Scripture Power!

We have been reading scriptures with Carson every night and last month for his reward he wanted donuts and with Krispie Kreme re-opening it was a special treat especially because I don't buy donuts or haven't for almost 10 years. He loves charts and after he reads he gets to color a shape (last month was leaves, this month hearts)...he NEVER forgets to color them it's kind of cute!

Those of you who know Carson will appreciate the fact that after taking a few bites, being encouraged to eat more, he declared he was done...and this was what was left! He has so much self control!



I have loved hearing him recount the stories from the scriptures! We use the kid version with pictures and we've made it through the Book of Mormon and D&C and are getting towards the end of the old Testament! Just finished reading about David and Goliath and that is now his favorite scripture story. No greater reward than fostering a love of the scriptures when they're young!

End of Summer

Summertime is my favorite and I can tell the end is near! I love spending my days with these two little munchins. Like anyone else, we have good days and bad days but moments like this or when they stretch out their little arms and hold hand the whole way home from errands make it all worth it!

Carson got to meet his teacher Miss Jamie and his pre-school class yesterday.

He can't wait for school and keeps asking questions about Miss Jamie. He's especially excited because she lives close to us!

We also have been swimming less and less, in fact when we went to the Ranch House we were the only one's there! I guess that's what happens when you go during soccer practice and dinner time. We loved having the place all to ourselves!





Carson has gotten to be a great swimmer this summer {as long as you don't make him} he loves to swim and I love seeing how much he has learned and how brave he is!





The kids favorite part always is taking a shower..I love it too because that's one less thing I have to do at home! It's a win-win!

DDS

Carson had his very first dentist appointment today with Uncle Dave.

We had been preparing him by letting him know that he got to go after his birthday. So when we pulled into the parking lot he said, "look at all the cars, all of these people had their birthdays too!" He really thought that everyone who had had a birthday recently was at the dentist. Too cute!




See his big boy teeth growing?

He was a little shy and did great! It was extra special because Chelsea was working today so she got to clean his teeth.



She asked him how many teeth he had on top and without hesitation counted to 10. He was right! I was so surprised! Chelsea thought I had couched him but we hadn't talked about it at all! I mean he have a Dr. Seuss tooth book but I'm pretty sure it only talks about having 16 grown up teeth on top and bottom. He is one smart kid!



When we left he said that he really liked the dentist and he wasted no time asking me to show Dad the picture of his his big boy teeth growing.



He is getting so big!

4

I can't believe Carson's 4! Carson is the sweetest boy, always being complimentary and helpful.

Andrew's brother sent this to Carson for his birthday and I thought it was really neat!

Right now his favorites are:

-blue
-the book goldilocks and the three bears
-the story about Nephi being protected
-playing outside
-Wacky Tacky

We celebrated by having a carnival party...that was supposed to be at the park but due to rain we moved it (mostly) indoors and had a blast!







The kids loved all of the games and especially all of the prizes!



Bean Bag Toss





Pin the Tail on the Donkey



He got it!



Duck Hunt



Go Fish







Water-gun Target Shooting
..the FAVORITE {probably because it involved guns, boys love their guns!}




Pin Drop

This one was pretty difficult but a couple of kids got the pins into the jars!



Water Balloon Toss










I kind of wish we would have saved the painting of the faces until near the end of the party because Carson looks sem-sun burnt in all of his pictures!



We finished off the party with hotdogs, water melon, juice drinks and cake pops!



I love seeing Carson with all of his friends; boys are so much fun!

School Time

Being as we decided that Carson would be prepared for Kindergarten with one year of pre-school instead of two we have been having daily school-time where we are working on the letters.

Carson has been able to spell his name for over a year and he can now find the letters of his name and write the letter C. Although the letter learning is coming slower than anticipated, Carson enjoys it and will remind us when we haven't practiced.

note: he doesn't usually wear his fancy glasses! he does however, always have some sort of pointer.

Contrary to popular believe, we aren't slave drivers because school time can also include an educational game, coloring, cutting things, or reading. I have also started doing "saturday school" for church topics. I have found it helps get him ready for church the following day.