Birthday Party!

Evan turns 1 on Monday, so yesterday we threw him a birthday party. Not sure if it qualifies as a surprise party, but he didn't seem to be expecting it. And my apologies for making this an Evan-centric blog entry, but they're mostly birthday party pics.

Marina hangs out with Daisy.














Evan's day began with quality time with Marina.





















Daisy got in on the action as well.















First we ate some vegetables - apparently Evan isn't a fan of cucumber seeds...















...and then on to cake!















Of course there was some initial confusion/skepticism.















But eventually Evan independently discovered the "I've had too much cake" face.















Smiles all around.

October in Review

I gotta start posting more often.

What have we been up to? First, an experiment with a low-frills bath. Wait, sorry. This was actually taken when Evan was first learning to pull himself up. He can now go up a flight of stairs without help (but with close supervision, of course).



















Evan and Marina spent some quality time together looking at rocks.















Evan refined his mess-making skills.















He also developed a Starbucks habit.



















On Saturday we had a lot of fun for Halloween. Marina dressed as a Ninja and Evan was a monkey.























































Sunday, we kept the excitement coming - we got a dog. Her name is Daisy. She's a little nervous at the moment, but hopefully she settles in to our family over the next week or two. The kids (both of them!) adore her.















Finally, some of the time we've just been kicking back and chewing on rubber fish.
















See you next time...