Bye, Bye Tooth #2

Three and a half weeks later and Carson loses another tooth! I wonder how much the tooth fairy will bring tonight?!?!

25 Questions

Here are the 25 questions I ask Carson each year on his birthday. It's so fun seeing how his answers change each year.

1. What is your favorite book? 
A: "That's a good question..."

2. What is your favorite movie?
A: Polar Express

3. What is your favorite food?
A: Chicken on the bones

4. What is your favorite TV show?
A: Beyblades

5. How did you like being five years old?
A: I liked making cool creations {with Legos} when I was five.

6. What is your favorite color?
A: Gold

7. What is your favorite treat?
A: Lollipops

8. What is your favorite song?
A: The Beyblade theme song

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: Teacher

10. What is your least favorite food?
A: Crabs

11. What do you want to do when you're six? (Goals?)
A: Buy more Beyblades and Legos

12. What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?
A: Hug her

13. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?
A: Give him a hug

14. What is your favorite thing to do at school?
A: Play during quiet choice

15. What is something Mommy always says to you?
A: Give hugs and kisses!

16. What is something Daddy always says to you?
A: Put your pajamas on!

17. Where is your favorite place to go?
A: Zap Zone (place with bumper cars)

18. What makes you laugh?
A: When people do silly stuff

19. What is your nickname?
A: Bubby

20. What is your favorite toy?
A: Beyblades

21. What makes you sad?
A: When people hurt my feelings

22. What makes you scared?
A: When I'm in the dark and no one is in the room and I hear a spooky noise.

23. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
A: Ride my bike.

24. What is your favorite fruit?
A: Frozen blueberries

25. What is your favorite restaurant?
A: Buffalo Wild Wings {Daddy is so proud!}

Carson turns 6!

Carson turned SIX this past weekend. Being the son of a baker/cake decorator has some advantages and I told Carson he could pick any kind of cake he wanted.  He chose a cherry chip Beyblade cake!

We celebrated by taking two of his friends out to Red Robin for lunch...

...and then to the Zap Zone for bumper cars and arcade games!



The kids turned in their tickets and picked out their prizes.



Prizes included eyeballs, wind up chattering teeth, lollipops, balloons, and candy!



Time to open presents!



What a fun day! Happy Birthday Carson!!

First Night in a Big Girl Bed

Kadence started off her new year in a big girl bed.  A couple weeks ago she learned that she could easily climb in and out of her crib so we new it was time to make the transition.  So on January 1, 2013 Kadence slept for the first time in her big bed.  She has done amazingly well with the transition and doesn't even try to get up after we put her to bed.

The crib is one of the last "baby items" we have left in our house.  Getting rid of her crib and baby bedding will be bittersweet but we are excited to move on to this next stage of our lives.

First Visit from the Tooth Fairy

On December 20, 2012 Carson lost his first tooth!  The tooth fairy visited that night and left Carson $5 under his pillow! Another tooth is loose and will be out soon.

Summer Is Over Already???

I will never understand how time can fly by so quickly. Summer has come and gone and the kids are growing up so fast. Here are a few things that we did this summer, in no particular order.


#1 Carson started Kindergarten!!!!!

Unfortunately on the morning of the first day of kindergarten, Carson woke up with a fever and a very painful sore throat. He had to miss the first 3 days of school because of a virus. :(



So on September 7, 2012 he attended his first day of Kindergarten at Pittsfield Elementary School with Mrs. Duman. He was SO EXCITED!!!

     


#2 Thunder Over Michigan




#3 Fun at Lake Tippecanoe





#4 Carson played Soccer and Tee Ball




#5 Carson learned how to Ride his Bike WITHOUT training wheels!

and last but not least...

#6 Kadence is well underway in the potty-training process and is doing such a good job. We can't wait to be completely done with diapers! :)

Kadence's 2 Year Pictures

Better late then never, at the end of April Kadence turned TWO!  Here are her 2 year stats:

Height: 36.5 inches (97%)
Weight: 25 lb. 15 oz.  (40%)
Head: 19 inches (71%)

At the age of two, Kadence LOVES babies and doggies!  She will point each and every dog out with an excited screech when we see one in public.  She loves to play with her babies, pushing them in a stroller, pretend feeding them, and putting them down for naps telling everyone, "Shhhhhhh!".



Kadence is such a sweet, loving, and easy going toddler. Our late talker is finally showing signs of improvement.  For the longest time she would (and still does) point and grunt at things she wants without trying to say the word. We often joke that Carson does all the talking for her so she doesn't need to. But she's been going to speech therapy since the beginning of March and is finally starting to repeat different vowel and consonant sounds for us. She has also learned quite an array of different signs thanks to her speech therapist, Miss Julia. Her newest word that she just picked up on is Please. She says "Peesh" in the softest, cutest little voice. I'm confident that her speech will take off soon. All things in their own good time...