The Ninja

I don't believe I have enlightened you all about the Ninja. Please meet the Kawasaki Ninja....although ours is green.
It all started with the Ninjas that Miss Margi has at her house. I would come to pick up Evan and he and Parker(his best bud) would be playing with the two Ninjas, and then when we'd go home Evan would talk to us about the motorcycle at Miss Margi's. So I thought, well maybe I should buy one for him to have at home. We found our Green Ninja at Target and it was love at first sight.....for Evan. Let me tell you that this toy has two buttons on it, one which plays music and the other that says "Ninja Wheelie Time" and then the motorcycle (if on a flat surface) proceeds to bust out into a wheelie and then speed off. I did not know that there was no volume control, and let me tell you, that thing is freaking loud!! It's ridiculous how loud it is. I think I've had numerous dreams with the Ninja song playing in my head, I've heard it so much. Eric even tried putting a piece of tape over the speaker to make it not so loud. We feared Evan would make himself deaf because he'd walk around the house holding it up next to his ear and playing that god forsaken music.

So anyways, this was Evan's favorite toy for a long time, he would sleep with the Ninja and take it every where, and then for the last few months he's left it alone.......until about a week ago. Now it seems that the Ninja is louder than ever. He's sleeping with it, and even taking it to Miss Margi's. Apparently the two that Margi has are on their last legs, because Parker and Evan try to actually ride them. Isn't that hysterical??

Anyways, I digress. So last night when putting Evan to bed, he climbed in and put the Ninja next to him, and then he wanted me to cover the Ninja with the blanket. I turned off the light and heard a little voice say "Goodnight motorcycle" about two or three times. It really was the sweetest little thing. So I guess the Ninja is here to stay and is apparently an important part of the Heselmeyer family.

Mother's Day Weekend

Mother's Day Weekend was spent in Mont Belvieu with Eric's family. We had a really nice visit. First, on Saturday Cindy and I went to a Mother/Daughter tea & luncheon at her church. The food was great and I really enjoyed visiting with Cindy and with Pastor Bonnie. When we got home, Jared, Amber, Uf & Max (two mini-schnauzers) came over to visit and grub down on some shrimp and craw-fish. Evan sure enjoyed visiting with Nanny & PawPaw and Uncle Jared & Aunt Amber, etc. Max wasn't quite sure what to do about Evan and he would jump up on Evan and knock him down. Max (white schnauzer) also terrorized Lilo. He would chase her around the living room repeatedly because he wanted to play and Lilo was just being a big wussy. Evan loved feeding the fish in Nanny's pond and would do it repeatedly if allowed to. We were a little afraid he'd fall right on, but luckily that didn't happen.
I always tend to be the picture taker in the family so it was nice that Eric and Cindy both got pictures of me with Evan. I think he kind of looks like me. :0) I mean, I know he's his father's son, but here's hoping he got some of my attributes......he definitely got my temper. He can be a sassy little boy. We tend to argue about who's being sassy. I'll say "quit being sassy" and he'll say "no tell me I'm sassy." He's even accused me of being sassy.....ME! :0)
Evan also enjoyed running around in the back yard, since it's so huge. He was very helpful too. On top of feeding the fish, he also helped PawPaw water his garden. Cindy was able to get all of us together for a photo.....sons, grandson, daughter-in-law, son's girlfriend and all 3 of her grand-dogs. It kind of looks like I'm strangling Lilo in the picture. ;0)
It was a really great Mother's Day for me, and hopefully for Cindy too. We had such a nice time in Mt. Belvieu.

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!

I finally uploaded pictures from my camera. Hard to believe huh?

This Easter, we took Evan to the Easter Egg Hunt at George Bush Library. They had games, food, and even a talking fire truck. Mainly what Evan wanted to do was run around. We did get him to play one game, and sit in the big Fire Truck. He was a little wary of the talking fire truck. When it came time for the actual egg hunt, it took about 10 seconds. It was crazy! Thanks goodness they had two sections, one for ages 0-3 and then another for the older kids. Evan picked up about 5 or 6 eggs. I felt like such a bad mother because all of the other kids had Easter baskets with them, and I didn't even think to bring his. So we used one of the reusable grocery bags!!

He's not quite sure what to think of that talking fire truck.


Evan looks bored while Eric is putting him in the fire truck.
When Easter Sunday rolled around, Evan helped me dye easter eggs. That was hysterical. I would get the cup ready with water and vinegar and then let him drop the dye tablet in. I would stir it and when it finally dissolved, I'd let him put the egg in. When I say put the egg in....I actually mean drop. He would basically throw the egg into the cup. It was a miracle that none of them cracked. We got all the eggs dyed, and then Eric went out in the back yard to "hide" them. We also got Evan a few toys for his Easter basket, one of which was supposed to be a bubble maker but it didn't work. What can I expect from a $2 wal-mart toy. He did an awesome job finding all the eggs and putting them in his basket.

In mid April we went to a 1st birthday party for my friend's daughter Sophi. My mom came with me and Evan. He seemed kind of shy with the other kids that were there, and basically played with Grandma Minnie the whole time. They jumped on Phin's trampoline and played with the water hose nozzle. He would pretend to "shoot" Grandma, and she would fall back onto the hammock and play dead. He really got a kick out of that.

Phin also had this styrofoam sword that he enjoyed playing with, but I put the kabosh on that when he started hitting Grandma with it.

Notice the cupcake residue on his chin. Brandi tortured him with a girly birthday hat! :0)
When we returned home, he played with the water hose in the backyard and made a giant mess, but it was hilarious to watch.

I think I'll end this post with these pics. I've got more from Mother's Day weekend that I'll post soon.

3-Day Warrior

I'm going to be chronicling my 3-Day experience this year. So follow me at http://3daywarrior.blogspot.com/

Long time, no post, Part II

I have been so bad about posting lately. I have so many pictures that I need download from my camera, but I just haven't done it yet. I think what happened is that in the summer or fall, our hard drive fried on our desktop, where all the pictures we've ever taken are located. It breaks my heart to know I can't access pictures of Evan from birth up until when the crash happened. We really need to get it looked at by a professional to see if anything can be salvaged from it. Anyways, the point is, I've been wary about downloading pictures onto the computer because I'm worried I'll lose them again, and my laptop is just way too slow to do anything with. It drives me crazy. We did recently get an external hard drive and are able to back up so I just really need to hook that camera up and go to town.

So as of Sunday, Evan is obsessed with Ice Age. I think we've watched it 3 or 4 times in the last 48 hours. I've got the original playing in my car on the way home from day care, and then we watch the latest at home. We spent about 20 minutes last night while he was in the tub discussing the movie. It was awesome! He is so smart, and I just love hearing what he has to say, because you never know what is going to come out of his mouth. Now if we could just get him potty-trained, life would be grand. Anyone have any brilliant ideas on that front?

Long Time, No Post

Well I haven't been on here in forever. Evan is growing like a weed, he's almost 2 1/2. He talks and sings up a storm and he is so smart. It really is amazing...being a parent.

Will post new pics soon.

No More Monkey's Jumping on the Bed!!!