Evan Hoflich

Today at 5pm (almost exactly) Evan lost his 9th (so he says – I think actually it’s his 8th) tooth! It looks like he just yanked on it and it came out – there was quite a bit of blood, so I don’t think it was ready to come out, but it did! His face […]

Well the kids had their last day at YIS today. Nicole and I brought the classes cupcakes, which all the kids devoured. It’ll be interesting to see how the classes compare at YIS to the schools in NZ.

Evan had his first cup of tea today – a cup of strawberry tea that he insisted he liked before he made it. When he went to drink it though, he changed his mind, so I had to drink the rest. Anyways, I suspect that will be the first of many cups of tea for […]

Halloween was another great time this year, with the kids getting dressed up and a couple of families coming to our house to go out trick-or-treating. Fortunately for me, Halloween was on a Saturday this year, so I was able to see the whole thing. We also just made it back in time from our […]

Nicole signed Evan up for soccer camp in Canada, which he’s really chuffed at. It’s from 9am to 12 Monday-Friday. In the deal, Evan gets a soccer shirt and apparently can keep a soccer ball! Very cool! We’ve been meaning to get Evan some proper soccer shoes (cleats) so they went out and bought Evan […]

Evan got his orange belt on Friday from Akido. We’re very proud of him. We often ask him whether he likes Aikido but usually his answer is “sort-of” but the other day when we asked, he said “Yes!”. We’ll have to see how he will continue it when we return back home. Lauren on the […]

Evan was the narrator in the Momotaro play the Kumo class put on. It was really amazing hearing him speak Japanese, even if he was reading from the book. The other kids did really well too. Lucas did a great job, so did Juan and Andreas, and I thought Markus did great too! I will […]

Evan did awesome at the swimming pool the weekend before last. He swam all by himself the length of the pool (official olympic length I believe) 3 times! I was really amazed. His swimming has gotten a lot better since before the Thailand trip – Lauren’s as well!

Well, it looks like Evan has the chickenpox. On the weekend he was particularly stroppy. Even a trip to the Pokemon shop didn’t really make him happy. On Sunday night the few red spots on his tummy seemed to be getting more frequent and by Monday morning, he had lots of them. The doctor confirmed […]

Evan has been writing some funny things recently. Here are two of his more memorable notices: Notice that it originally read “Do not come in here – only Evan” but he later added “and Lauren”. 🙂