Takin' It Easy...

I took Carter to the doctors this morning since he was feeling ill most of the weekend. He had a fever, but overall I just figured it was a bad cold and they'd send us home with instructions to rest up. Nope, poor guy was suffering with a double ear infection and a case of Bronchitis! Good thing is, looks like he's not infectious (anymore...I am hoping to ward off the illness myself).

This photo is another of my favorites from the picnic last week. He and his friend Andy were lounging in Andy and his sisters' chairs. I turned my back for a minute, and he really took the "lounging" to a whole new level!

Going for it...

These photos of Carter from New Years Eve last year just crack me up! Carter had been eyeing these tacky sunglasses in the $bins at Target for weeks, and I finally broke down and bought them - of course considering the scrappiness of the potential photo I could get! I put them away, and gave them to him on NYE. My mom had the crown, and broke out the blowers. The kid put the whole get-up on himself, and boy did it make for a cute photo op! :)I was anxious to scrapbook them right away, but the cuteness of them made me want to get my LO "just so". This week I saw a new sketch site posted on Jemma's blog, and I figured I'd take a look. The sketch just happened to go well with the photos and the papers I'd chosen for these pics, and the whole layout came together in less than 30minutes! I liked it so much I decided to throw my hat in the ring for the DT call as well. I love working with sketches, so this would be right up my alley...wish me luck!

You can check out the new sketch blog here: http://www.twistedsketches.com/

Preschool Picnic!

Yesterday was the Calvary Preschool year end picnic. It wasn't actually a very nice day for a picnic (cold and windy), but the kids had a great time. Carter came home and took a 2.5 hr nap!

Here are a few photos from the day:

Carter playing in the bark with the trucks - he did that for almost 45mins!
Hotdogs for lunch! Mmmm...hotdogs! I looooove hotdogs! LOL

This HAD to be the highlight of the day - serve your own lemonade. Carter caught onto this waaaay too fast for Mommy's liking!

Carter with his preschool buds - Brooke and Bernard. Eating lunch, and being silly!

Sliding at the park. Climb, slide, repeat...he loved this!

Picking flowers for Mommy. Thanks Carter!

Only another 10 days or so and the summer preschool program starts. Carter will be going by himself to preschool now that he is over the minimum 2yrs/9mos. Previously it was more of a playgroup where I stayed. He is quite excited to go, and even more excited that he has a brand new Thomas backpack to take with him. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few tears on that first day alone though (from Carter AND me!) ;)

San Bruno Posy Parade 2009!

This has been a crazy week! My parents were here visiting from Canada, and we just seemed to go go GO! Finally getting around to downloading the hundreds of photos we took, and just relaxing a bit in general. It was a good week though, and we had tons of fun!

The highlight of the week was Sunday's Posy Parade in San Bruno. The Mother's Club I belong to decided to participate this year and build our own float! We had a big float buliding party on Friday night, and then marched in the parade on Sunday. The big excitement was that we actually won for our float! It was chosen as 2nd place! :)

Here's a few photos from the day!

Carter and Sean waiting for the parade to start!

Jenny and I posing with the new SBMC banner!

The crew marching in the parade!

Carter and Sean in the wagon during the parade Being monkeys... :)

The float made it to the end of the parade in one piece! It was WINDY!

The trophy we won!

Christmas in July!

I decided the blog looked a little bland without a photo in the last two posts, so I went looking for one! :)

Here's a layout I did recently using the awesome holiday line from Cosmo Cricket. I'm happy with how the layout turned out (although the scanned image looks a bit bland - sorry). The real cuteness of it is told in the journaling though... Christmas Eve 2008. Carter was ready for bed and we started the tradition of putting out a letter with cookies and milk for Santa. Carter wasn't quite 2.5 yet, so I didn't know how he'd respond to it all. He ended up really getting in the spirit though, and was quite excited for Santa to come. Well, next thing we know he's gone and picked up a cookie and taken a bite. Steve and I both gasped (playfully) at the same time and said "Carter, that was SANTA'S cookie".

Well! The poor little guy looked astonished and burst into tears. He was so afraid that Santa wouldn't come. He spit out the cookie pieces! Lucky Grandma came to the rescue with a new cookie for Santa and Christmas was saved! :)

Slow on the updating...sorry!

I've made a few cards recently - including some very cute (IMHO anyways) Elmo bday cards. I will take some photos and post them soon.

My parents arrived yesterday, and we've been showing them around the Bay Area. Today we went to Half Moon Bay and just walked around. After that, Carter and I came home for a rest, and mom and dad headed to Burlingame Avenue to have a walk around. Tomorrow they have a very exciting trip to the mall planned! LOL. I think we'll try and do a little better this weekend, and actually get them into the city. Fisherman's Wharf, and the Golden Gate Bridge!

Tomorrow they are going to sit for us, so Steve and I can go on a date night! All-you-can-eat Sushi and a movie. Awesome! :)

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