All Good

Whew, a tough week with Evan, he was the sickest he's ever been - he's really only had a cold before. We had a fun Easter with him at a friends house for brunch after he was better, though. The only good thing about him needing to stick around the house and sleep a lot was that we got to watch all of the bball games! I swore we wouldn't let him watch TV, but he's absolutely obsessed with "Jack's Big Music Show". Usually, he just pats the couch when he wants up, hands us the remote and says, "dar-doo" for cartoon. We tried to suffice with a different cartoon (gasp!) yesterday, until he pointed at the TV and said, "Jah!".

Happy Green!

Recovering from the Big Ten tourney and gearing up for mom's favorite time of year...March Madness!! I know Evan's looking forward to watching lots of basketball the next couple of weeks. We celebrated St. Patty's day at lunch with friends (4 moms & 4 babies - who wouldn't need a Guinness for that?), then mom got to go out with the girls for the evening. Evan is running around pretty quickly, has around 35 signs, 10 words, and does about a dozen animal sounds - great party tricks! We caught a better video of him doing "tickle, tickle, tickle", while also mimicking dad's whistling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STzfz25amAg

Chipotle, Anyone?

Here he is enjoying his first "burrito bowl"...
We just had to get Evan the incredibly obnoxious ball machine that he's been coveting at his friends' house, we love how every time he turns it on he says, "Wow! Wow!" - like he's still surprised the balls come flying out the top. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EenFLEWHxc
His cutest phrase lately is "tickle, tickle, tickle", which we managed to catch a little bit of on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IY8IZPHQ68

Helping

Just helping Grandma with her glasses, and making it easier for dad to fix the screen door! This morning Evan helped me transfer the clothes from the washer to the dryer, and lately he loves to help sweep the floors and clean up spills! I think we'll keep him.

A Great Week

What a treat it was (for mom & Evan!) to have Grandma here for a whole week! Grandpa Lundgren was also here for a few days, and both got to watch Evan play at The Little Gym. We go once a week, and usually Evan just loves it - but this week he was a little under the weather and unfortunately cranky in front of his cheering section. We also went to the Children's Museum, swimming and the zoo - and enjoyed a 74 degree day on Sat., followed by nearly 1' of snow on Sun.! We had a great time watching MSU's victory with the Spence's, but then had to send Grandma back to MI. I was very lucky to have been hired as a hike leader for our Mountain Mamas group! The conditions are ever-changing right now so there's not too many hikes on the schedule this month, but I'm really looking forward to another great season of hiking with Evan - and the excuse to "train" for my job :)