Fathers Day

Man, today really was exhausting! These two kids were so wiggly and kinda cranky. Poor Dallas trying to enjoy his day and we could barely listen to what was going on in church. I was hoping to get some cute pictures of Evan with his daddy, this was the best I could do :) Evan usually has other things on his mind rather than sitting nicely for a photo shoot.

Evan was being funny at dinner tonight. He was excited when we gave him mashed potatoes with gravy but then all that was forgotten when I gave him dressing on the side. He loved the dressing and didn't want anything to do with the potatoes. We told him he could have more "bread" after he tried one bite of the potatoes. Ha ha ha. He did not want the potatoes, but we were strong and we put our foot down. I finally put a dab of potatoes in his mouth to see if he might decide that he wanted to eat them after all. Bad idea. He was so upset and cried and cried. Then he got up and wiped out his mouth on a dish towel. I finally calmed him down and gave him a piece of the dressing (he did have some potatoes right?) Then he wanted more so I said he had to eat some potatoes first. And so he picked up his fork and took a bite of potatoes! Wow the distress that it brought only a minute before was forgotten :) Let's just say that he finished his meal with no more problems... until dessert :)

We did have the same problem, even with dessert! Oh Evan it's good! That is why it is called dessert. We had Pistashio pudding and I was trying to get Evan excited because it was green. I think the green got Evan a little nervous. I again dabbed a little in his mouth and then came the waterworks, but only for a second. Then he started to take little bites- I knew he would like it, he is just too picky!

In nursery today Evan made his Dad a card that had a chocolate kiss taped to it. To bad he didn't realize that it was supposed to be for his Dad. He was so excited about that kiss and so concerned everytime it fell off on the way to the car. Dallas was sweet and of course couldn't break Evan's heart by taking his kiss. Evan was very happy when he got to eat it at home and of course he wanted more. Maybe one day he'll understand this gift giving thing.

He must have been tired tonight. We tried to sing and read him books but he was just to cranky so we left him to work it out on his own. We started hearing him say "con-crete-mix-er!" so at least he was taking care of story time on his own with his car book. Kiah started to cry so we went in to try the bed time routine again. When we opened the door Evan was asleep in his bed with his car book in hand (it had to have only been 5 minutes or so since we left). Sleepy guy, I hope he has sweet dreams.

Makiah sure loves her Dad, and I think they are quite the pair...

I think (I don't know if Dallas would agree) that Makiah is trying to say Daddy. She says da da a lot these days and some times I wonder if it is directed at Dallas. She lights up when she see him and sure smiles and acts shy when he starts teasing her from across the room. Today Dallas started playing the piano and she bolted from the kitchen to join him. After Evan fell asleep tonight we brought her in our room to drink a bottle. She sure was happy to be with us. I know she loves to have our attention all to herself, and it's really cute to see her so happy! She played a round of peek-a-boo with Dallas and pointed to all the fun colors on my shirt and then she was off to bed. What a cutie! She loves to point and wave at everything these days. What a fun game that is for her! The first time I got her to wave was when we were saying good bye to my Dad. We visited Utah last month and Makiah and Grandpa Johnson sure got along!She sure spent a lot of time on Grandpa's lap and she loves him so much!