You Ain't Nothin' but a hound dog...

My Name is Evan. My birthday is October 14th but my parents gave me a Sock Hop party today with some of my friends. I'll let my mama tell you the rest. :)...


First of all, I love his hair, it reminds me of the way my Dad's hair was styled in the *real* 50's, so that's for you dad. Yes he has 'side burns' that I made with eyeliner for fun. I have mixed feelings about whether I should have taken them off but we kept them and there you go. He's adorable and they are funny sideburns.


Unfortunatly we were going soooo crazy this morning that this is as close as you get of his whole ensamble (minus the leather jacket! rrrr) photographed but he was totally 50's. :)


Ok, it was actually sweet here because as soon as Evan got over his initial jealousy that Cora gets to inherit his car walker (he seems to remember it?), he was actually really nice to her and pushed her gently all around the room. She loved it. Then again, she loves all her time with her big bro.

The Decor seen through 'rose colored glasses". he he he.

I made this one big cause you may not see us together in a picture alone for a very long time. It's been two years since we even considered taking a photo alone together. ha ha ha. I had to make a scene in order to get him to wear the super cool glasses and it was worth it cause it ALMOST looked like Michael dressed up. Thank you honey, you are the cutest in these glasses. xo

And the kids arrive and the fun begins. Malt shop channel was playing, balloons were chased, kicked and thrown and girls (us moms) started gabbing. Whoo hoo!

Let us not forget the cutest girl there! Cora Grace was adorable. "Scarf" around her neck, pale pink shirt with hand layed rhinestone "C" on her chest, pink tutu from her birth photo shoot under her hand made poodle skirt, bracelet from Henny Penny and Socks from Grandma Jennie to complete the outfit. The happiness and smile are natural, no money can buy that. :)

My friend Linda in her homemade "poodle skirt". ha ha ha I loved it soo much!

Linda's little bean

As usual, content baby C.G. She's checking her hair in the side mirror.

Stacey giving what will be come the greatest attraction at the party... the Wagon rides! ha ha ha.

Linda's little man on his favorite toy (and others), the quad.

Evan is actually looking at a plane and completely tuning me out but I think the boy has a future in GQ modeling right? He and the wagon have been attached at the hip lately.

Evan and his all time friend "H" on the wagon ride of doom, let by Evan's running mommy. Whew! It was making me very hot but they loved it.

Elizabeth is one of my good friends, former babysitter and mother to "H". We were not only wearing the exact same shirt but the same shoes (different colors)! :D It was really fun and funny. Wait till you see what we're wearing to church sunday! ha ha ha, j/k.

Linda taking a turn at being a slave to wagon pulling. :)

"H" circled her 2 or 3 times, I lost count. snicker snicker snicker ;).

Elizabeth, Stacey and her son "S" enjoying the shade from our warm weather today.

Jessie helped me with C.G. and her daughter "C" didn't even seem to mind. Thanks Jessie!

On to the "Drive-in". The kids each had a box to decorate with their choice of flames on the side and headlights so they could all have their own "Hot Rod" like my dad had in the 50's. We watched Blues Clues while eating popcorn (as Mike got lunch ready). The kids were sooOOOO good! I was really happy to see them understand sitting in the boxes too and was especially happy that they all love popcorn! whoo hoo!

I failed to photograph the food but it was yummy. Hot Dogs wraped in crissant rolls then baked in the oven, hamburger 'sliders' and Rootbeer floats. (I forgot to make the fries but we didn't need them anyway)

Here is the back story on these pics. "C" is a couple months older than Evan and although very femanin (sp?) is as active and mobile as any boy I've ever seen! Anyway, when Evan was smaller and not walking, "C" had once jumped on his back while he was crawling and tried to ride him like a horse! :D She also layed his first kiss on him when he was maybe 7 or 8 months old which is really funny that she is like this cause her mom is pretty reserved and her dad seems pretty even keeled, lol but this Miss "C" is a charachter she is. So here she has chased after Evan his whole life but in this picture, she's climbed up the chair and Evan is below, jumping laughing at her that she is the coolest for doing this then goes up to her and randomly says with outstretched arms and fingers... "HUG!?" A question and a statement all in one of which you see her reply in body language... until....

... She can resist her prince charming no longer! ;) eek! so cute! (p.s. there was a point where she did in fact push her bare foot in his face to keep him back. ha ha ha)

Every good Sock Hop has a Pinata (let's just get this out of the way... there was no "sock hop" but anyone could dance at any time. ha ha ha)

Smart girl Ema! Little bean, you'll rot your tooth out! :)

Proud parents watching their future rock star. Now me thinks I know where the lost sunglasses belong... hmmm....

I am going to post a whole blog about this cake I made cause I am so proud of it! I really appreciate all the great feedback too. I think my friend Liz really didn't believe me that I made it. What a compliment! :)

It was so fun that this year he actually was able to try to blow candles out! We blow his windchime every night before bed for practice. :)

In the end there were hugs for everyone. Thank you all for making our party so fun and happy!

Buddies for Life x2!

After party rebellion. He took NO nap today despite falling asleep practically while I was getting him out of his party clothes.

Up from her nap and still soooo cute!

C.G. is a very good stander. I am only keeping her from falling but she stands very well.

The End. Thank you! ( i will still try to post video but it has been taking WAY too long lately )