The Skarin Family Blog

Licensed Master Electrician or Little Man Extraordinaire Wow! It's so long! Uh, how come this isn't plugged in? Maybe if I just tip-toe away no one will notice.

For some reason, Evan seemed just a little cuter today than some other days. I don’t know if it was his outfit or his mood or what. I know I am biased but we have the cutest little boy EVER! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be...

Evan has been taking a few steps here and there for a couple of weeks but now he is beginning to string them together. Today it was thirteen!! That constitutes walking in my book. A very exciting (and a little bittersweet) milestone in our little man’s life! He is already getting too big, too fast! Guess he didn’t listen when...

After a busy weekend when Daddy went camping and Mommy and Evan spent time in RI with family, we had a surprise visit from the O’Shea’s. We knew they were in town but assumed that we were all too busy to make catching up work out. But much to our surprise, they stopped by for a brief visit on their...

Summer weather has arrived and so has a real kiddie pool. A few of our friends said our previous “pool” was ghetto which maybe it was…just a little bit. I think this new whale is a much nicer way for Evan to stay cool on these hot summer days. He can climb in and out and I can put my...

Ever since our most recent sleepover at Papa and Gramma’s, Evan has been doing something really cute. While we were out at Longhorn having dinner, Evan was getting a little fussy just before we left and Papa taught him something from the Wizard of Oz. It is the Wicked Witch’s Palace Guards chant…O Wee O, Wee O! Evan doesn’t quite...

Today we went to the 42nd annual Kavanagh Family Picnic. This is a family reunion for our family that started with the original Daniel James Kavanagh, Evan’s great-great-grandfather. Daniel married Theresa Dailey and together they had nine children, each of whom had large families of their own. I have such great memories of going to the picnic as a child...

I generally try to keep the text in my posts to a minimum because as a good friend told me "I only look at the pictures, I don't read the posts." I know that most people aren't as interested as we are and that is fine. This is one time, however, when I couldn't keep it short. After all, it...

Going through the produce with Evan all you hear is “Ball! Ball! Ball!” I had never really thought about just how many different produce items are ball-like. Here is one that Evan really enjoyed! After all, ball is much easier to say than nectarine! Taking a big bite Mmm...juicy!