she needed a second chicken pox shot, she decided she would wear her vampire teeth to scare the nurse away. When the nurse walked in, Holly gave it her best shot, growling, and making scary hand motions, but her plan failed and she got the shot anyway. She really thought her ruse would work!
Holly told me about a strange cooincidence at her school: "All the teachers have "Miss" in their names: Miss Amanda, Miss Brenda, Miss Kim ..."
Max has started carrying around a kids calculator and using it as a phone. When he first picked it up, I thought maybe had had a future in math/engineering like James, but instead he just chats away on a cell phone like his mama.
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