Mom and Evan made cookies this morning

Evan loves to help in the kitchen especially when we are making chocolate chip cookies.. He even knows the difference between my Kitchenaid mixer and my hand mixer - he prefers the Kitchenaid! He just thinks that the hand mixer is so loud, he needs the headphones that he wore to the Monster Truck show! As soon as I got the mixer out, he ran to his room for the headphones!

You may have to

turn it up to hear, this is Evan all alone up in the playroom singing Jesus Loves Me.

It was just like Sissy

in that scene from Urban Cowboy.

This morning just us boys

made muffins for breakfast.

There seems to be lots of pictures of just us boys cooking.(I promise Dad will teach them to hunt and stuff too). Actually, Dad will get an uncle to do the hunting, but he already takes them fishing plenty.

We were watching

Walk the Line this morning and Evan said the guy in the crowd dancing kinda goofy in a suit looked familiar.???

Just Dad and Henry

at home tonight. Eating chips and watching TV.

We have so much in common.

Dad traded a....

fishing boat for a mini ski boat

that Evan is helping clean up(too bad Dad doesn't know anymore than Evan does about outboard motors).

Just us big boys

went to the monster truck show last night.

It was VERY loud.
Evan loved it,,said that his favorite part was when one broke down and had to be towed.

When we left(early) we drove around back and watched them drive in and out of the building for a while.

It was one heck of a potty!!!

Henry loves...

hats

and spaghetti.

Dancing Boys

This morning I downloaded some songs from Evan's new favorite show - Imagination Movers. He really loves the theme song! Here he is dancing to it in the kitchen.

Henry's favorite song is on this toy. He just stands up and pushes on of the buttons and music plays. This toy used to scare Evan when he was Henry's age!

Now together having what Evan calls a Dance Party in his room! One of Evan's favorite things to do. This is the song that plays at the end of the Imagination Movers show.

Evans Self Portrait

Evan and Grandaddy

On the frozen pond.
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Snow Day

Evan and I went out in the snow for about 15 minutes on Thursday morning. We probably spent more time getting dressed than actually playing in it. All he wanted to do was to make snow angels and throw snowballs. Luckily we had enough accumulation on the trampoline to make both of those things happen!

Evan throwing a snowball

Mom took Evan

to the library the other day and they came home with this book. I don't think that Evan picked it out??

This is video of our friend Aaron,

it inspired me to dust off my old banjo how-to video(that's as far as I got).He is a budding mandolin player,father to be, and regular visitor of this blog.

I don't know why, but this video makes me smile.

This morning just us boys...

made homemade donuts for Mom while she slept in.

It is a recipe that has been passed down through generations. It calls for a can of biscuits and a toy 4-wheeler to smash them with.

This is what it takes

to leave the house for 24 hours.!?

Santa brought Evan

a castle and some shining armor.

Christmas Eve hot chocolate

Evan is very excited

about the superhero PJ's Grandma got them for Christmas.

And it's a good thing he got a new umbrella, because it started "raining" while we were "camping" in the kitchen the other morning.

"Santa" got Evan

some very small Lego's. After taking the 20th one out of Henry's mouth, Dad made Henry write "Santa" a letter and put it on her nightstand.

Evan got a

bulldozer utensil set from Papa and Mae Mae for Christmas that he loves.

We can't let Henry borrow it anymore because it started to have a strange effect on his vision.

This is

Evan putting out cheese for the reindeer on Christmas Eve

and the boys in their matching PJ's in the morning.

Dad drives too fast

This is Evan

running to the door at Grandma's for the Christmas Eve-Eve party.

We were at Burlington Coat Factory(where all the best toys come from)

the other night and Dad and Evan found a helicopter they really wanted.

So,we asked Mom if we could get it and she said yes!!!

When we got in the car Evan said"Dad, Mom bought us a helicopter,can you believe it?!" When we got it home, we had our 12 dollars worth of fun, then it broke.

Just us boys,

cooking our favorite breakfast,,cinnamon toast hot dog buns.

Christmas Cards

Mom has above average Christmas spirit,,but Dad at least likes getting the cards.

The Toliet Tragedy

Evan flushed a drinkable yogurt. After lots and lots of plunging and trying with an auger to get it out we had to get a new one.

So for "punishment" he had to go with Dad to Lowe's(Evan says Whoa's) and get a new one that turned out to be the wrong one once we got it home.

so the next day he had to go with Dad to the plumbing supply store to get the more expensive right one.

And the toilet is still not in and the plumber is coming in the morning.

Used the new fishing boat...

to move to Bev-er-ly,,,,,Hills that is.(just cleaning out the shop).

Hurry Christmas!

Here is a clip from the HUMC Christmas Program. The kids were all dressed as ornaments - complete with hooks on their heads! Evan had the role of "Roaming Ornament". Well really he was a "Green Ornament" but you can see which one he actually played.

Horse Show Video

Here is a short video from one of Evan's horse shows back in August. It has taken me a while (over a year) to figure out and organize our home movies. I finally figured out tonight how to shorten a video clip! We've been wanting to post this but the original clip was too long. So anyway, here is Evan being excited about winning last place! We're still not sure how he doesn't place first for enthusiasm!!

At Kroger

Pictures with Santa

 

Random video

Dad is feeling guilty

about not being able to go with Henry to get tubes in his ears tomorrow(I couldn't figure out how to make "Cat's in the Cradle" play when you click on this). So, we sat down over some cheese and crackers to talk about it. We had some laughs and I told him that it was a very simple surgery and that everything would be fine...


All he said was "Surgery??,,what you talking bout Willis??

And one more.....

The barnyard dance - per Evan's request

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Elf Yourself!!!

It's that time of year again for Elf Yourself videos! I still love them!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Elf on the shelf

Elf on a shelf, comes with a story about how he reports to Santa and moves around your house at night to watch you,,anyway,,He gets lots of respect around here(Henry's not concerned). Evan goes straight to bed every night! His name is Jo-Jo.(Dad wanted to name him Elf-is). (Dad also thinks he's a little creepy).