My boys and teeth

We have been waiting and waiting for these little teeth to pop through.

He would not sit still for me to get a very good picture, whenever he opened his mouth wide enough, he would bounce up and down so fast, I couldn’t take a picture fast enough! We think these 2 pearly whites make him look quite cute.

The day that Cooper cut his first tooth, Carson was trying to take these trios apart with his teeth….

and ended up like this. He came running out to me saying “My tooth is loose!”

He was a little bothered by the blood, but excited at the cash left by the tooth fairy.

First Day of School

A week ago, we had our first day of school. These girlies were pretty excited about heading back to school. I think they get a little sick of hanging out with me over the long summer.

Paige let me get a cute picture of her in her desk. Morgan was a little nervous about going to her class, but a little embarrassed that I would need to walk her to class. So, we certainly did not try to get a picture.

This little boy was REALLY sad when I took his sisters to school, and told him he would have to wait a few hours before it was his turn. He asked me every 30 minutes if it was time for him to go.

He insisted on wearing his new Boise State shirt, that we HAD to buy so that he could match his dad. As we were driving to school, he looked a little nervous, so I asked him if he was OK. He said “I a yittle bit nervous.”

So cute.

I hope he says yittle for a while still, we don’t even try to fix it when he says it wrong.

After the first day!

I told them to stick up the numbers of fingers, so we would know what grade they were in. We tried to get Carson to make a K….I guess backwords works.

Carson's Birthday

Carson has been struggling trying to wait until his birthday. Every morning he has been up checking out my calendar, counting down the days.

It finally arrived.

I wish all of my kids were as easy to pick out presents for as this little boy. He gets so excited about everything.

I don't know where he learned it, but all day long every time I would ask him to do something he would remind me he was the "Birthday Boy." He was seriously milking it for all it was worth!

Snow Break

I love it when that after the kids go back to school after Spring Break for one day, we wake up to LOTS of snow and a Snow Day. I had two mad daughters and a little boy who could not get his snow clothes on fast enough!!

Spring Break...Part Two

The weekend we went to Salt Lake the weather was pretty nice. We were still wearing jackets, but that seemed far better than the coats we had been wearing. After we finished at the children's museum, we decided to take the kiddos to the fountains. It was pretty cute to watch my two middle children run through them like it was the middle of the summer-with jackets and long pants on.

When they decided they were done, Carson was freezing! I had to take his wet shirt off and just put on his jacket to get back to the car.

Luckily we had blankets in the car for them to wrap up in when they stripped down to their undies, for the 20 minute drive to Aunt Sherry's house.

Feels like Spring...

We had such a warm, sunny week. It felt wonderful. Carson decided it was nice enough for a picnic. While I was feeding Cooper a bottle on the porch, Carson set the three of us up with a picnic. He got a blanket, a left-over sandwich for me, and a bowl of ice cream for him and I. He even brought the whole 1/2 gallon outside, and scooped it for us. What a sweet little date.

He loves this ice cream scooper. It is from Aunt Sherry, and it has a pig head on the top. If you fill it with batteries it will make piggy noises at you while you use it.

Lovely.

Cooper was happy. This photo is not figure flattering. The angle of the car seat does a number on his double chin.



My lunch dates.

When it was time for school to get out, we took the baby on his first outdoor stroller ride, to pick up the girls from school. Once they were home, they had to change into summer clothes. They claimed they were roasting.

This picture is a compromise. Paige was quite bummed that I wouldn't let her turn the sprinkler on under the trampoline. I told her we certainly couldn't run through the sprinkler when we still had snow in the back yard. She decided she would have to be content wearing her swimsuit outside, just not getting wet. I did let her have some cookies to make everything all better.

And with the feel of spring, we must have some spring cleaning. Thanks AJ for a tidy garage!

Carson's Artwork

The other day Carson was so bored. I was feeling guilty because he had been watching TV way too much that day, so we decided we would do a little art. I set him up with the supplies he wanted, and then headed to my room to fold laundry. When I came out, it was a huge mess, but when my REALLY excited little boy showed me his masterpieces on the fridge (he hung them up all by himself) it was so worth it.

I took some close-ups of my very favorites. Here is a lovely drawing of his baby brother.

A painting of his baby brother.

His name. He has a little trouble getting that S the right way. He usually makes me draw him dots so he can get it right, but he did pretty good on his own.


Ahhh...my favorite. A picture of his dad driving the 4-wheeler, that is pulling a sled carrying him and his sisters. If you know Carson you know that he is really into "hook-its." This started when we got our trailer and he started helping his dad "hook-up" to the truck. He hooks things to his bike, and loves little toy trucks with trailers. I love how he drew the rope hooking the 4-
wheeler to the sled. This is a favorite activity of this litlte boy. When it snows, he begs to call his dad at work and ask him for a ride after work.

This one he came home from school with the other day. I love these cute little chicks. I also love the big eyes, and long skinny toes!!

Brothers and a half smile

This is as close to a smile that I have been able to get a picture of. He always seems to perform when I don't have a camera close by.

Carson is in love with this baby boy. He is ALWAYS trying to kiss him and hug him-a little too rough at times. I sure think it is cute when they are acting this sweet with each other. ( I am guessing in a little while they won't get along quite so well.)

A few of my favorite boys.

Photography by Carson

Carson really wanted to take some pictures, so I told him he could take just one. Here is what we got.

He seems to be getting better at taking the pictures, maybe not at listening, since I told him to take only one. I am secretly hoping that this means, that deep down inside he really quite likes his big sisters.

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Carson's preschool went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch. He had a great time playing in the hay bale maze, and riding the slide at the end.

He looks so unhappy in all the pictures. He really was happy, but the sun was shining so bright, he was always squinting and scowling. The only good one I got of his face, was his face through the cut out of the lady..oops! That little white pumpkin he is holding in his hands has made on a trip to Salt Lake and he even sleeps with it at night. He keeps waiting and waiting for it to turn orange. We keep trying to break it to him gently that it is a special white pumpkin, it is not going to change colors. Here's hoping he's not too broken hearted, when it starts to go bad and we have to throw it out.