Hats off (or on) to Carson

Carson loves hats - any kind. He is always putting them on. Here are a few pictures of him in his "hats"!

He found Dani's bicycle helmet and had fun trying it on! Everytime he gets on his little truck - he has to wave good-bye to us before he takes off.
His fireman hat - trying to get it on right.
He was playing ball with Dad. The green thing in his hand was his bat. He would pretend to hit the ball and take off running - then run back and start all over again. This kid absolutely loves baseball - watching it on TV and trying to play it himself!

He even had his hat out in his kiddie pool.
Carson thinks he is funny by climbing up in the swing and starting it. He won't stay in it very long - just likes to play with it. I think it is time to put the swing away! And yes - it is another hat!
Just a few random shots of Carson doing other things.
Here he is after finding a piece of chocolate cake that had been thrown away. Does he look like he enjoyed himself? (At least the cake was still in a container and hadn't touched any of the other gargabe when he found it!)

Carson usually loves his bathes. But, this day he decided he didn't want one and went and laid down in the hallway instead.

Cool dude!
After church one Sunday Kendall put his tie on Carson.
I told you before how Carson will watch is Disney's "Three Little Pigs" on youtube. (It's the only thing he will watch besides baseball - and sometimes Sesame Street) Kristi put in on my ipod so Carson could watch it while we were camping a few months ago. It was the only way to get him to lie down to take a nap!Here is Matt and Carson enjoying watching "Three Little Pigs" (Carson isn't the only one who likes it!)
Just a few photos of the life and times with Carson. He keeps us all entertained and busy!

(Is he spoiled yet?)

Celebrating Kris' Birthday

Kris came over Sunday evening to have a small celebration for his birthday. For some reason he wouldn't sit in the "birthday chair". I guess he would rather sit by Mikel on the couch - imagine that! He had an earlier celebration with his family and Mikel - so the presents were sparce at this one. He got some popcorn he really likes and a camo shirt, and some money to buy a hat he wants. (I wasn't sure which one he wanted so he can go get it himself!)

Here he is with Mikel and his presents.

He didn't want a cake - so Mikel made him brownies instead. Brownies go good with homemade ice cream.
Caron was upset because he wanted to open the presents. Is he getting a little spoiled yet?
Happy -late - birthday Kris. We like having you around.

More Mischief Making

Carson is just been full of - well - you can fill in the blank.

Last night - I was in my bedroom taking care of a few things. Doug had left to go back to work to get some things done. Jason, Kristi, Dani and Carson were all in the family room area - or so I thought. When I went to check on everyone - this is what I found.

Somehow Carson had gotten into my cupboards (which have magnetic locks on them) and pulled out a brand new opened can of oatmeal. It was EVERYWHERE!
He was picking it up and throwing it, having a fun 'ol time. Of course, I had to hurry and get my camera.
After throwing it - he started using it as a slip/slide. More fun for him - oatmeal spread out even farther for me to clean.. When I showed Doug these pictures, he told me Carson is going to think this is all funny - because I take pictures instead of getting mad at him right away. What do you think? Pictures or an immediate time-out?

By the way - keep an eye on Jo's blog (family or photography, not sure which). She is going to put another one of Carson's mischief tricks he did at her house today while she was babysitting him for me while I went to physical therapy for my knees. Yea - he's on a roll!

Big Time Mischief!

What a troublemaker this little kid was today! And no - this pictures was from last month at a happier time! First it was just little things - spilling my big cup of ice and water all over, making a mess at lunch, pulling things off the counters, (and more)- just the normal, everyday mis-haps that little hands make - especially Carson. Then - it happened. Somehow, somewhere he got a hold of a bottle of gun cleaning solvent (blame his Dad) - and poured it out on my bedroom set, my bed/pillows, everywhere. What a mess - and what a smell! I stripped my bed, cleaned up my bedroom set (which it took off the varnish) - and my room still stinks. It's giving me a headache. Then, tonight when we went to start the humidfier - we find all sorts of things he dropped down into the fan. Good thing we had that talk at conference about laughing at yourself and other things when they happen. Good thing I love my son. Good thing he is so dang cute most of the time!

Clear All Sidewalks!

Today was the big day - Jason got his driver's permit. He even passed the written exam on his 1st try! Congratulations Jason! I'll have to be sure and let everyone know when he is going to be driving, so you can be sure and not be on the streets or sidewalks! It also means white knuckles and gritting teeth for me. It seems like I have been through this a few other times - you would think I would be used to it by now!

Handbag Anyone?

Hey, if you go to this website - http://www.handbagplanet.com/ -you can register to win a free handbag. They're cute. You should go and check it out. Why? Because you like handbags either for yourself or a gift for a friend - or just because you like winning free stuff! Thanks Karen for getting "word" out!

A Day of Fun?

Saturday was a Prepardness Fair at Bass Pro Shops. They had all sorts of things - booths, seminars, etc - both inside and outside. We went and visited some of the booths, got a lot of information and just walked around. (Doug just looked at the hunting/fishing stuff and at the Toyota vehicles they had on display. His kind of store!)

There were a few costumed people there - which Carson really DID NOT like!

First up - was Smokey the Bear, who scared him to death when he patted him on the head!

Hmmm - I wonder how he'll like all the costumes at Halloween this year?

Still scared when he saw the Chick Filet cow! Not bothering EmmaLee though.
Even scared of McGruff the Crime Dog!
Outside was a great big 6,000 gallon tank with catch and release fish for kids 12 and under.

EmmaLee caught a fish! Here she is with Jeremy and Jo.
Carson was more interested in watching the fish - not catching them!
In the big Emergency Response truck - well, a firetruck type vehicle.
Carson, EmmaLee and Kristi in one of the many helicopters they had there.