Why this is my fault:

1. When the store was sold out of our usual eggs that come in the difficult to open container, I bought these, in an easy to open container. At least I only bought a half dozen!
2. Even though I should have been getting dressed for the day, when Carter asked me to read him a book about breakfast, I did. You should take every opportunity to foster a love of reading!
3. When Carter started down the stairs after we finished the book, I let him go - alone. Independence is an excellent quality!
4. Even though I suspected he was going straight for the fridge (and even mentioned this to Thomas), I didn't follow him. He usually just pulls out his lunchbox! I would have made it downstairs before he got anything from his lunch box open!
5. Carter LOVES eggs. Wait, that must be Thomas' fault. I don't like eggs at all!

Why this will probably happen again: After discovering the mess, the first thing I did was take a picture. And then I assured Carter that his parents will never let him starve, and he need not forage for his own food.

Oh, those poor, cage-free, sunlit-barn living, organic chickens. All their hard work gone to waste. Not to mention that it's really hard to clean up raw egg.

Arts-n-Crafts

In the last few months, Carter has become increasingly interested in scissors. A result, I believe, of my frequent summer herb clipping. So, I found him a couple of pairs of kid-friendly (won't cut clothes, won't cut hair) scissors.

This weekend has been pretty gray and rainy, so we've been pulling out all the indoor stops. Since he's been getting better at cutting, I decided it was time to introduce Carter to... the glue stick. He very much enjoyed cutting and gluing, and was very proud of his masterpiece, as you can see.

Anniversary!

Last Friday marked our 5th wedding anniversary. Sadly, we were feeling too sick to do much celebrating (though we did have a yummy BBQ dinner with Park, Ashley and Anna that night). We're feeling better this weekend, so tonight we cracked open a bottle of champagne and commenced with our anniversary ritual. Namely, drinking said champagne, watching our amazing wedding video (thanks again, Patrick) and looking at wedding photos. Since we weren't blogging back then, we thought we'd share a few wedding photos for posterity.

The Rice group (many babies)

The Northwestern group (many drinks)

Sick House

Sorry to be such bad posters. Thomas and I have both been sick pretty much since we got back from Houston (thankfully, Carter is just fine). I'd like to say I'm on the road to recovery, but I said that on Sunday and quickly regretted it. Here's a cute picture to hold you over until we're back on track.

Crush

I think Carter might have developed a little crush while we were in Houston. Together, he and Elizabeth (Mike & Susan's daughter) make the tallest pair of two-year-olds I've ever seen!

Houston Trip

We had a great time in Houston. The kids got along famously. I'm not going to duplicate any of the great pics that Rachel posted, so, if you haven't already, you must check out the photo evidence of our trip on the Kimbro blog (see here, here, here, here AND here). Here a few additional shots.

Carter really enjoyed playing with Eleanor and Thomas - and their toys!

Carter loved Chuy's at least as much as his dad and Aunt Rachel do. He had an entire bowl of creamy jalapeno dip to himself and he ate much of it with his hands. We had a rough moment when his mouth was attacked by a chip, and he simultaneously rubbed the dip in his eyes (you'd think he'd know not to put jalapeno in his eye...), but he recovered quickly and went right back to the dip.

I cannot fully express HOW MUCH Carter loved the Backyardigans show. He sat in his seat for the entire hour+ performance and was very vocal during the audience participation portions (and during some quieter moments).

Carter and T really got along famously.

I attempt to read a very strange book to all the kids.

From Houston

We're having a great time here in Houston. I won't be able to post any pictures until we get back to Atlanta tomorrow, but you can see some of the Kimbro's pics of our visit here and here.

Update: See lots more here.

Update II: And here.

Headed to Houston

We're off tonight for a long weekend in Houston. Can't wait to see all our Texas friends!

Oh, Brother

I sometimes forget that Park and Thomas are brothers. And then they'll do something like this, and I go, "Oh, yeah... they're brothers."

See who gets the last laugh...

Self Serve

It's getting easier to feed Carter as he learns how to fend for himself (and now that he's strong enough to open the refrigerator by himself). First, he helps himself to a hard boiled egg. Then, if we're paying attention, the following steps occur.

Peeling

Rinsing

Plating

Slicing

Eating

If we aren't paying attention when Carter helps himself to the egg, Carter-the-food-barbarian crushes the egg in his bare hand and lets the shell and most of the egg fall where it will (and I'm not sure what would happen after that because we've always caught him by that point...).