summer time

we having been enjoying the long lazy days of summer.   well not lazy really, more like fun filled.   e and i have been park hopping.  we have found a few parks that we have now labeled our favorites.   luckily they are all close by and have water (for the hot hot days) and sand boxes.   e has really taken interest in the sand box, and if there are trucks to play with, he won't care much to roam the park, go down the slide, or swing on the swing.   sandboxes or no sandboxes, water fountains or no water fountains, trucks or no trucks, e and i have definitely been making the most of full days together.  

e's still talking up a storm and he is talking more and more clear every day.   we are amazed at how social he is and how much he loves being around people.   he has great manners and is a happy energetic little boy.   he definitely continues to test his boundaries and has recently started playing both dave and i.   if one of us says no to something that evan asks for, he goes to the other one and asks them.  smart little guy.   as of  the last month, e's been waking during the night about 2-3 times a week.  at first i thought it was his cold and/or me not working this summer and being home with him, but now, i think it's him wanting to see what we are up to, cuddling with us, or nightmares.  whatever it is that wakes him and urges him to get out of bed and find us, must stop.   it is making for a tired little boy, mom and dad.   i even think dex is feeling the effects of the interrupted sleep ;0)  hopefully it's just a phase.  we miss our sleep trained little boy.   please come back!

e started 2 new classes this summer...lil kickers and wiggleworms.   he loves both of them!   lil kickers is a soccer program for kids of all ages but is broken into age groups.   it is hilarious to watch a whole bunch of 2 year olds run around.  i am really impressed with how organized the program is and how well e has taken to it.   he's surely an athlete!   wiggleworms is a music class held at the old town school of music and folklore.   our play group friends have spoken highly of it so we were eager to give it a try.  with evan's interest and ear for music, i am so glad we are partaking in the class.  

so glad to be able to be home with my little man this summer!   looking forward to what fun stuff is to come!!!!