Minneapolis children's museum

Dustin had some business up north, so Carter J and I tagged along for a quick, last minute, summer trip to see our friend Ali. We decided to stop at the children's museum and check it out. His favorite part was the outdoor world with his new friend, the chipmunk puppet. Here are a few highlights from our morning. Enjoy!

Cupcakes

I love reading blogs, especially blogs of people who are on Pintrest!  Someone out in the blog world made rainbow cupcakes with their kids and I thought it would be fun for Bubba and me too!  So after a quick trip to Hy-Vee we got started.

I'm trying to teach Carter to crack eggs. 
It's going ok, but it is always the FIRST
thing to go in in case some shell falls
in too!

After it was all mixed up he added the color.
He wanted to mix his own colors.  Here,
he's starting to make green.

Here, it's purple!

All done and cooled.  He was ready to add icing!

Sprinkles too.

All done!

YUMO!

Lincoln zoo

This morning we decided to headed to one of our favorite spots in Lincoln, the children's zoo. I just love their zoo because everything is at a kids level, it's very walkable for everyone , and it'a something different than Henry Doorly. We got an extra special treat and got to go on a camel ride. The camels name was Goliath and he was 8 feet tall.

GOLF!

Dustin decided that Carter needed a golf club all his own.  SO, after a quick trip to Dick's the boys were out back with practice balls and Carter J's very own golf club.

Daddy teaching Carter how to hold the club.

Now, how to swing the club.

Practicing together.

Later, they hit the driving range.



Followed by some putting practice.

Finally, some mini golf. 

His victory "YES!"

Saturday morning shopping

We had to get some things for breakfast, so off to Hyvee we went. They have the cutest little shopping carts and so Carter was in charge of the shopping this morning! :)

Box painting

Before recycling day tomorrow, Carter and I decided to decorate a big box. He mixed colors and made purple and orange, while I opted for a flower scape.
Then, we painted a hot wheels and made paint tracks. Happy Monday!

Puffy paint

This morning Carter and I decided to try a project I found in a friend's Family Fun magazine.  Here's the directions:

First, we mixed up the puffy paint.

Next, we used "special" paint brushes.

After painting we popped them into the microwave and our puffy paint pictures were done.

Just some of Carter's creations. :)