Scooter

As we were playing in the backyard last week Carter discovered a new little friend that he named Scooter. He was fascinated with the little furry caterpillar UNTIL Scooter pooped on him. Then he was done :)

Rainy Day Apple Picking

We were lucky enough to have some of our best friends visit us last weekend. Even though it was rainy and chilly we had lots of outdoor activities planned. Right before they left we decided we would make a trip to Abor Day Farm, in Nebraska City, for apple picking. As we made our way south the rain started picking up and I started questioning our adventure, but Val assured me it would still be fun. So when we arrived we pulled out our umbrellas and jackets.

The rain subsided enough to walk to the top of the observation tower. (Definately not as cool as I thought it would be, but high enough to scare this mama.)

The trail around the observation tower had lots of activities for little ones to enjoy. Carter was really excited about the spider web.

He enjoyed the musical instruments.

He had fun building with the blocks made from different types of wood.

AND THEN we got to do some apple picking. This was also my first time to apple pick, so it was extra special!

We had such a great day and I'm so glad that we got to enjoy it with our good friends!

Friday night Fun!

Carter J LOVES hot dogs, so Dustin decided we should have hot dog roast in our back yard last night. He fired up our fire pit and we got prepared.

Carter was very excited, until he realized it was hot next to the fire. Then, Dustin was all on his own.

Finally, Carter enjoyed an evening bath -- hair style courtesy of dad! :)

Grandma Sherry got Carter a new train station.

First, he had to help dad build it.

Then we had to put it in our HUGE train track already set up.

What more could a little boy want? :)

Enjoy the "All Aboards" and choo-choos!

End of summer catch up

As summer drew to a close I was busy trying to soak up the lazy days.

We spent some time painting . . .

even our faces.

After playing with our neighbors t-ball set we decided Carter needed one of his own. He LOVES it. Although he purposely hits the tee more times than he tries to hit the ball.

Our last weekend before school was in full swing we were lucky enough to have a cook out with some good friends.

Here is Carter enjoying dinner with Brandon.

About 8:30 the kids decided it would be a good time to hop in the pool.

Then we made some s'mores.

At the end of the night, when the kids were overly tired, Kate played Ring Around the Rosie with the boys. She is amazing with the kids.

And last, but not least Carter showed us what he's been learning at school lately, by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance (well, his version at least).

Plant a seed and watch it grow!

SO, Carter has a book about planting seeds and watching them grow. The other day he asked if we could plant some seeds. So, I got some seeds and dad helped do the dirty work!

Do we have everything we need?

Daddy and Carter started putting dirt into the pots.

Then Carter made holes for the seeds.

He worked with Daddy to get those teeny, tiny seeds in the holes.

Then we took them out back and gave them a good watering.

We were back out today to water them again!

Happy Fourth of July!

We spent our first 4th in Nebraska this year. We had some good friends of ours over and enjoyed BBQ and watching the kids play in the pool and shooting off some fireworks and playing with poppers.

Carter's favorite firework was the one with the parachutes. He loved chasing them down!

After a while everyone was hot and sweaty (notice the hair). So we decided to take a bomb pop break.

Then we traveled to another neighborhood with our friends to watch some CRAZY fireworks (and I do mean crazy, we had shrapnel falling on our heads.)

This is Carter with his beloved Kate enjoying the fireworks.

And then the biggest event of the night . . . Carter got to have his first, very own sparkler (or sprinkler according to him). This, of course, scared me half to death, but it had a VERY long stick and he LOVED it.

We had a great day celebrating our countries independence.