Happy 4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July down south in Missouri this year with friends and family. It was a 4th full of firsts for Carter. He saw his first parade, had a taste of his first candy (a sucker courtesy of his dad and grandpa), and fireworks (poppers that were a big hit!) We hope you all had a great holiday weekend as well.

Watching the parade with dad

Hmmm . . . . this is good.

So good that I'm not letting go to watch the parade.

Hanging out with grandpa watching the Adrian parade.

He had a blast stomping all these poppers!

He also got to play with some bubbles. One of his favorite things.

On Monday we were supposed to go to Deanna Rose, but it rained so we settled for a "Little Monkey Bizness." Carter loves this place and his favorite place was the bounce house.

He even let mom help him up the BIG slide. He loved it.

Diggin in the rocks

We wanted to get Carter a sandbox, but didn't want the mess or to kill our grass. We recently discovered that we don't need one, he can just play in our walk way to our backyard that is filled with tiny rocks. He loves digging them up, filling his dump truck, and then dumping them out.

Bounce with Carter

Carter loves balls. He loves to throw them, kick them, AND bounce on them. I don't know where he learned how to do this, but it cracks me up!

Nice penguin post

To show you that Carter actually loves penguins here is some (very dark) footage of Carter J chasing the penguins at the zoo. He loves to watch them and run with them as they swim. I hope the video isn't too dark for you to enjoy.

Carter versus penguin

I'm not sure who won, but it was pretty entertaining to watch :)

Chalk experiment

After a scary storm last night, we had beautiful weather today. This evening we decided to give Bubba a chance to try out his new chalk. He loved it. (So much that he had a fit when we took it away for bath time.) His art work is at the bottom of this post, so check it out!

Our little reader

Carter J LOVES books. Always has. Of course, as a teacher this makes me very proud :) I thought you might enjoy some footage of him reading. Also, towards the end you can see him point out a dog on the cover of one of his discarded book. Enjoy!