Evan’s tree
$2 tree + bugs and dinos from the toybox = one happy 3-y-o
Tag: evan
it takes a licking and keeps on ringing
Nothing in our household is safe from the Tazmanian 3-y-o. Yesterday, Doug put a cookie sheet in the 400 degree oven and only noticed the cell phone sitting on the pan AFTER it was cooking in the oven. The pan was quickly retrieved from the oven. So quickly that the cell phone went flying off […]
big boy hair
is it done yet?
“Evan needs to go potty. Quick!” Doug scooped up a naked 3-year-old and carried him to the bathroom. CRUNCH “Ow!” “Don’t move!” Doug raced from the bathroom to find me with a Christmas tree light embedded in my heel. Amy and Noah appeared in the broken glass zone to watch the blood drip from my […]
the Santa whisperer
In the escalating love-hate struggle between the 3 and 6 year-old, I have been cautiously optimistic that the 6-y-o would eventually start using her brain and stop using her tears. Yesterday, instead of the usual scream like a banshee and wail in misery because he “wouldn’t stop looking at me,” Amy locked herself in her […]
overwhelmed
downtown Knoxville maze
Evan the tattletale
Evan: “I lock you outside.” Me: “No. Let’s not lock Mommy outside today. Did you lock Daddy outside when Mommy wasn’t home?” Evan: “Yeah. Daddy say, D*mm*t Evan. I working ‘puter. Open door.” Me: “DOUG!”
Have a fun weekend!
If no crib, then no sleep.
We kept Evan caged in his crib for longer than any other child. I say caged because the crib had a mesh tent on top to stop the climbing out in the middle of the night that started when Evan was barely walking. I say had a tent because Evan ripped that tent to shreds. […]