Today I took Carter to get his teeth cleaned by Aunt Eika (Erica). He was really excited and he did a very good job. He struggled a little with the flouride part (you can see in the pics). And of course his favorite part was getting a new tooth brush! I was able to snap a few pictures of him and of Bella waiting patiently. After his teeth were a polished and cleaned we ate lunch with Erica and they though that was a real treat except for they missed Cora, Carlton, and Roselyn :)

Tonight Shaun and I took Cavan to "meet you teacher" night and got to see his classroom and tour his school. He is growing up so fast! He seems to really be enjoying first grade and thinks that his teacher is "hilarious." Last night we took him to his first karate class at the YMCA. He said he had a blast and can't wait to go back.

Also, since I am catching up on things we recently got a new puppy! I think we have had him about two weeks. The kids named him Max and so far he has been really good. He is a chocolate lab or as Carter told Aunt Mona when she asked his name... "umm chocolate factory" it took us a minute to figure out what he was talking about. Ha Ha! Anyhow the kids love him and so far he hasn't been to rough for them. They actually have been doing a really good job taking care of him.

First Day of 1st Grade!!

Today was Cavan's first day of first grade!!!. I was only able to snap two quick pictures because the bus came really early for some reason and I think he was a little embarrassed that I was following him trying to take a picture...he barely turned around for me and he was practically all the way on the bus. I miss him already! It was only 12:30 when I looked at the clock thinking it was about time for him to be home... I then thought of how hard it is to send him to school... at least he still comes home each evening... what do parents do when they leave for college!?! I don't even want to think about that yet. Anyhow, Cavan had a really good day... he said his teacher was funny. He was a little disappointed that they didn't get to use their notebooks yet. But he must have really enjoyed seeing his friends again... he said they all played "transformers" at recess and they are going to play again tomorrow. I am really proud of the young man he is becoming... I just can't get over how big he is getting! Carter and Bella must have really missed him too, they both ran and gave him a big hug when he got off the bus!

Emergency Room!

Well, we have had a busy weekend so far. It all began on Thursday evening when instead of heading to Memaw and Pepaws house we made a trip to the ER with Carter who fell and split his head on the coffee table. He ended up leaving with three staples in is head! I do have to say that he did much better than I expected. He was really brave and only whimpered a little when the doctor gave him a shot to numb the area in preparation for the staples. I think he thought he was finished and then she did the staples. He had had all hew could take and burst into tears, each cry getting worse with each staple. I think the red popcicle... and sucker... and icecream helped to make it all better :) Anyhow this delayed our trip to spend the weekend with Memaw and Pepaw and canceled our plans to go go swimming with them on Friday afternoon (Carter couldn't get his head wet for 24 hours). We ended up waiting until Friday morning to head out. We met Memaw, Aunt Brianne and Abbygayle for lunch and then went to the children's museum. The kids all had a blast! The kids have plans of staying the night with Memaw and Pepaw and Shaun and I are going to have a "date night" and pick them up tomorrow afternoon. I am looking forward to a nice romantic evening!!!! Yeah right :)

Catching Up!

So it's been awhile since I've posted... I had a few extra minutes since Cavan went to Reece's house to play for a while and Carter and Bella are taking a nap (I was debating on catching a nap myself but decided to blog instead). Carter is sleeping on his "pile." (I snapped a picture). He has recently decided that he likes to sleep in his "tent" which consists of a large pile of blankets or pillows either on bottom or on top of him. I have let him sleep there for his nap a couple of times and somehow he has made his way down there in the middle of the night the past few nights... or at least that is where I have found him and Cavan in the morning.






Well, I guess I need to catch up on what we have been up to...we have been busy trying to get the most out of our summer before Cavan goes back to school. I can't believe it is already time for him to go back! Oh yeah, how could I forget our latest news... Bella is potty trained (well pretty much) I don't want to jinx us but things went pretty smoothly. For some reason, I decided to tell Shaun that he should take Bella in a let her go to the bathroom and make a big deal out of it since he was going to be home for a couple of days (Toyota's summer shutdown). I thought this might work because she is such a Daddy's girl and loves attention from him :) and WALLAH!! She was potty trained and that was pretty much all it took!!! She loves being a big girl and wearing her underwear :) Ok, it sounds like my peace and quiet is over... Bella is awake and I should probably go get her.

T-ball Trophy

We have had a busy couple of days. On Sunday Carter (along with his cousins Cora, Caleb, and Reegan) had his T-ball pizza party and got his trophy which he was sooooo excited about. After his pizza party we went to the pool for a swim party for all the ball players. The kids had a blast... yeah we had two swim parties on the coldest weekend of the whole summer... I think the kids were all shivering and had blue lips by the time they got out of the water. :)

On Monday night we took the kids to the county fair. Bella loved seeing all of the animals even though she said "mooo" everytime in response to my question on what each of the animals said. She is so funny! We all had fun and ate to much food.

That night as I was tucking the boys into bed Carter's prayer was, "Thank you God for my trophy and for letting me play baseball... and for my trophy. Amen." He is so proud of that trophy!