The other apple doesn't fall far from the tree either.

Anyone that knows us knows that we are very organized and neat, and we really hate clutter! I posted back when Carson was around 23 months old that he was showing signs of neatness (you can read the blog post here).

Well today after Dan got the kids in the car I looked over and saw that Tyler had lined up all the ride on toys along the fireplace. He had been playing with them all but I wasn't paying much attention to what he was actually doing with them since I was too busy trying to get out the door for work.

This makes me so happy and that probably sounds crazy but who wouldn't love a neat child?!

Carson's 4th birthday party pics!

We celebrated the day before his birthday with his friends at a bouncy place nearby and he had a blast. So much fun that he didn't speak to me the entire time! Every single time I tried to stop him, he would run away. I think he thought I was telling him it was time to leave or something. The 2 hours were a complete whirlwind.

Here are a few pics of the party.


Looks like daddy even had some fun....


Batman cupcakes.




The baby brother was along for the fun.


And than the next day on his real birthday, we celebrated at home with grandma, and aunt cara and family with another batman cake!



Happy Birthday my little love. I hope your 4th was everything you wished.

My letter to Carson on his 4th birthday.

Dear Carson,

I can’t believe you are 4 today. I know you’ve been telling everyone you are 4 for a while now but guess what, now you really ARE 4!!! I get so sentimental on your birthdays and I always go back and look at all the pictures I have taken over the past four years. I am truly amazed at how big you are now. You have grown into a sweet, confident, funny, intelligent, witty, sensitive, and silly little man.

I still remember all the vivid details of the day you were born and how you took your sweet time to make your appearance 9 days late. You were my first born. I always wanted a boy and you gave me that gift. YOU made me a mommy. I had no idea what I was doing but you were such an easy baby. Your giggles and smiles always assured me I was doing it all right. You slept through the night very early on and I used to check on you obsessively (just ask daddy) to make sure you were ok. Oh how I Ioved watching you sleep. In fact, four years later I still sneak up to your room when you fall asleep just to watch you. I don’t think I will ever stop loving it.

I love the little person you have become. Your imagination at the age of 4 is hilarious and I just love listening to you tell us stories. You are a great big brother and I know you can’t wait for Tyler to get a little bit bigger so you can really play together and I assure you it’s only a few short months away.

You have made me a better person. You taught me how strong I am, how capable I am to have a career and take care of my boys. I miss you so much when I am at work and love when you run to me with that great big Carson smile when I pick you up so please don’t ever stop. That smile on your face at the end of a long day and the way you tell me all about your day on the way home makes it all worth it.

I love you stinker. And please take your time getting to 5.

Love always,

Mommy

Top Banana.

Carson's class theme is monkeys and prior to him being in this room he used to call it 'the monkey room' and now he's so proud to be one of them! Each week a child is selected to be "Top Banana" and last week was Carson's turn. The teacher sends home a sheet that we need to complete which is basically an interview with him. They also ask for you to work with your child to select their favorite photos to showcase and he gets to bring in his favorite book. Only he couldn't just pick 1 book, he brought in 3. I wonder how may times that has happened!

So I got out our external drive where I save all of our photos and we took a trip down memory lane. I let him select his favorite 5-6 pics. I think it was actually way more fun for me than him getting to look back on 4 years worth of photos and reminded me I need to do it more often.

Here is a photo of the bulletin board with his spread of pics and his interview sheet. I know you can't read it so here were his answers, and I promise these were ALL from him and completely unprompted....even the one about mommy (melt!).



My favorite color is - brown
My favorite book is - my 3 Curious George books from my cousins
My favorite movie is - The Bee Movie
My favorite sport is - soccer
When I grow up I want to be a - police man, no wait...I actually want to be Ray Rice!
I'm special because - my mommy loves me
I was born in the state of - Maryland
My favorite food is - pizza
I have a pet - NO!
The person I most admirer is - my baby (he calls Tyler his baby. This made my heart melt too.)
My favorite school subject is - housekeeping
My brother's name is - Tyler
My sister's name is - I don't have one of those.

Countdown to 4.

One week from today, this batman look alike will be the big 4. He is so excited and asks every day when he wakes up if today is the day of his party. Yesterday he had me run down the list of friends from his class who are coming and as I said their name he told me what gift they got him. I guess this is the topic of conversation in a preschool class. I can see it now "so what did you get me for my party?"

He is all about batman and super heros right now so he walks around in this costume on a regular basis! Oh and he changed his mind a few weeks ago and wanted a Ke$ha cake instead of a batman cake but I am glad I talked some sense into him and we are back on track with batman. What 4 year old even knows who Ke$ha is anyway??!! It would have been hilarious if I actually did print a cake with her on it.

Makeover

The blog got a makeover today. I found a perfect free blog template to use and spent way too many hours of my precious time while Tyler napped today perfecting it and I could not get all my old posts to format correctly. SOOOOO I decided to just go with a basic blogger template instead.

This is all for me by the way. I needed a new fresh look to kick start me into blogging my kids lives again. So hopefully this means I will be posting a lot more soon. I am sure you will love that mom and my 3 other loyal readers. : )