New obsession

If you know Carson, you know when he likes something he LOVES it. I say all the time, he only makes friends for life. He find something he likes to do and he does it as long as we will let him. This weekend, his obsession is his bike. Last week, a 3 year old neighbor pulled out his bike with out training wheels. C saw this and decided it was time to loose his. (Asher did not ride his without the training wheels that night, but it motivated Carson) He tried a few time that night and did well. I tried to help him on Thursday after school, but I let him fall before he was even going. So, Friday afternoon, Jeff took him to a flat part of the neighborhood, and he took off. He has probably spent 5-6 hours riding his bike around the cul-de-sac since then. I hope to have a video, but I have not loaded it yet.

Yesterday, Jeff and I decided Macie needed to go see Dora Live. We were able to get tickets, so Jeff and Macie went on a date to the theater this afternoon. I hope he took some pictures. She loves Dora and was excited to go see the show. Carson and I spent the morning at White Water since Macie got to do something fun. He had a great time, but we did not try too many of the rides. Of course he loved all of the ones I could get him to try. I don't have any pictures because Jeff had the camera and it was a little wet.

Hope you are having a great weekend. We are loving the cooler weather this afternoon (since I am sitting outside wathching Carson ride his bike!)

Busy girl

I tried to get these pictures from Snapfish. They are too big. But, if you click on the photo, you can see the entire image. I will try to figure out how to make them smaller.

Since Carson started school, I thought Macie would be missing her brother. So, she has had lots of activity. Last week she was in a 5 day Abrakadoodle camp. She loved it. Maybe I will get some pictures of all her work. On a side note, she did a great job sitting and listening. as long as I did not try to give her artistic advise she was a perfect little angel.

Of course everything is better with a friend. Her best bud Addison was there, too. How cute are they making their train engineers?
Our dance class also started last week. I love how Macie looks like a real ballarina here. I will have to get more pictures from class. They dress up like a book each week and do tap and ballet.
We also went to the new fountains not to far from us. The girls loved it. Macie lasted a very short amount of time though. I thought she would stay forever. We even ran into some of our friends from music class when the girls were babies. It was fun to see them so much bigger.


Connor went with us, too. But, Macie was never close enough to get a picture together.

Trouble

Macie has been busy getting into trouble while Carson is in school. She has had several activities too. But, I thought I would share some of the trouble she finds

Looking cute in the car seat. But, she had been pitching a fit so she has her pacie.

This is her trying her hand at photography. Or, you could say this is Macie taking things mommy doesn't want her to touch.
And my favorite. Macie after trying to put some make up on her face. This was the first of two times the same day she tried to put on mascara. She was suppose to be taking a nap when I took this picture. I don't have a picture of the second time. All I can say, is she use to try to use mascara as lip stick, so I guess we are making progress. (She is crying because she got in trouble)

So far so good

So far the week has gone well. Carson says he is not talking to kids, but his teacher told me he is playing with kids on the playground. We are trying to make him be friends with a little boy named Jack. He lives in our neighborhood and was at the pool with us a good bit this summer. I keep telling him it will give him someone else to play with next summer.

He has reported on the behavior of the kids everyday. They pull a colored card if they misbehave. They loose 5, 10 15 minutes or all of recess depending on the # of cards they pull. So far 2 different kids have pulled the blue 10 minute cards. One little boy who lost 10 minutes yesterday did not pull any today. I just think it is funny that he gives me the details daily. He does not know many names, but I am sure he will soon be reporting by name. And, he will be devastated if he has to pull a card.

If I get pictures loaded I have a Macie post coming.

He came home

Carson is home from his first day of school. He survived. Macie and I survived. Now, she is sleeping and he is playing Mario cart. He says his favorite part of the day was Rest time because he was so hot and tired from the recess. He did not get to go to PE because some of the kids did not wear tennis shoes. They changed the menu at lunch, and he ate a banana, some apple sauce and milk. He said he did not have time to eat his cookie.

Macie was ready for him to come home by 1. She would not go to sleep, so we went to the gym at about 1. She had already tried to walk out of the garage to go get him. Here are some of the picutres waiting for him to get home and when he got off the bus. He could not find us at first, so he stood on the bus looking for us. Then he had to go potty in the neighbors yard because he could not make it home!

Macie and Addie waiting for their brothers.
The bus coming down the road.
Looking for us.
Getting off
And being greeted with a hug from his sister. The picture is bad because I was zoomed in, but I had to post it.
Hopefully, I will get more out of him in the next couple of hours.

He's off

It has started. Today is Carson's first day of Kindergarten. We set his alarm for 6:15. Before I was even out of bed, he was out of his room with his clothes in hand. Jeff got up early and made some bacon. Carson picked bacon, fruit and yogurt for his first breakfast. He ate, got dressed, brushed his teeth, and was ready to go. He was really excited. We took some pictures on the front porch like we do every year.


Troy was very interested in what we doing outside when it was still dark!
Jeff left to go out of town before we left for the bus stop. We woke Macie up and started the .17 mile treck to the bus stop. The county gave us a paper that told us the distance. I was not happy about having to get Macie out of bed, but it was too big of a risk to leave her at home.
This is Carson's buddies at our bus stop. Carson, Ryan, Carter, and Miles. Ryan and Miles are starting 1st grade, so they were telling the boys what to do. We also met a new little boy named Christian. He was shy since we just met him, but he is in Carter's class.
Carson and his best buddy Carter.
All the kids lined up to get on the bus ..Mitzi, I blurred the county name for you!

Some how, Carson ended up being the last one on the bus. If you look really closely you might be able to see Cole sitting in the front seat. He is the stop before us.
So, the next 13 years of his life begin of school. I am looking forward to him coming home and telling me about his day. There are 7 kids from our neighborhood in his class. He doesn't really know them, but I am hoping he will. There is a chance he will get a new teacher in the next week of 2. There are 22 or 23 kids in all the classes. I think they are suppose to max out at 22. So, it looks like they will hire a new teacher and start a new class. I just hope they do it soon so it won't be a big deal.