Happy 2nd Birthday Ian!

Last Sunday we traveled to Asheville to celebrate Cousin Ian's second birthday! Carson had a BLAST!!! They had a huge blow-up bouncy castle with a slide, face painting, and balloon animals at the party. Carson was the oldest child-guest, so he was KING of the jump castle. It is amazing for me to see how much he loves these inflatable toys. I can vividly remember ALL of the times he was TERRIFIED to even enter one. Ella Roo had a wonderful time "running" all over Aunt Karen and Uncle Charlie's BIG porch. Dawson and Ella "drove" around while Carson jumped and had his multiple body parts painted! He wasn't satisfied with just the face.

Thursday Thirteen #12

Thirteen Random Things Carson Loves Right Now

He HAS to watch Tom and Jerry before going to bed each night!

With it being football season, what could you expect!?

He really likes Yogos, but I think Stackers are becoming his favorite! I couldn't find a pic of those though.

We just have a whole pumpkin full of this JUNK!!!! He is limited to "one" treat every day or so from his pumpkin. I am hoping his daddy will take care of the rest!

Double Dare 2000 has made our lives much easier lately. In the mornings, we have a race to see who can get dressed the fastest. The winner receives the FLAG!

He loves learning about the Native Americans who lived on the "airplanes".

Any bottled water will do!

His mommy is not a huge fan of Crocs with socks, but there is no convincing him!

Car is a REAL reader now. He has read 67 pages of Dick and Jane all by himself this week!

One glass of chocolate milk is NEVER enough!

He is convinced if he tried hard enough he would be able to find a dinosaur roaming the earth somewhere.

NO COMMENT!

A LOVE I hope NEVER fades!

Our Little Cutie Patootie!

It was so cold tonight we had to put on our first real winter hat before going to Grammy and Papa's for dinner! Roo was so cute in her little hat Aunt Lizzie bought for her! By the way, Ella's new favorite thing to do is to stick out her tongue! :) She's waiting patiently to taste the SNOW!

A Cassidy Feast!

Carson is blessing our meal.

Carson has been learning all about the first big Thanksgiving feast. He wrote me a letter at school today asking me to help him remember that he needs to take in one can of evaporated milk for his Thanksgiving feast at school. For dinner, he set up his own little "feast". It took him at least thirty minutes to set everything up just right. He invited all of his "pets" and his family. I am not sure why the "feast" had to be in the corner of our living room on top of his puzzle container by the front door and on the floor, but it was so special! He never ceases to AMAZE me!

On a side note, as I was waiting for the video to upload and making Ella's bottle, Carson came up to me and said, "I have a secret!" I asked what his secret was. He proceeded to tell me exactly what I thought he would say, "Mommy we can have a special DESSERT at our feast!"

Whew ! What a Halloween!

There should be a law that school should be canceled on Halloween and the day after. After teaching or trying to teach 40 hyper children all day, I was exhausted when it came time to celebrate with my own two children!

Our Halloween started with Carson dressing up as a soldier for his school Halloween festivities. When I picked him up from school, he was already planning what he was going to dress up as for trick-or-treating. It went from being a Power Ranger to a race car driver. When we got home, he suited up in his Jeff Gordon race suit, his black racing gloves, and his Spiderman sunglasses. His daddy helped him get ready while I attempted to get Ella dressed up as a cute caterpillar! That's a whole other story. The costume that I waited until the VERY LAST moment to try on her DIDN'T fit! She couldn't move in it, and the head portion fell right over her eyes. The costume didn't even last long enough for me to get a picture. Needless to say I was heartbroken. This was Roo's first Halloween, and I didn't have her a costume. I called Aunt Lizzie in a panic and asked her to please stop by Halloween Express to see what they had left. Being the WONDERFUL aunt that she is, she did and called me to say that the costumes were still 27.00. Yikes! As much as I wanted Ella to be dressed up, I just couldn't justify spending 27.00 on something she would wear one time. Ella ended up wearing a cute pumpkin outfit that Aunt Lizzie bought her awhile back.

As soon as we finally all got ready, we ventured to Grammy and Papa's house for our weekly spaghetti dinner. Carson and Ella trick-or-treated at Grammy's and received some pretty nice treats. Ella received her very first Barbie doll, a Halloween Barbie at that. Savannah came by to trick-or-treat, and Carson enjoyed giving her her treats! During dinner Sarita came over and brought a delicious cake from my favorite bakery. I have been dieting, but I did have a little slither. Carson and his daddy enjoyed a HUGE piece!

After leaving Grammy and Papa's house, we drove to Rose Marie's house. She had Ella and Carson some great treats! The saddest thing about the visit was when I was taking Ella out of Rose Marie's arms, she begin crying!!! She wanted Rose Marie and NOT her mommy. As soon as Rose Marie took her back, the crying stopped. Roo is definitely spoiled rotten! We have the BEST sitter in the world.

Our big event of the evening was trick-or-treating in Vance's neighborhood. The boys all loaded up in the back of Chad's truck and were gone. They spent about one hour trick-or-treating in the neighborhood while Ella rocked with Annie on the neighbor's porch. Carson and Vance came back with tears rolling down their cheeks. Some really scary guys chased them. Because of the scare, Carson made the decision that he would not go trick-or-treating in Vance's neighborhood next year. Maybe Vance will have to come to ours.

At about 9:30 we ventured out to G.G.'s house. She had great treats for both Car and Ella. Ella was sound asleep during this visit and it was way past Car's bedtime, so we didn't stay too long.

We FINALLY made it back home from our venture all around the town at about 10:00! Five o'clock came WAY too early the next day!

Boo in the Zoo!

Carson, Ella, and I ventured out by ourselves to Boo in the Zoo because their daddy was working. It was quite an adventure because I don't like to drive anywhere that I do not know very well. Anyway, we made it safely and had a great time! We met up with the Cumming and Goode family. Carson had a blast with Hayden and Alex. Ella enjoyed strolling around watching the BIG boys!

Happy Birthday Dawson!

Last weekend we traveled to Grandma Bobbie's house to celebrate Cousin Dawson's 2nd Birthday. Despite the fact that the children couldn't play on the playground at McDonald's during the party because of rain the night before, they seemed to enjoy Happy Meals, cake, and running around.

Too Funny!

I try to ask Carson each day after I pick him up about what he has learned at school that day. Today was so exception, but the response I received made me say WOW! He told me that they had been learning about Native Americans. So of course, being the teacher that I am required him to expand on that... I asked him what he had been learning about Native Americans. He said that instead of being "number tables", they are now tribes. He explained that he is part of the Apache. I asked him what he knew about the Apache. He explained that they lived on the Plains, they lived in tepees, they ate the meat of animals, and so on. He even went on to say that Will Eli's Native American name is Running Bull. I am AMAZED that he is learning exactly what I have just finished covering in my fourth grade social studies class. (It's part of our SC standards) Mrs. Turner has been an AMAZING teacher thus far. It blows me away how much he has already learned in 4K.

When we got home, he began telling Rose Marie about the Native Americans upon my request. He would just tell her one fact at a time, and I would have to ask him another question to get him to tell her more. Well...after I asked him to tell Rose Marie where the Apache lived he said with great confidence in his voice, "They're the ones who lived on the airplanes!"

Maybe he doesn't understand as much as I thought he did... THIS AGE IS TOO CUTE! :)