Dear Evan-35 Months Old

Hello buddy!
We have had such a month. It has been so much fun and we have meet new people and done so many new things. We went to the "rock beach" as we now call it. It is down in OC. You loved it and loved meeting our new friend's that Sally introduced us. It is a wonderful place and we spent hours all together sitting on a rocky beach playing with rocks and drift wood. You still love fire fighters and everything about them. You would take piece of the wood and stick them up into the sand. You did this with many pieces until you had a bout 6-7 sticking up altoghther in one place. You then held one and pretended it to be a microphone that you could yell into. "On my way!", you screamed pretending to be a fireman on the way to a fire. We now have huge conversations about all sorts of things. You love to play and want to play all the time. "Mama, play with me?". I will miss this so much one day and try to play with you all the time.

Your speech is getting so much more sophisticated with your expression and humor. I will ask you to do something and you will say, "Not right now" or "in a minute". You notice everything and will tell us if something is not right. For example, you like to mix your play-doh colors but when it is time to put them away you will see the colors are mixed and say, "That's not right?". This month is the first month you started asking "Why?". The first time it happened I had to smile and thought here we go!

You love Thomas and your trains. You will place the train together and then tell me what is inside each of the cars. There is an "oil" car, one for carrying "Kitty cats" and the other is for popcorn.

I had to go away for a week this month. It was hard on the both of us. Grandma came to stay with you and it was so nice for you to have both her and Dada in my place. I missed you so much and did not want to be away. It was for work and I had to go so far away. It was a sweet homecoming though! You understood what was going on and knew I was coming home that night. You fell asleep before I could get home but that next morning I heard, "Mama?". We were both so happy to be together again. We have this saying when I have to leave. We say "Tiny work" on the days you stay with Meleana or even when you are with Dada. Now we also say " all day" meaning Mama is staying home all day and there is no work. You will often ask this of me the night before or when we get up in the morning. It is so sweet. You like to know what to expect.

Potty training is going so well. I think you are almost there! You always tell us when you have to go. If I can only get you to wear underwear now. But all in your time! You will let us know when you want to do it.

I love you my sweet boy.

Forever,
Mama