Evan Evan Bo Bevan

I'm so proud of my Evan boy! He's writing! Today he wrote BINGO and he wasn't copying. He's still working on his name. It's kinda complicated when you think about it (having to go down then up then up and down and over then up, down, up! the V-A-N is the challenge, he's got E mastered)I'm super proud of him. It seemed like he was butting his head against a wall when it came to letters, but he's determined. He makes me laugh everyday. When he shows me his 'homework' and I say "good job, honey." He's says "No Mommy, you need to say 'GOOD JOB!' (more enthusiasm)." So I say it the right way and he smiles. He's always teaching me how to be a parent. He's fabulous.

He loves to read but every time you turn the page he has to talk about everything on it before you can read the words. (his bros find this very annoying) He still makes motor sounds when he's thinking too. And he is by far the most aggressive kisser and hugger I've met! Look out too, because no matter how many times I try I CANNOT KEEP HIS FACE CLEAN! I love him.

More Mara stuff.

I'm very bad at updating my blog everyday. Instead I sit down and do a month's worth of stuff. Well a little while ago Mara had some big milestones. She says 'mama' when she wants me. Yeah! But she's usually crying. I got it on video but it's too cruel to show on the blog. She says 'dada' when she's happy. She pulls herself up on things now, and today she pulled herself up on the stroller and, unintentionally, took a few steps as it rolled away from her. She keeps doing it now. She's working on waving bye-bye, and is now putting EVERYTHING in her mouth. She's been crawling for a long time, but she's getting faster and more daring by the minute. I'm freaking out because the gate I bought for the top of the stairs is too short! I hate stairs. Well that's Mara at 8 1/2 months.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Blue Bonnets.

The state flower of Texas is a beautiful wild flower called the Blue Bonnet. These flowers literally cover Texas in the spring. When we drove through Brenham on our way to Houston for Easter, we saw hordes of people out taking pictures. We managed to find a spot where no one else was and the pictures were cute.

Easter Egg Hunt

Isn't she CUTE!

My wonderful mom's group holds an Easter egg hunt every year and it's nice to go to a small hunt with a lot of fun. It really takes the stress off.
THEY'RE OFF!

His hunting skills have improved.

He's satisfied.

He's done! He'd rather be playing.

Front Yard Baseball

It's been a long time since my last post, but it's very hard to type with Mara on your lap. Anyway, this was just before Easter. The boys decided to start Spring training, so they drew a diamond on the driveway and started a game! Brent was an awesome coach! He was too good for his own good, because our Sam struck him out!
He's so proud of himself!