Preschool Field Trip...

Off to the Train Park with the preschoolers...Fun was had by all! Well all the kids :-)

Look at that cute bunch....patiently waiting for their turn.

Waiting for the train...can you tell they are excited?!
Notice the cute girls smiling for the camera and holding hands...then the boys. REALLY?!

Carter & Alex...these 2 are quite the pair! These two have been best friends since they were 1 1/2! So fun to have a friend like that...can't believe they both head off to Kindergarten next year!

They all picked the closed in caboos at the end...half way through we could hear a few tears.

Carter & Julia...We love Julia she helps keep Carter grounded! She is also one of Carter's peeps.

The Big Man!

I always thought I would be so ready to send Carter off to Kindergarten, but as it is getting closer I am getting sad. He has become so much easier to take places and have around I will be sad to lose my big little man to school. Stop getting so big so fast!
I love you buddy!

Round 5 in the BOOKS!

I can't believe that at the age of 5 Carter has already completed his 5th season of basketball! One of the perks of living in Phoenix...they had year round sports! So big man finished up another great season....The Heat #3...with Dad as the coach!
Can you tell the games were all played at 8 am...they all still have some serious morning face!
Love it!

The cheering section! Carter is the luckiest boy because he had Nana & Papa at almost EVERY game! They are truly his #1 fans!

Then there is Kit Kat that would cry when we would pull up to the the gym..."NO MORE BASKETBALL!" Oh little Missy it is just starting!

Carter putting up a mean block!

Nice shoot buddy!

Warming up....Perfect shot!

Stealing....he loved to still but was not so happy when it happened to him! Weird!

Ahhhh....The Trophy

THE HEAT!

Carter had a great season! He was the only one to score in the first 4 games of the season. He scored at least 12 points every game and had a season high of 30 points in one! As an extra bonus I think this is the first season he was not ejected from the game at some point!
Oh little man is growing up! Wink!

Updated DBacks Fan Day!

This is one of Carter's favorite days....He feels like such a big man being able to go down to the field and it. He was extra lucky this year because he was able to hit of Stephen Drew one of his favorite players. He was able to hit 2 homers!

Then he was able to play catch with the DBACKS catcher...

In the Dug-Out...

The have tons of bounce houses and blow-ups...The floating ball!

Of course a highlight is a tour of the locker room. Carter say an empty locker and said, "Dad I think this would be a good spot for mine!" Completely serious of course.

Cousin Addi and Connor came for a little bit too...checking out the World Series Trophy

At the end he was able to practice his pitching...he has quite the wind up..

Nice throw buddy!!
(Thank you Kody for putting up the earlier post....I have been completely slacking!)

Play Ball!

The Diamondbacks hold an annual fan day at the park. Carter and Kody got to get in early and Carter was pumped to be able to hit a few pitches off of one of his favorite players, Stephen Drew, shortstop for the D-backs! After hitting a few home runs over a fence they had set up Stephen told Carter that if he starred at one more home run he was going to have to beam him. Carter thought it was awesome.

Little man warming up in the bullpen. Looking forward to another baseball season.

Drafty?!

Does it feel a little drafty in here to anyone else?

Messy Art Class...

That is "Messy Art" REALLY the title for the Art class Kate is taking...for good reason. It has turned in to Kate's favorite 45 minutes of the week and my least favorite! We both leave covered head to toe in paint, gak, cornstarch, you name it!
This week they were working on making Valentines...

As the class went on Kate decided it would be more fun to just turn herself into a walking Valentine! Sweet!

Pink Lipstick Anyone?!

They bring in a bucket of warm water for the kids to wash off their hand and arms, that is Kate's favorite part. She just likes to play in the water and "protect" it from anyone else using it! She is pretty fierce over the bucket. I went to go grab her a paper towel from the table and when I turned around she had her face in the bucket blowing bubbles as if it was her bath tub! Are you KIDDING me! I guess she is going to have one tough immune system! As took her away from the bucket she said, "Mom I just want to swim!"
Oh my little Kit Kat!

Thanks Grandma!!

Thank you Grandma for my Pretty Pretty Princess Tutu for dance class! I LoVe it! I like to wear it all the time and spin around! I even let my mom do my hair when I have it on so I can look like a ballerina!
I think that this hanger is a wond and is part of the outfit!

Here are the many faces of ME.....
If only my mom could get one of me looking at the camera smiling.....

Not a chance!

(This last one is my ANGRY spin move!)
Thank you, thank you Grandma I miss and love you and can't wait for you to come see me in action!