A Day Out With Thomas!

We drove down to Roaring Camp Railroad today to take Carter to A Day Out With Thomas. We went last year as well, and we had a great time. Carter enjoyed it as much as he did last year, and it was nice to get out and enjoy a nice summer day as a family! Here are a few of our MANY pics!

The last pic is kind of silly looking if you don't know what you're seeing. Carter looks angry with his pursed lips! LOL! In fact, he was quite happily *doot doot*-ing a long with the music they played on the train. He has the same CD in the car, so he sang along the whole time!

*ADULT SIDENOTE* Steve and I LOVE to make fun of this one song. We refer to it as "Songs that sound dirty, but aren't". They played it as we were getting off the train and the two of us burst out laughing. The song is about Donald (the train) finding a duck in his coal car. But the song starts off something like "There's a quacker in my tender, it makes me feel so good..." The more you listen to the words, the worse it sounds.

Info...

A few people have commented on Carter's fidgeting at his neck in the freeze dance video (#3). Want to know what he was doing? In all seriousness...

A few of the older girls had off the shoulder shirts and Carter wanted to get his tee off the shoulder too. What a kid!

One more...

One more layout! This was is lumpy, so it was hard to photograph or scan. Carter LOVED playing in the sand in Hawaii - so much fun!!

Layouts!

Here's two new layouts! Both made with the Basic Gray Origins line. Enjoy!

Someone is going to be 4!

I seriously can't believe it!!! How did 4 years fly by??! I thought these movie style ticket invites were super cute. I matted them on some cardstock and tada...perfect invitiations! Carter has been asking for a "Woody" party since last year. He loves Toy Story, and even Buzz...but all in all, he LOVES HIS WOODY!

And finally...part 3!

After the mini-class, all the kids were invited up to do freestyle. They played Freeze Dance. This is one of Carter's favorites, so he really got his dance on! LOL

We also signed up for the Tanforan email club while we were there. For signing up you got to spin their prize wheel. Most of the slots were for a toy (a little spring), or a "surprise". There was one tiny spot for a gift card. Carter was SUPER keen on spinning the wheel thinking he would win a toy. Well, as luck would have it, he landed smack on the tiny gift card! So, we got a $10 GC to Baker's. Not sure how far that would go there...but mommy shall be shopping regardless! ;) Carter was uber sad he didn't get the toy - LOL - so the poor lady manning the booth took pity on him and gave him a slinky spring.

Following that, we decided to finish up the day with a trip to the library. They were having a magic show there. Carter LOVED it. Afterwards they also had free ice cream and popscicles. It was fun! It was not fun however, to realize that we'd been there 1.5hrs and the parking out front (which is super limited to begin with) is only an hour. I came out to see the parking enforcement checking out the cars all over the street. So, we raced back to the car and narrowly missed getting a ticket. Whew! However, I personally think it's kind of mean of the city to cash in on kids hour at the library - esp when City Hall is right next door. Hope all our friends also managed to avoid the fines! :S

Hip Hop part two...

For whatever reason, Blogger is not letting me upload more than one video per post...so sorry, you have to see each video in it's own post...

Here is the actual routine - them learning it.

Hip Hop at Tanforan

Today at Tanforan (mall) they had a free kids activity - Hip Hop Class. Since Carter LOVES to dance, I thought he would love it. He was a bit shy at first, but totally got into it. He was one of the littlest ones too!

This video is the warm-up!

For a Cause...

Steve's company is collecting new backpacks and school supplies for kids who would otherwise have none. Today we took Carter shopping and got a little boy going to Kindergarten this fall all decked out with new school gear! (It was pretty fun considering I LOVE to shop the back-to-school stuff!)

Help a child in need and donate! Here's the foundation we went through - Family Giving Tree. If you're not local to this though, I bet there is a similar drive in your area!

Oh...and Old Navy has some awesome backpacks on sale this week - $9!

Sneaky Peek!

Don't forget to mark your calendars for August 14th! WeScrap will be hosting a mini album themed blog hop! Lots of inspiration, and a few prizes too I hear! I'll be giving away a RAK to one lucky reader who leaves a comment on my album that day too!

Here's a little sneak peek of the mini album I'm working on! ;)

Carter loves Addison!

Carter had a super fun time at Addie's birthday party last weekend! The two of them are so cute together!

Pulgas Water Temple

Last week, while my parents were here, we took a mini trip to the Water Temple. We'd never been, but it's a super pretty place! I found out you can even get married here (and it's cheap!). Awesome location! We had a fun time walking around and enjoying the sun. Carter had fun doing laps around the gravel pathway (which was actually pretty long!). He was TIRED that night! LOL.

Summer Camp!

Carter's been attending the Day Camps through the San Bruno Rec Center for the past 2 weeks. We (Steve and I) thought it would be a good learning experience for him to try something out of his comfort zone - aka, something where his usual group of friends wasn't necessarily there. He knows a few kids, but his besties are all off doing something else. It's been rough - some tears and asking to go home. He's all smiles when I pick him up though...it's just getting him to stay in the first place! Here he is posing (last week) with my dad. He's showing off his camp tee.

Happy Birthday Brooke!!

Today was Carters friend Brooke's birthday party. Carter and Brooke are two peas in a pod, so he was VERY excited to go to the party! We had a fun time watching the kids play in the bounce house, demolishing the Dora pinata, and eating LOTS of yummy yummy food!

Happy Birthday Bubby!

It's not actually my dad's brithday yet...but he's going to be 65 in a few month, so we decided to have a little party while they are visiting us this week to celebrate. Of course it looks a little more like Carter's birthday, since he's opening the gifts and blowing out the candles! Little guy can't wait to have his own party!

The cake turned out pretty well. I found the recipe online, and hoped for the best. It was fat free, sugar free, and lactose free. Didn't sound that good! haha! I used a sugar free/fat free angel food cake and used sugar free jello orange for the filling. The icing is fat free/sugar free pudding with cool whip - of course the non-fat, sugar free variety! I added mandarin oranges on top to make it pretty. It actually tasted pretty darn good!

Snorkeling!

I asked Nancy if I could scrapbook this photo! LOL - it cracks me up everytime I see it! Steve and Nancy planned to go snorkeling in Hawaii, and got all ready to go at the turtle beach in Wailea. Didn't turn out great though...the water was rough, and they didn't see much...and no turtles to be seen. Carter and I did see lots of crabs as we walked around the driftwood though. Regardless, I got a silly pic out of the whole thing! ;)

In other news, I whipped this up while Carter was sleeping. Poor little guy is under the weather I think. It's 10am right now and he's not made a peep from his bed. :(

Get ready for a Bloghop!

Make sure to mark your calendars! Be sure to check back for lots of fun, inspiration...and maybe even some prizes!!!

Hot Fun!

Here's another Layout of Carter in Hawaii. I made this one for a challenge over at Scrapbook Star!

The Beach!

Here's a new layout I made up in literally 20 minutes! I plopped the papers down and looked at them and loved how they looked design-wise. Got out my glue and a few minutes later, I had this!



The cute story behind this is in the journaling. Carter sure didn't like being splashed in the face. He wasn't very happy with Daddy for "letting" him get splashed either. After begging to go "Buggie Boarding" (Carter speak), he refused to try it again, and spent the rest of our time at the beach making sandcastles.

WeScrap July Reveal!

Here's a look at what you can do with the fabulous July kit from Wescrap!