Bring Your Kids to Work

Last week, we had Bring Your Kids to Work day at my office. This was the first year that Carter was old enough to attend. There were lots of games and activities for the kids, and Carter had a good time. His favorite part was "all of it."

Sight word relay for the 6-7yr olds

Tricycle racing
(Have you seen the Razor tricycles? They are super cool!)

I managed to get a whole hour of work done. And this is how...

It must be Father's Day

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Philly Trip

The week after Carter got out of school, I took both boys for a trip to Philadelphia to visit Patrick, Kirstin and Eavan. We played inside, played outside, visited the Franklin Institute, and (as always) ate very well!

We also took a side trip to NYC to visit Joo. Carter decided that Joo is his #1 BFF, and I don't think that it was totally due to the fact that she got him a cookie cake for a belated birthday treat. At first, Carter seemed a bit overwhelmed by the city of his birth, but he warmed up to it quickly. He walked a couple of miles the first day, and he definitely walked over a mile and a half without stopping or complaint the next morning.

Traveling with both boys on my own was tiring, but fun. It would have been a little more fun and a little less tiring if I hadn't gotten sick part way through.

I couldn't decide on just a few shots to share, so here's a slideshow of our week.



And here's a video of bubble-making in Central Park.

John's Funny Crawl

When John first started crawling, he had a really weird way of doing it. He still does this sometimes, but it's becoming less frequent, so I wanted to post a video so we never forget his original style!

Diving Board!

In the last year, Carter has conquered swimming. And as soon as the pools opened this summer, he conquered the diving board!

Mary Poppins

I've blogged before about Carter's great after school music program. To end the year, they did a performance of Mary Poppins. Carter was in the chorus, playing a chimney sweep and an English park bystander. He seemed to really enjoy the process, and he's still walking around the house singing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Chim Chim Cheree and Let's Go Fly a Kite. He's toward the right side in the photos below. 

Things About Carter's Birthday

[Elizabeth: I blogged previously about Carter's sixth birthday party, but needed to post on his actual birthday. Since he's a big 6-year-old now, I invited Carter to compose this post. He dictated and I typed. We'll let him do this on occasion going forward -- and hopefully he'll take over the typing sooner rather than later.]

I am six. I had cupcakes at school for my birthday. I ate them on the wall close to the field and close to the playground. After all that, I went back to learning. 

John and I had a good time at Fellini's Pizza

I liked having my picture taken close to the wishing well

Mama Helen is watching me open my presents

I found my bicycle below the back deck. I had a good time sitting on it and rolling it into the garage

I like my tight rope that I got for my real birthday