Jason, Rachel, Carter, Sarah & Oscar
Carter got his face painted like a dinosaur while we were in Disney World. He got comments and stares from people all day. He was in heaven! At one point he began snarling at people when they would look at him. He loved all of the attention.
He just cracks me up everyday! The other morning at breakfast, out of nowhere he said, "My brain isn't working today." I feel ya, dude.
(More random pics from Disney World)
Carter has always been very curious about the birthing process. When I was about to give birth to Sarah he started asking questions about how she would get out of my belly. We tried to just say she comes from Mommy's bottom and leave it at that...that seemed to satify him well enough. Until the other day. He came home from school and said, "Daniel says they have to cut you open to have a baby. Is that right? I thought babies come out of your bottom?"
I can only imagine how this conversation played out by a group of 5 year old boys around the lunch table! I briefly tried to explain that most of the time babies come out of the Mommy's bottom but sometimes there are problems and they have to cut the Mommy's belly and take the baby out.
He was WAY too interested in that whole process! It either traumatized him or inspired him to become an OB/GYN. Only time will tell which is the case.
(Random pictures from Disney World)
I always thought it would be a great thing when Carter learned to read and spell. That is, until it backfired on us. The other night Jason and I were trying to figure out what to do for a punishment for Carter (can't remember what he had done...it all starts to blend together after awhile). One of Jason's suggestions was taking away Carter's football. So that Carter wouldn't know what we were talking about until we were ready to present it to him, Jason spelled a lot of our conversation. Carter, who we have discovered is always listening to us even when we think he's not paying attention, says, "You guys spell stuff so I won't know what you're saying."
Such a smart cookie.
We went on our annual trip to Disney World back in October. This year was a bit different then years past because we drove instead of flew. I was a little nervous about trying to drive 11 hours with 2 small children but overall it went pretty well. I tried to come prepared with lots of snacks, toys, coloring books and even the Wii (Carter loved getting to play his Toy Story game on the van tv). We left after Carter got out of school on a Friday afternoon and drove until about 1:30 in the morning. The kids both fell asleep around Atlanta so Jason and I tried to get as far as we could while we had some quiet time. We finished up the few hours drive we had left the next morning.
The ride home was much easier because pure exhaustion from the busy week had set in so the kids slept most of the way home and we were able to drive straight through.
Stay tuned for pics from our week at Disney!
Sarah loves to put on my shoes and clomp around the house. Here she is showing off my red flats, aka by Carter, my ruby slippers and my black boots.
One of her other favorite activities is to sit on the bathroom counter while I put my make-up on. She comes in the bathroom and says, "You put on make-ups, Mommy? I sit down." The other day she was sitting there playing with the glass canisters we keep q-tips and cotton balls in. I looked over and she had one of them held up to her ear. She saw me looking so she took it from her ear and put it up to mine and said, "Listen, Mom...the ocean!" Really? Where did she learn about ocean sounds and shells? She's never been to the beach!
Sarah loves the Murray Dairy Queen (well, seriously, who wouldn't?). Here Gigi bought her her very own baby dipped cone. She loved every bit of it!
Sarah is such a little sweetie. The other day for the first time she told me she loved me. As I was putting her to bed, I told her I loved her and she responded, "I blav ew." Aww, so precious.
And here's the picture to prove it. Okay, so this picture was taken at Murray State's Homecoming back in October but at least it's a start.
Things have been crazy, as usual, so I have less and less time to blog. But I still think about it everyday (so don't feel so neglected!). I carry around a stack of papers in my purse with things that I still need to write about...unfortunately, the stack continues to grow and the blog continues to sit idle. Oh well, I'll get things under control at some point.
In the meantime, here are a couple of funny things the kids have said:
Carter was sick a few weeks ago so I took him to the doctor. Fortunately, he only had a cold and just needed some rest at home. Once we got home and he rested for awhile I fed him some chicken noodle soup for lunch. Afterward he exclaimed, "Mom! Dr. Moss was right! Soup really DOES make you feel better! He's a genius!" He was back to school the next day...thanks Dr. Moss, I hear you're one smart cookie.
Sarah has really increased her vocabulary over the past few weeks. The other day she was pushing her little toy vacuum around the playroom and said, "Watch out, Carter. I cweaning." What can I say? She's a domestic diva.
