Piano Recital

Evan played "O Come All Ye Faithful" in his first recital last Friday night.
This was Meghan's third recital and she played "O Holy Night".

Evvy Ray Cyrus. (DadGUM he's fine!)

Target Halloween Clearance.  Craig says it's the best 80 cents he's spent in a long time!

 Seriously, Evan?!!  This is where you hang your mullet?!

This took me aback when I walked into the kitchen.  About 20 minutes earlier I'd been chastising Evan for twirling and tossing the mullet around, telling him he needed to take good care of his mullet or it would get tangly.  He took it to heart. ☺



The Way Brothers Are, Part III

Sweet.

The Way Brothers Are, Part II

"In your face, Hayden!"  (evil laugh)

Who would you have left...

this crazy dude...

...or this sweet girl?

Don't answer that.

Tomorrow we get our sweet girl back from 2 weeks of camp!!

Big Evan and Little Evan

The Way Brothers Are

victory plunge

SCREECH!!

"Screech" is the Nats' mascot

Evan and Craig had 3rd row seats behind home plate.  I got to see them on TV every time the camera was on the batter.  Craig called me:  "can you see us waving?"  And about 10 seconds later I did!  (There was a delay on TV.)  I also got to see them pigging out on all the free food that was included in the ticket price.  I saw Evan eating ice cream TWICE.

Middlings' Birthdays... Evan 8, Tressa 5

So many pictures to comb through... (the curse of the digital camera!)  Here is a sampling:

Walk Like An Egyptian

Karate-chop Like An Egyptian

Pharaoh Amenhotep Evanhotep III

Seeing Double

And Another Weird One...

There are no words for this.

Goofballs

Oh how we missed thee, backyard!

Playing with the 'doh.

A girly-girl always wears her tiara.

Singers and standards Swingers and standers.

Evan has freakishly strong hands for a 7-year-old.

Very little genetic variation between these two handsome fellas.

Brotherly Love

Meghan and I often fight over who gets to hold Hayden while he drinks his milk.  This time Meghan and I were busy with her Montenegro (aka Montemegro, aka Meganegro) project.  Evan saw his opportunity and jumped on it.  And he let Tressa join them because he's sweet like that.

Spy Kids

I could tell you more, but then I'd have to... well, you know.

and from 2007...

Two weeks later...

...what have we done without Meghan?

Our first stop was Hershey Park (as seen in my last post).

Craig took Evan to see the Nats play (and win!) They had front row seats and were shown on TV during the 9th inning. I wish I could say they were wild and crazy waving a big foam finger. But they were just deadpans. The third base coach tossed Evan an official ball.

Tressa adopted two new webkinz - Sheepie and Cherry von YumYum. Evan adopted one new webkinz - Flipper.

I gave away 3 huge bags of Meghan's beloved animals. Shh! Don't tell her! At least that many remain, however!

We went to Staples to get Meghan's and Evan's school supplies. It was a madhouse.

Evan and Tressa had many, many "sleepovers" in Tressa's room. And they stayed up late with Evan reading to Tressa.

I rearranged the playroom.

Hayden regressed from sippy cup back to the bottle.
I tried to help Evan get better riding his bike, but the gnats were too annoying. And Hayden was annoying too as he kept running off in all the wrong directions. Evan perservered without me and Sean's dad helped him. (Get out the 'Good Neighbor' award.) Now Evan's much improved and loves riding.

Evan and Tressa really wanted to go to Chuck E's, but Craig and I didn't think it would be very nice to go without Megsie! They argued that Meghan was having a blast at camp and probably making s'mores every night... so why shouldn't they get one night of Chuck's? Nonetheless, we went to CiCi's, their second choice.

Psyche season premier!

I did the watering for Meghan. Evan did the rest of her chores.

And last but not least, we missed her!!!!

In case Evan starts thinking he's a big shot...

... big sister Meghan is there to put him in his place!