We are Heroes

In our house we now have to refer to Evan as "Incredible Hulk." And he's not the only one with nicknames around here, Bill is "Iron man" and I am "Captain America." If I say "what Evan?" I am corrected with "you mean Incredible Hulk." It is very cute and pretty fun. He'll randomly tell me there's a bad guy behind me that I will have to then throw a sword at. How did this start? Well this crazy kid loves to play games on disney.com and has found a game called the Avengers that uses all the superheroes and that is when we magically turned into them.. His imagination is amazing. I love it!

Thank you Dora

Evan is constantly surprising me with the new things that he has learned. He is always asking questions and wants to know how EVERYTHING works... which is sometimes annoying but also really cool because he finds these things so interesting that he wants to know how they work. He uses big words (although I cannot think of an example), and uses them correctly. And now he is using Spanish words!

Evan burst in our room one morning when he woke up and was very excited to tell Bill and I, "my pee is amarillo!!" Bill looks at me and asks what in the world Evan is talking about. He was saying that his pee is yellow- in spanish! So thank you Dora for now teaching my son to use spanish to describe his pee..

Did you know...?

Last night Evan was throwing a fit because he didn't want to go to bed; so when he went to his room he slammed the door. He does this often and then remembers that his door sticks so if he slams it he can't open it! So he's in his room crying and can't get out and instead of running to the rescue we just let him cry for a bit because he was being pretty ridiculous. Then all of a sudden he says "guys... guys..." and keeps saying it over and over, sometimes really loud, sometimes nice and quiet. Bill goes upstairs and Evan says "Dad, did you know that Buzz says 'Hola amigos I'm Buzz Lightyear." Really Evan?! All that fuss to tell us what Buzz says??

My Latest Adventure!

This September I will be in my friend Kristina's wedding. One of the activities that she did with all the bridesmaids was to have a Mary Kay party. It was a lot of fun and because we all had color done Alden will come the day of the wedding and do all of our make-up. Since I am always looking for new ways to make money, I decided to check out Mary Kay.

After going to my first unit meeting, I see that it is certainly possible to make money if you "work your business" the way it's meant to be done. Bill calls me a sucker, but hopefully I can prove him wrong!

So for now, I'm trying to learn what I can and find people interested in having a party. I'm working on something special for whoever hosts my first party. If you are interested or need more info check out my website www.marykay.com/rmcpherson1. And for all my friends that do NOT live in New York, you can order through the website and it can be shipped directly to your house!

Dreaming of girls at the ripe old age of 3!!

One night (probably a week or so ago) Evan was sleeping and Bill and I heard him talking- which he seems to do when he's stuffy. Not sure why, maybe because he's not sleeping as well?! ...Anyways, we hear him talking and turn the tv down to see if we can make out what he's saying. And what do we hear?! The name "Alexis" a little girl from daycare. We instantly bust up laughing, and then hear him say "I miss you." So cute, and so hilarious! We've got a little lady's man already!!

Minus5

Almost forgot about going to Minus5! It was an icebar that we saw on the travel channel. It was pretty much a big freezer where everything was made of ice. Definitely cool place to check out but I don't think we'd pay the money to do it again. $35 and you get a coat and gloves to wear and 2 drinks.. and then you stay for as long as you want. ..No pictures to share because they weren't allowed :(

Day 4- Last day in Vegas

Thursday we had to get up and out of the room by 11 which wasn't a problem because we'd been up early every day. Thursday was also my worst day possible in casinos! ..of course because I had no time to win it back!! I did well on the Roulette table early at Paris and then nothing after that. Bill did do good though! Then we headed to the Mirage to get tickets for Love, which we ended up getting for half price because the guy gave us tickets for the wrong time originally. Love was amazing!! I now know why Bill wanted to see it again.

After the show we had to get our bags and head straight to the airport. The flight left at midnight and headed to JFK. I woke up with about an hour left to JFK and was sooo hot and didn't feel well at all! When we finally landed at JFK (about 7am) I spent a good amount of time in the bathroom (YUCK!) Then our flight was delayed... then cancelled because of the snow in Buffalo. Finally we made it out of JFK at 2pm and headed for home. By this time my stomach was also feeling better... Thank GOD! We reached Buffalo at about 3 and headed for home. Along the way we saw 8+ tractor trailers off the road in ditches! Which didn't make me feel good about Bill driving after such a long day. But we made it home safe and sound at about 10.

Overall, Vegas was amazing! Definitely somewhere I'd like to go to again.

Vegas- Day 3

Wednesday we did some gambling in the morning and then checked out the Eiffel Tower. It was really cool to see the city from so high.

Later that night we decided to stop at the pawn shop from tv on our way to Fremont st. While we were there the guys from American Pickers stopped in. Since they were there Rick from Pawn Stars came out (not allowed to take pics of him).

Then we were off to Fremont st! Once it gets dark out, once an hour all the casino lights shut off and there is a light show on the ceiling above the casinos. I'd definitely like to check it out again when we have more time!

Then finally we went to the Improv comedy show at Harrah's. Hilarious! I've gotta look up who the comedians were because I don't remember their names but they were both very good!

Vegas- Day 2

Tuesday we got an early start to the day. We spent most of the day in the shops at Caesars. This mall was enormous and inside was gorgeous. We also had lunch at Max Brenner's- which was delicious. They had an amazing dessert menu you that we had absolutey no room to try and of course didn't make it back there another time- so maybe next time we'll just go and have dessert!

Later Tuesday night we were able to catch the volcano at the Mirage and the Bellagio fountains. The volcano was pretty cool and the fountains were very pretty.

From there we did some more tourist type stuff- including M&M world! :)

This night we tried to do some gambling in some casinos that weren't right near ours since we were out walking anyways. At Mandalay Bay I mangaged to win $200 on a wheel of fortune slot machine that had a huge wheel that spins when you get a bonus! Then another $200 on Roulette. Don't worry I would lose it all by the end of the trip lol.

Vegas- Day 1 Continued..

After traveling all day we finally made it to Vegas about 9pm (midnight here on the east coast). I was instantly in aww. We didn't really do a whole lot the first night. Grabbed some showers and food and did a little sight seeing and of course some gambling!