CARSON IS SIX!!!

i can't believe i have a six year old. truly. i am still seventeen, right? oh....riiiiiiight...i do remember those 9 birthdays since i turned 17....yowza!! anyway, carson had a fun birthday weekend. jonathan let him open his presents on saturday (it wasn't his birthday yet) but he was happy with everything he got. the picture below is carsons cake (i know i'm lame, i didn't make him one this year, last years was a doozy) on sunday night. carson got a bike 3(?) christmases ago. we have no where to ride bikes, so he hasn't learned to ride without training wheels yet. however, that bike was tiny!! it fit him at the time, but now his knees hit the handle bars!! soooo, he asked for a new one and this one was on sale!! yay sales!! after about a 1/2 hour he got frustrated and switched to his razor scooter.

cody loves his tricycle!! i love watching him on it!! he always says, "i'm dunna win!!" i don't know why he always thinks he is racing, but i love it!!

so the morning of carson's bday rolls around and he had already opened all his presents. normally, we have a big birthday breakfast with a huge birthday sign decorated with little stick figures doing silly things. but this year, since he already opened his presents, i thought it would be sad if he came down the stairs to a big sign with no presents under it. so...we did nothing. when he came into our room and we were talking about how he is six now, i had to break it to him. i said, "you know cars, you already opened all your birthday presents right? there are no presents for you downstairs, and also no sign and no breakfast." his face fell and i felt like a big piece of crap. then an idea sprang into my head at just the right moment and i said this, "buuut, me and cody are coming to your school for lunch!! and we're bringing sonic with us!!!" he was ecstatic!! sad/mad/crazy situation avoided. phew. so cody and i went to the dollar store and bought a birthday balloon, and some party hats. then we walked over to sonic and ordered our food and walked to carsons school (i was very tired last night with all that walking). so, carson got to sit at the birthday table at the front of the cafeteria where everybody walks in and he got to choose a classmate to sit with him. he chose his friend jordan. this is us making silly faces for his birthday, and yes, i need to work on my eye-crossing skills.

this is carson and his wonderful teacher ms. bridges!! his classmates were all sitting in a circle and singing happy birthday. then i passed out cupcakes.

it was a fun day. when we got home and checked the mail, there was a package from my parents for carson and cody. they got so many fun things to play with from everyone. carson has been crafting it up with his new craft supplies, playing u-build sorry, and transforming his new transformer. thank you to patti and ted (jonathans parents) and gary and janet (mine)!! you are wonderful and we ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN A FEW WEEKS!! also, thank you to nanny and grandpa for the card and 2 dollar bill. carson already spent it at the dollar store buying more craft supplies (a protractor).