Like 'Snow Monkey I Know!

Oooh! Violet is so good at crawling, she can do it with her eyes closed.

Alas, it is our 5th snow session of 2010! Poor Atlanta and their Snow-Deprivation...

As anyone with a snow day knows, movies are the best past-time! This is the Mini tellin' it how it is.

Violet is also the official greeter at our front door, having regained her cheerful demeanor. With her 1 year birthday rapidly approaching, I think she just wants to show off how responsible she is.

I know this is an entirely Mini-Centric Mini post, but that's all for today!

MonkHog Day, Monxsutawney Lill' saw her Shadow!! Part 3

Ahh yes, the third installment, and we are up to date.. except, Wait! Oh No!



*singing to the tune of Lady Gaga's Poker Face* "No, you can't see my PIZZA FACE!!!!"



"Where is my, where is my, no, you can't see my PIZZA FACE?"

Alright, I'm done! :D


Hahah! Not only did that just happen, but now Monkey is acting like Lady Gaga!

Mini is like the backup singer, except in screaming. And what's that on Mini's head? Oh, that's just her PONY TAIL!!!

Whew! All that Rock Star stuff exhausted us. Better snuggle with Daddy.

Or better yet, pretend you're the baby and relax in the carseat.

How about a nice ride around the block on Daddy's shoulders to relax?

Ahh, the life of a Superstar.

I also want to point out how amazingly beautiful my kids are. Geez, I mean, not everyone can pull off a Pizza Face with such ease.

Finally, a public apology for keeping such beauty out of the cyber world for so long. I promise to be more vigilant in my Monkey Blogging-ness!

Love,

Those Wonderfully Wacky Evans's

MonkHog Day, Monxsutawney Lill' saw her Shadow!! Part 2

In the interim between Christmas and New Year's, Mini decided to strut her stuff as a fashion model. I think she feels very classy with her new duds.

And Monk took the role reversal very well, deciding to accentuate her brain instead of her beauty.

But a Monkey can never change her polka dots...

Onward we march, into the new year. A couple days after X-Mas we got our Piggy into the mix too.

One of her duties as big sister is to lead Monkey into unknown territory. The territory this time was a McDonalds Playhouse. Her very first!

We naturally had a lot of fun for the whole visit, but then the worst thing imaginable happened. The day after Piggy had to go back to Atlanta, it snowed! With out her! How could it?

And what does snow mean, boys and girls?

Cutie winter coats, messy hot chocolate, and sink baths.

Let me tell ya, Monk was NOT happy that she wasn't allowed a sink bath. (She is a little too big)

I tell ya though, there is one area that Momma here can't complain about. Eating. Boy howdy, do these little bits eat.

Monk is chowing down on anything not nailed to the floor, including the Fermented Cabbage and Pork steamed buns here.

Mini has been known to chomp on a quesadilla in her day too. MmmHmmm!

Then there are the pictures that speak a thousand words. Monka and the shoes, "Shuuuuuus" as she calls them.

Sibling rivalry.

Most importantly, Mini stealing my Coke Zero! She is quick and crafty, that one. Real ninja baby.

She told me she needed to cram for a Biology final, but I think that was a load of bull pockey.

MonkHog Day, Monxsutawney Lill' saw her Shadow!! Part 1

Okay, so I know it has been an ungodly amount of time since the last monkey blog! Oi Vey, there are reasons! Here is the time when the "Whoa, you have two babies, AT ONE TIME?!?!" kicks in. Lilly and Violet have reached a coalescing screamy stage, which came into effect about the time of our last entry. Lets start with Monkey's birthday numero 2 and work our way forwards, shall we?

So there we were: our wild and crazy Monkey turning TWO! Honestly it was a little bit of a normal day. We had our two year check up (yes I am that mean) and got a gold star! We went out for special Momma/Lilly birthday sushi, had some super fun time with Miss Sarah. Then we came back and conked out until it was time for a special Lasagna dinner and bonafied Grandma-iced cake. As you can see, she nearly dropped her hot dog right at the dinner table!

Onward, march! To Christmas we go...

I would say that this was Lilly's first real christmas, although it was her third. She was entirely more interactive this go round than either of the two before. Also, we were settled into our house and could have our very own Christmas morning!

In all things parenting I try to channel my Mom and Dad, because ideally that is how I would raise our kiddos. So I set to sketching out a stocking for Mini just as I had done for Monk last year, and spent about 6 hours on it. That is a vast difference from the 11 hours Monk's took. Maybe I am old hand at this stocking thing?

We've all seen, loved, and cooed over Mini's zebra suit. She is so fond of being a zebra!! Naturally that's what her stocking manifested as! These are also an hommage to my late Grandmother, who so lovingly made the Henry stockings.

Scene: Christmas Morning, '09

Enter, Stage Left: One Monkey roused from her bed by an impatient daddy, one Mini likewise by Momma, and two VERY overeager parents

Setting: Classic Christmas Tree, Full stockings, and a shiny... new.... BARBIE BIG WHEEL!

Mood: Instant happy Chaos!

Essentially that was it. It was glorious.

After the hullabaloo died down, we trucked on over to M & D's house for the traditional awesome festivites. Gotta love being back in Nashville!