Joel was able to come up and spend the last week of July with Evan and I. He was here for Amanda's wedding and then made Bellflower his "home base" while he worked in Indianapolis, Springfield, and his favorite spot: the back porch. Evan loved having his daddy to play with and the weather was perfect for playing outside...
My dad made a ramp for Evan's cars. He has spent many mornings sitting on the steps pushing cars down a piece of wood only to gather them up (or ask someone else to pick them up) and do it all over again....
Evan has been helping out with dinner time by shucking the corn with his Grandpa...
And one night after dinner Evan decided he wanted to play basketball. Well he couldn't play basketball without "basketball shoes." He went inside and came back out with my dad's tennis shoes on. It was hilarious! Then he wanted his Cubs hat that my mom gave him. He has become quite attached to that thing and gets really excited when he sees the Cubs on TV...which means practically every day at Grandma & Grandpa's house.
Evan continues to love books. He and I sat on the swing one day and read Goldilocks and the Three Bears about 14 times in a row. When Goldilocks breaks the chair in the story Evan always says she needs to "go to the grocery store and get a new one!"
On Friday, July 31st Mom, Dad, Evan, Joel, and I went to the McLean County Fair. Joel and I both grew up going to the fair but hadn't been to it since it had moved to a new location. It was a lot bigger than we had remembered it being!
Evan and Joel "drove" the combine...
We all shared a funnel cake and a lemonade shake-up....except we think they forgot the sugar in our shake-up so Joel had to go back and ask for a scoop of sugar...
Evan liked looking at the bunnies...
But I think my mom and dad enjoyed them even more...
At the end of the evening we went to the grandstand to listen to Chuck Wicks perform. He had a great crowd and put on a good show. I saw him last fall when he was on tour with Brad Paisley and only had one popular song....now he's playing at county fairs and drawing a crowd of his own.
Mom couldn't leave the fair without having icecream...and of course Evan thought he needed some too....
My dad made a ramp for Evan's cars. He has spent many mornings sitting on the steps pushing cars down a piece of wood only to gather them up (or ask someone else to pick them up) and do it all over again....
Evan has been helping out with dinner time by shucking the corn with his Grandpa...
And one night after dinner Evan decided he wanted to play basketball. Well he couldn't play basketball without "basketball shoes." He went inside and came back out with my dad's tennis shoes on. It was hilarious! Then he wanted his Cubs hat that my mom gave him. He has become quite attached to that thing and gets really excited when he sees the Cubs on TV...which means practically every day at Grandma & Grandpa's house.
Evan continues to love books. He and I sat on the swing one day and read Goldilocks and the Three Bears about 14 times in a row. When Goldilocks breaks the chair in the story Evan always says she needs to "go to the grocery store and get a new one!"
On Friday, July 31st Mom, Dad, Evan, Joel, and I went to the McLean County Fair. Joel and I both grew up going to the fair but hadn't been to it since it had moved to a new location. It was a lot bigger than we had remembered it being!
Evan and Joel "drove" the combine...
We all shared a funnel cake and a lemonade shake-up....except we think they forgot the sugar in our shake-up so Joel had to go back and ask for a scoop of sugar...
Evan liked looking at the bunnies...
But I think my mom and dad enjoyed them even more...
At the end of the evening we went to the grandstand to listen to Chuck Wicks perform. He had a great crowd and put on a good show. I saw him last fall when he was on tour with Brad Paisley and only had one popular song....now he's playing at county fairs and drawing a crowd of his own.
Mom couldn't leave the fair without having icecream...and of course Evan thought he needed some too....
2 comments:
Looks like a fun week. Evan is such a doll. Miss you guys.
-Katie
so, on our road trip I was recalling Goldie locks and the 3 bears (or however you spell it). I am pretty sure I left a bunch out of the story, but he LOVED IT TOO! He keeps telling me he wants to hear "dat bears" story again. When we come down we will have to read it to the boys!
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