Everyone loves to play the piano. Carson can climb up all by himself, but it usually makes me a bit nervous so I ask Cole to stand behind him. Carson climbs up and down a lot, and has figured out where the power button is along with the volume.
It's always a fight to figure out who gets to blow the candle out! I use that as a bribe sometimes to get them to do what I ask. Connor discovered that he could sharpen BOTH ends of a colored pencil. He spent a good 20 minutes at the table sharpening each one. He was SO excited to show me what he had figured out.
Carson has also learned to move the stools around and can climb on them. These stools really suck for this age. They're hard to sit on and kids are always falling off. Occasionally the older boys fall off too. It drives me nuts. Carson still only likes a handful of shows with his favorite being the Elmo and Pets show. He will watch that one for the longest!
Carson is always so excited to see his brothers when they get home. He loves to gives hugs. Sometimes he will go back and forth between his brothers because they both hold their arms out and say, "Hug? Hug?" It's pretty sweet. He always tucks them in at night, too. Bedtime does not go well if I put Carson down before the other two. If they are up playing, that's where he wants to be too.
Cole's tooth has been getting extra wiggly. It REALLY needed to come out because it looked like it was twice as big as the other ones. I put him to bed one night and a few minutes later he and Connor came running up the stairs holding a bloody tooth. I was so relieved he did it by himself! I have been dreading having to pull teeth for a long time. Cole wanted to show his class, so he put it in a ziplock by his backpack. The next morning I found him sleeping by his
backpack- He didn't want the tooth fairy to come and take it
before he got to show his class!
I wanted to get a few costumes for next Halloween when they were on clearance. We keep our costumes out all year long and they play with them fairly regularly. Most of them were too small for Cole, though. Spiderman and the dragon were a pretty big hit! It is so fun to watch them wrestle and play, especially when they're all dressed up.
Connor was so sweet and rubbed Carson's head while they watched a movie together. I believe Nana was here with them while Chris and I were at the doctor's appointment. Cole is so funny about organizing. He is always rearranging his books on his nine cubby shelf and laying them out to see.
We got to have Hazel and Gemma over for a couple of nights when Jessica had her new baby girl, Theadora. They call her Teddy for short. My boys always love having them play, and they always play so well together.
Connor loves watching the house being built beside us and spends lots of time at this window. He always shows whoever comes over how cool it is, too. I've had to clean off the window sill quite a bit because they like to eat and watch at the same time. Connor doesn't like being downstairs by himself. At least a couple times each month I will find him curled up in the living room floor when I wake up.
Where's your nose?! Haha. This kid is such a good eater, too. He is not very picky at all!
Carson always puts cords around himself like a necklace. It cracks me up. Cole has been getting bloody noses from hell. Once of them seriously soaked all the way through his pillow and got the mattress protector all wet. He thought he looked pretty cool in the shower! We have started putting Vaseline in his nose and started Reliv (to get vitamin K, which is supposed to help) and they seem to have gone away. I remember once when he was maybe two he woke up in the middle of the night crying. I went in to get him and his face was covered in blood. This was his first major bloody nose. I was so scared and didn't realize what it was. I grabbed him out and he puked blood up EVERYWHERE. It was so gross! I was glad Chris was home to calm me down.
Carson likes to climb into bed with Connor when it's time to tuck him in. He climbs in and pulls the blanket up over himself. One of these days I'll let them have a sleepover and see how it goes!
Carson loves this little high chair. If he sees it in the garage, he points and makes noises until we bring it in. He climbs in and out and buckles it over and over. I let him sit up at the big table with us for dinner but decided it's easier and less messy to keep him in his high chair.
Carson has so, so many awesome smiles. I love him to pieces!
Michelle bathed Josh's little girl in the sink. I had forgotten how much faster and easier it is to bathe babies in the sink instead of the tub. I'm pretty sure Carson has gotten bathed way more since she did this then he had in the last several weeks. Carson also packs his stool around. He's getting pretty good at getting what he's after and has figured out he can reach the light switches too.
Connor climbed under the tree and said, "Look! There's a talking present under our tree! Best present ever! Carson can eat an entire frozen burrito along with a big spoonful of cottage cheese in one sitting. He has quite the appetite!
