Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful moms out there!

The Diver Man Suit

I am constantly amazed at the extent of Evan's imagination. Lately, he has taken his pretend-world to a whole new level. Something that he and Pops do (it's their thing, which I love!) is put on a diver man suit. Before bath time, Evan strips off his clothes and then Pops helps him put on his diver suit, flappers (fins), gloves and helmet. All of this is pretend and we have a naked dude in his pretend diver man suit. He then gets into his bath and pretends to feed the fish.

He has really taken off with playing independently. Some of his favorite people he pretends to be are: diver man, mail man, house cleaner, yard cleaner, doctor, and car washer. Yesterday I joined him in his play room and found that ALL of his toys were stacked in a corner - he was the mail man delivering packages.

All Grown Up

Evan is all of 2.5 years old, but he really is growing up in the blink of an eye. Here are some pics from today's adventure at the park. No traces of "baby" remain!

Alone Time

Today I got to have alone time. This is a relatively new experience for me and all went quite well. I had a baby shower to attend (brunch at Salty's) so Pops and Grandma took Evan to the Aquarium. They were planning on visiting the zoo, but when given the choice, the diver man will always win. Sounds like they had fun - saw TWO diver men, lots of kids activities (I guess the first Sunday of the month is special) and treats, of course. Pops mentioned that Evan asked for me a couple times but when reminded that I was eating lunch, he brushed it off and went on with his business. Nice! My little dude is growing up!

When I arrived at the restaurant, I got a call from Evan. He wanted to tell me that they were eating lunch at Crabpot. Yummy! He sounded so calm and content that I could really enjoy myself with the other mommies. Fun times for all!

I'm hoping I can do more of these getaways (with Pops, too!) to help Evan make the adjustment to life with Lil' Babe. It was just the morning, but I really missed the little guy and had a hard time switching off "Mom Mode." A couple things I had to remind myself of: can't drive in the carpool lane and don't have to look for food that Evan and I can eat together at the restaurant. Doesn't help that Evan got a haircut last night, but when we were playing together this afternoon and he was chatting away, I couldn't help thinking how much he grew up in that one morning.

The Chocolate Factory

Evan has been in love with "Curious George Goes to the Chocolate Factory." We've done the self-guided tour at Boehm's Candies in Issaquah a while back and I thought they only did it in the summer. Today I looked it up and the self-guided tour runs year-round during their store hours. The guided tours are the ones that are only in the summer. So before heading to soccer, we went to visit the chocolate factory. Two of the candy makers were so sweet (get it?! ha ha, I'm so clever, I know.) They saw us walking the tour and they asked if Evan could have a chocolate. (I think it's great when people ask if your child can have something before just offering it to them.) He ended up getting a chocolate lollipop in the shape of the Space Needle! Such a lucky guy! He ate the whole thing and then asked for more chocolates in the store. We got a few treats (and some soccer ball chocolates to share with his soccer coaches) but I told him he would have to wait til after nap time for more chocolate. Like mother, like son - he's got a sweet tooth!

HUGE chocolate lollipop and a fakey smile