I Painted Today

Okay, so this will perhaps be one of the most embarrassing posts that I will ever post, but there comes a time when we all have to swallow our pride just to share a funny story. Dan's Mom-Mom (grandmother) is in town from Florida, and in anticipation of her arrival for a visit this morning, I cleaned our bedroom. Apparently I cleaned the room very well because when Carter saw it for the first time, this was his reaction, "Wow (looking around the room), Mommy you painted (wants to touch the 'wet paint' [really our comforter and pretty pillows] on our bed)". The room looked so different he thought I had painted it. How funny is that!?

The Time Has Come

What time? you may ask. Well, Carter is now greeting us in the hallway when he should be in bed. Yup, he is now climbing out of his crib and roaming around the upstairs. Grammie came to watch the boys for me the other day, and while she was downstairs with Camden, Carter came down the stairs and greeted her and proudly announced, "Carter's up!". Ugh.... I have not been looking forward to this.

6 Months Old (Already)

Camden had his 6 month visit with the pediatrician this afternoon and he is weighing in at 20 lbs. and 15 oz. and is 27 3/4 inches long/tall. We can't believe he is already 6 months old. Does anybody have an extra pair of time brakes sitting around that we might be able to borrow for a while, or at least until the boys go off to college?

BUS!

For as long as Dan and I can remember, Carter has been completely and totally obsessed with school buses. He absolutely LOVES them! When he sees one he always hollers out "BUS!", and he gets all excited and tells me to hurry up and get his backpack so he can get on the bus. We used to take early walks around the neighborhood just to watch the buses pick up the children and carry them off to school.
As I was pulling into the BJ's parking lot yesterday, we saw a school bus in the parking lot. I got the boys out of the car and started heading towards the store. As we approached the front door, the bus started rounding the corner and stopped in front of the store. I stopped to let Carter watch the people get on the bus and he started jumping up and down he was so excited. THEN, the bus drive said, "Want to get on?". Holy moly, our lucky day. Carter was FINALLY going to get on a school bus. It was so super sweet of the driver to offer, I could just kiss her! He ran up the stairs and sat down without even looking behind him. He had a smile plastered on his face from ear to ear. I was so happy for him.
We spent a minute or two on the bus, and Carter was so thrilled. I feel sorry for him though, because he will be home schooled, he won't have the whole bus experience...you know, gum in the hair, spit out and then back in the window, fist fights, pushing, bullying...oh, wait...maybe I don't feel so sorry for him after all. Anyways, we had a great day yesterday.

Go Night-Night Baby, Night-Night

I have had to help Camden learn how to fall asleep on his own lately. He is finally in his own bedroom and in his own crib. When I put him down for the night, he still cries a bit before settling down sometimes.
Tonight was one of those times, he decided he wanted to cry instead of sleep. While he was crying a bit, Dan, Carter and I were all in the bonus room listening to him on the monitor. All of a sudden we heard Carter over the monitor saying, "Go night-night baby, go night-night, okay", and we heard the nursery door shut. He had gone into Cam's room and had told him to go night-night. It was so cute! He came back into the bonus room and proudly told us what he had just done.

Ice Cream, Ice Cream, We all Scream for Ice Cream

Carter enjoyed his very first ice cream cone yesterday while we were at the zoo. He screamed every time Dan took it away for drip control. He was covered in chocolate by the time he was done, but it was just too darn cute to worry about the mess!



UPDATE:
Does anyone have any (bleach free) ideas about how to get chocolate ice cream out of a white shirt? I applied stain remover immediately upon our arrival home, then I soaked it in cold water with detergent overnight before washing it, and NONE of the ice cream came out! H E L P

NC Zoo

After waking up early this morning, we decided to spend our Memorial Day at the Asheboro Zoo. We picked up Grammie, who was sweet enough to come with us, and arrived at the zoo by 10:00 this morning. The parking lots were already filling up quickly, so we prepared ourselves for quite a crowd. The weather was beautiful so we took our time and enjoyed the day. Carter and Camden were great, with only a threat of a meltdown. This was our first trip to the zoo with the boys so we were excited to show Carter all the animals.
The zoo prides itself on tremendously realistic habitats for the animals. However, because the exhibits are so realistic, and large, it was hard to see the animals. Once we arrived in the North America region, Carter enjoyed playing on the playground and the polar bear and sea lions did not disappoint, we saved the best for last.
When it was time to go, about 5 hours later, Dan heard that there was a four mile traffic back up all the way back to HWY 64 and that the zoo was turning people away because the parking lots were full. So, as a public service announcement from me to you, don't go to the zoo on Memorial Day. It was packed!

Wet Paint

We FINALLY painted our shutters this past weekend. For those of you who didn't know, or who have chosen to forget, our shutters were previously a weird purpley-maroon color that the previous owners had chosen. Not so nice. After living here for three years, however, I had totally gotten used to the color. I never even noticed it anymore, but it drove Dan NUTS! Dan always felt that it was the color an annoying neighbor would choose just to be obnoxious. And...as it turns out...that was the case! Our neighbors, from across the street, came over tonight and thanked us for painting them blue. They told us they were "much easier on the eyes". We are so embarrassed that we didn't paint them earlier.

Here is a picture from last Halloween showing some of the original color:

Camden's Crawling!

For a while now, Camden has been sitting up by himself pretty well. He has been pushing himself up into the seated position for a little over a week, and now he is mobile! He isn't even 6 months old yet. Check out the video to see for yourself. He LOVES to attack his brother's puzzles.

Carter finally stopped to enjoy a moment with Nana.

My mom did our laundry pretty much the whole time we were there.

Here's Cam getting ready for a bath (just kidding).

This was the day after we got home. Carter had covered everyone with a blanket and said they were all cozy.