He's a graduate!

Friday was Evan's preschool graduation. This seemed both silly and adorable at the same time and I was sure I was going to cry, but that didn't happen. Evan did great, sang the song with gusto and sat the entire time he was supposed to. His sister, however, was not nearly as cooperative! Despite it all, we went out for ice cream afterwards (a rare treat). Someone obviously is appreciative!

Sign to show us the way

This is most of his class

The proud graduate!

Notice something here?

Like maybe there are no other boys in this love fest?

Guess who loves ice cream?

Adrienne does!

Evan turns 5!

For the second year in a row we had Evan's party at Pump It Up, an inflatable play area that has enough room for about 5 parties at a time, but only one at a time is using it. That means that there is room for the party guests to BOUNCE and climb and get all sorts of energy out. Taking photos with my camera of very fast moving kids is not an easy thing to do, so excuse the quality of what I am posting and understand why I didn't have more good ones! I am, however, in a few of these photos for a change of pace.

Transformers Cake! He just wanted the toy.

Group photo, including several younger sibs who attended the party. My favorite is the boy with his hand over his sister's mouth!

Mommy on the climber!

Mommy and Adrienne sliding

Evan and Adrienne in the big birthday seat!

Last year in the same big chair.

Finally get to play outside

This is the wettest spring on record thus far, so we haven't been able to get outside nearly as much as we'd like. On this day, however, it was finally nice so we got to play in the yard. WHEE!

Adrienne checks out the spring flowers

Evan finds new things to do with sticks.

Upside down boy

Two kids in one chair...craziness!

Adventures in Dress Up

Both kids are loving playing dress up lately. They've been pirates, princesses, and one of the favorites is Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. Here are some photos of the costumes we've seen lately. Please notice the big difference in expressions in the Buzz Lightyears. Evan apparently takes it all MUCH more seriously than his sister!

Will the real Buzz please stand up?


He takes saving the universe so seriously!

To infinity...and beyond!

Ahoy Mateys!

Don't make me have you walk the plank!

Evan's first baseball game

This past weekend we made an outing to take Evan to his first baseball game. The Rivercity Rascals were having an exhibition game at 2 pm, which is a much better time than their normal 7 pm games, so we planned on going. Can't beat $5 seats! What did the boy want for souvenirs? He chose a baseball cap (we both got one as well), a PINK baseball, a PINK bat, and a stuffed dog for his sister. The game wasn't all that exciting, but there was a lot for kids to do including a play area and some inflatable things where you could pitch the ball and hit. It was completely uncrowded, so Evan got to do it as many times as he wanted! We ended up leaving at the 6th inning as it was starting to pour rain and his interest was pretty much over, but it was a fun outing. Adrienne stayed behind with her favorite sitter Alicia and didn't miss her much needed afternoon nap! Evan "didn't need a nap". As you can tell by the last picture, there seemed to be some disagreement about THAT!

Rivercity Stadium

Check out these seats! It was less than crowded.

I love the expression on his face.

Checking out the action.

Climbing on the climber

"I don't need a nap".