Finger Paints

After reading my 16 month old email, it told me that babies Evans age would know how to hold a crayon and use finger paints. The recipe was simple; 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of cold water, mix well, separate and add food coloring. I had red, green, blue and yellow and laid out some white paper and put out some newspaper for the excess mess. I set out the bowls of paints and showed Evan what to do.
Evan stuck his hand into the paints and it dripped on the paper and was off to a good start.

Then he got into more of the colors and just mushed his hand around and mixed colors, still nothing really painted on the white paper.

Evan likes to stack and pour things out so after he was done sticking his hand in the paint, he started to pour all the paints into the big bowl and then stacked the smaller bowls into the big bowl, over and over, and over.

Naturally after all the paint was in the big bowl and the project was coming to an end, Evan picked up the big bowl and dumped it over. We didn't end up with a masterpiece, but he got messy, and had a lot of fun.

I think the finger paint recipe needs a little tweaking to make it a bit thicker, but as a first try it was a success. Hopefully next time we can get something to hang on the fridge.

Welcome 2010

We actually had a white Christmas this year! We braved the icy/snowy roads to spend Christmas Eve in Dallas with Jasen's family and the usual 45 minute drive took us 2 and half hours! We really should have turned around after we slid on the ice after we turned the corner in our neighborhood, but we safely made it there. Evan was not feeling well but he put on a brave face to enjoy opening up all his Christmas goodies. Here is a picture of Evan enjoying some of the snow we had. He didn't like it much at first, but after a few minutes he picked some up and even ate a small snowball he made.

The week after Christmas, we got another round of snow, it didn't last as long, but the sun was out and Evan was feeling much better. This one photo is my favorite, plus he was in his little track suit my mom found at a garage sale, so 80's.

This last picture is Evan in his daddy's Halloween wig. We were getting ready to head over to my dad's for a tasty turkey New Years Eve dinner, when Evan found the wig laying in the closet. He also loves shaking the tic tacs.

Happy New Years!

Christmas Photos

Here are a couple of pictures Jasen took to send in our Christmas cards to family. He was very excited to be outside before the big Blizzard of 2009 came blowing our way.

Brrrr

Since it was cold today, Evan,who's 15 months now, got to try out his peacoat from his great-grandma. It only took 1 try to get a picture. I thought he looked really cute, but we had to come in because we were getting red noses!

Hair Cut

After much deliberation between Jasen and I, we finally took the plunge and took little E to Cool Cuts 4 Kids for that first haircut, or should we say trim. After the long wait on a Saturday afternoon, Evan sat in the red race car chair, wore his smock proudly, and stared off into the distance. About 5 or so minutes later all of his baby curls were put into a Ziploc for safekeeping.
It was a great first haircut, Evan did an awesome job, and took a nice long nap when we got home! Here are a few snapshots of the special event.

Halloween.

Evan went as Mickey Mouse this year. I made most of it myself and we thought it came out pretty well. We took him up to the school for the festival, since he wasn't going to be awake for actual trick or treating. He got to walk around and see lots of other kids and got candy, we ate hot dogs and had sodas, and Evan got to try out cotton candy. He wasn't sure how to eat it or hold it, but after a couple tries, he seemed to sort of like it. We only had 3 knocks on our door for trick or treating, so that meant lots of candy left over for us. Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Last night Jasen carved the pumpkin and Evan and I cleaned it out. I got all the seeds out and Evan put all the seeds back, he likes things clean. I don't think Evan cared to much for it, but he did like carrying around the top of the pumpkin. Check back later for some pictures of Evan in his costume. Happy Halloween!!!!