Evan at bat
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
It's t-ball time!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
T-ball tot
T-ball tot
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
Post-game, following the first t-ball match of the season. Go Mariners!
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Cob Wars
Multimedia message
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
When you left your lightsaber at home, a roasted corncob will do. Evan and his dad enjoying the food at a weekend downtown street event.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
(wo)man overboard
(wo)man overboard
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
The Yampa River is running high and the C-Hole is treacherous
Evan watching the kayak freestyle competition
Evan watching the kayak freestyle competition
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
The fifteenth annual Paddler Magazine kayak competition was held on Fish Creek and the Yampa Rivers.
View from Sandy & Robert's deck
View from Sandy & Roberts
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
Note the rabbit topiary-like tree on the ridge
Downtown Steamboat Springs
Downtown Steamboat Springs
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
There's still snow on the mountain at the end of May
Friday, May 26, 2006
Kindergarten Class of 2006 (5/26/2006)
Kindergarten Class of 2006 (5/26/2006)
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
Evan has attended Trinity almost five years to the date -- he started there at eight months old, on May 21, 2001.
Graduation lunch
Graduation lunch
Originally uploaded by katkimchee.
Note the cute motarboard snacks made from chocolate covered graham cookies, a peanut butter cup, and red licorice.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Evan's new friend
This past week, Evan has been spending a lot of time with a new friend. Joshua lives just behind us and celebrated his fifth birthday last month.
Our neighborhood is turning into one with a growing number of kids. In addition to Joshua, we also have Riley behind our house, Madalynn and baby Ella to the right, Joshua #2 and Hannah on the left, and Esme and baby Guy across the street. Lots of playmates!
Family fun
This past weekend, Evan's grandpa and his friend, Lillamae, were in town. With seven kids It's not often that this many are able get together at one time. On Saturday, we managed to assemble five siblings, two spouses, and six grandchildren for a cookout at Evan's house.
The weather was perfect and the burgers were juicy. Fun, fun, fun.
Even Karma wanted to have her photo taken.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Happy Mother's Day
I'm not sure who enjoyed Mother's Day more -- Mom or the boys. Evan and his dad did allow me to use my deluxe foot spa first, but once they got their toes in it, I couldn't get them out.Evan especially liked the vibrating foot massage mode.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
The tooth, the hole tooth, and nothing but the tooth
On Friday, Evan celebrated Gami's birthday, and having a sick day at home, by losing his third tooth!
Last night, the tooth fairy traded Evan's tooth for a shiny gold dollar coin. Ironically, we had watched the movie "Tooth" on HBO Thursday night. Although Evan seemed to enjoy the Willy Wonka-ish story of a young, feisty tooth fairy, two children, and some jaded holiday characters (Easter Bunny, Mrs. Claus), Mom and Dad agree withthe IMDB rating:
3.4 out of 10 stars. Nuff said.
Bon mots
Some amusements from the mouth of Evan:
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Evan: "Mom, do you wanna help me build a robot?"
Mom: "Well, I think you have to be a scientist to build a robot."
Evan: "We can look in that book about Albert Einstein that Grandpa Rog gave me, and find out how to do it!"
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From a future advertising writer:
Evan: "I sure like Arby's, because you feel like you're at home when you eat there."
(Mom's disclaimer -- I haven't spotted any talking oven mitts at our house, haven't made roast beef in a year, and I swear that our decor doesn't include a single orange plastic booth.)
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Evan: "Mom, do you wanna help me build a robot?"
Mom: "Well, I think you have to be a scientist to build a robot."
Evan: "We can look in that book about Albert Einstein that Grandpa Rog gave me, and find out how to do it!"
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From a future advertising writer:
Evan: "I sure like Arby's, because you feel like you're at home when you eat there."
(Mom's disclaimer -- I haven't spotted any talking oven mitts at our house, haven't made roast beef in a year, and I swear that our decor doesn't include a single orange plastic booth.)
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Congratulations, Jeanine and Kelly
This week, we received the most excellent news that Evan's Aunt Neenee is engaged to (soon to be Uncle) Kelly!
Hurray! We are so happy for the two of you and are looking forward to the wedding. Evan wants to know, do you need a ring bearer?
Happy birthday, Gami!
It's Gami's 70th birthday! We're always sorry to be so far away on these occasions, but we let Gami know we're thinking of her by singing "Happy Birthday" over the speaker phone.
Evan's lucky to have such a cool grandmother. She can hold her own in a game of "Donkey Kong." And she makes awesome waffles.
Have a happy birthday and enjoy your birthday trip to San Francisco next weekend! We love you, Gami!
Honey, I (nearly) killed the dog
Speaking of barfing . . .
Last weekend, Evan's mom nearly murdered our dog, Karma. While Evan and his mom were at the children's zoo, Evan's dad called. He had just returned from a long bike ride and found that Karma had consumed a large bowl of Hershey's Kisses that had been left on the coffee table. Didn't leave a single one. Mom had been dusting earlier that morning and forgot to return the bowl to the high shelf where it had been located.
