This Month...

...My kids are still cute! :)
...Evelyn has taught AJ to pose for the camera.
...I've not neglected taking pictures!
...I have christened: "The Month of CHEESE" :)


Evelyn got a small basket of candy for her birthday from our friend across the street. She was pretty excited about it, and I decided to let her have it all, as long as she shared with AJ. This created lots of smiles! (Hopefully not cavities.) :)






AJ was wearing a shirt my little bros used to wear when they were 1 1/2. It has some sort of greyhound dog insignia on the front, and I told him it was a wolf. He was really excited about this!!! He was talking about it for two days... no joke!



Evelyn posing. She loves to smile, especially in front of a camera!

... Playing in the snow with Addie.




AJ at one of many YW basketball games. He doesn't look very excited... apparently, YW basketball doesn't appeal to males of any age. :)

Zoo Today

No pics yet, but my little kids were so adorable at the zoo today!! I went with my Mom & Dad and sissy, too. It's just so awesome when the kids start getting excited about little adventures like this! Evie just skipped around the whole time--she loved the elephants the best and was so delighted with family members that she played several rounds of musical hand-holding or just holding. She was singing most of the way home and for about a half-hour afterwards. :)

AJ was into lions and monkeys best. At one point he said "mowa (more)RARRRR!" He also loved the water animals--he kept trying to jump in with them. As a matter of fact, Evelyn was not shy, either, in this regard. We luckily caught her before she hurled herself in with the cheetahs.

What can I say? Our kids are hilarious!!! Thanks for a great day, Parents & Sissy!!!

XO,
Katie

Happy 4th of July!!!

We hope yours was a blast!!

Evelyn Update

Evelyn Joy is becoming a little imp-ier by the day, but as she bypassed the terrible two's, we can't complain too much. At 3 1/2 years old, Evie loves to shadow Mommy and Daddy and then do things exactly like them (in that too familiar, disturbing, toddler kind of way...). She is our little imitator. However, unique to Evelyn is her love for her blanky and her sippy cup. As you can see (above) she takes the sippy everywhere... EVERYWHERE! She is having a hard time right now transitioning into summer, as she refuses most every day to wear shorts and short sleeves. Mommy is a little worried about heat stroke. She is still wearing winter jammies, too. In addition, she sleeps with a stuffed bunny from Grandma Riggs and a stuffed American eagle from Grandpa Conway. She loves swimming, riding her tricycle, reading books, singing, dancing, drawing and swinging on everything she can find. She has a chipped front tooth from when she insisted on exiting the car by herself and landed face-first on the pavement. She loves helping Mommy and Daddy and doing things independently. She tries to hold and cuddle AJ, but he freaks out every time. She is a big time lover and cuddler, but she and AJ are always literally fighting for lap time. She also likes to steal his toys. Otherwise, they get along fine.
One thing that makes Evie very unique is her amazing recollection of songs. At age three, she probably knows the tune and words to over a hundred, and she'll pull them out at random times. Her favorite right now is "If You're Happy and You Know It." She LOVES her grandparents and is horribly spoiled by them! And, of course, she is adorable!!! :)



...Sweating profusely through the summer night (in winter jammies).