Well, chocolate can be toxic to dogs. And not only did the bowl contain the standard milk chocolate variety, but the Easter bunny had also brought the more deadly dark chocolate type. Dad called the vet and was told to expect vomiting and diarrhea, but watch for real signs of distress. I'm happy to report that Karma survived. She was sicker than a dog (ahem), but seemed to be her usual self by that evening.
That evening, we celebrated Karma's survival with a lovely barbeque on the patio, accompanied by occasional dashes to the garden hose to wash away colorful Easter foil and partially digested Kisses.
Interested to learn how many Hershey Kisses you'd have to injest to commit candy/coffee/caffeine suicide? Check out Energy Fiend's handy calculator.
Last weekend, Evan's mom nearly murdered our dog, Karma. While Evan and his mom were at the children's zoo, Evan's dad called. He had just returned from a long bike ride and found that Karma had consumed a large bowl of Hershey's Kisses that had been left on the coffee table. Didn't leave a single one. Mom had been dusting earlier that morning and forgot to return the bowl to the high shelf where it had been located.
Well, chocolate can be toxic to dogs. And not only did the bowl contain the standard milk chocolate variety, but the Easter bunny had also brought the more deadly dark chocolate type. Dad called the vet and was told to expect vomiting and diarrhea, but watch for real signs of distress. I'm happy to report that Karma survived. She was sicker than a dog (ahem), but seemed to be her usual self by that evening.
That evening, we celebrated Karma's survival with a lovely barbeque on the patio, accompanied by occasional dashes to the garden hose to wash away colorful Easter foil and partially digested Kisses.
Interested to learn how many Hershey Kisses you'd have to injest to commit candy/coffee/caffeine suicide? Check out Energy Fiend's handy calculator.
Weee'rrreee back!
Evan on Earth has been on hiatus for a couple of weeks as the site administrator (a.k.a. Mom) has been busy wrapping up the current semester of grad school. But now we're back and there's plenty to report since the last post.
Today's breaking news: Evan has a bug, but not the entomological kind. After an evening of barf, we're watching cartoons while it's rainy outside, and starting with jello and popsicles as sustanance.
Today's breaking news: Evan has a bug, but not the entomological kind. After an evening of barf, we're watching cartoons while it's rainy outside, and starting with jello and popsicles as sustanance.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
tale of the Triops
Evan's ever-thoughful aunt, recently gave him a gift of Triops eggs (too early for Easter eggs). If you haven't heard of Triops, they're something like cousins to Sea Monkeys. Since their form hasn't changed since the Triassic period, they are marketed as living dinosaurs and may well be the oldest living animal species on earth.They grow very quickly, are colorful and entertaining to watch. They look something like a cross between a tiny horseshoe crab and an aquatic silverfish. Luckily, only two of our eggs hatched and they have fairly short life spans. They are also known to be cannibals, so we may be down to one Triops before long.
Thanks, Aunt C.!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Boy reporter
Here's Evan working on the computer, into the wee hours of the night (as you can tell by the pj wardrobe). It's so hard to turn him away when I'm trying to do homework in the evening and he asks if he can work on "Evan's Story," a Word document we've saved for him.Evan loves to use all caps, which is true when he writes by hand. I haven't yet shared with him that that sort of writing isn't appreciated by readers, that it's TOO MUCH LIKE SHOUTING. It's fun to watch him giggle with outright glee after he types each letter. He's pretty adept at using the backspace, return, and delete keys. Usually, his writing is something like this:
MOM DAD EVAN
EVAN 1234567890!!!!!!!!!!!!
Standard stuff. I don't think he's quite ready to take over the writing on this blog. One time, we printed out a page created by Evan that simply read
BOYS
MMMNNNNMMMMNNN
I don't even want to think about what that means.
Monday, April 10, 2006
More things that slither
On Sunday afternoon, Evan and his dad (or "pappy" as Evan has taken to calling him), headed out to Platte River State Park for their weekly nature exploration. While I was studying hard at the Meadowlark Coffee House, the cell phone rang. Evan excitedly told me that he had caught his first snake! A small ringneck -- they had spotted one of this last year, but weren't quick enough to catch it. This time they found two, and managed to catch both of them.
I asked Evan if he was going to bring them home. No, after being doused in snake pee (actually a foul-smelling musk), they decided to let them go. Thank goodness they practice catch-and-release. Evan was convinced that the larger of the two was the same snake they spotted last spring, now grown bigger. He named them Blackjack and Brownjack.
Besides the ringneck snakes, they also spotted a dead mouse, a turkey, and a turkey vulture. Wow, I'm sorry I missed out . . . ahem.
Monday, April 03, 2006
April showers bring . . .
WORMS!
April 1st played a big joke on us by sending all of the neighborhood earthworms and nightcrawlers above ground. After our spring snow and some good rain showers this week, the ground must be saturated. Evan's dad noticed a lot of the critters on the road during his morning run, so he and Evan went out worm hunting. Sure, this species is known to be sorta stealthy, but the boys came home with a bucket o' invertebrates. I suspect there are some really angry robins who missed a feast.
Worm Hunter
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