Baked Cheesy Garden Jalapenos

Our vegetable garden hasn't had the best time with all the heat and lack of love I have shown it this summer, but the one plant has has yet to die and remains untouched by the animals is the jalapeno plant. Tonight I decided it was time, and picked 4 fresh peppers, stuffed them with cheese, baked them and ate them. They didn't look great in the end, but they were pretty yummy!

And I even managed to keep from getting jalapeno in my eye this time.

Kite Fun

Last weekend we had a perfect day to fly the kite that Patrick & Kirstin got Carter for his birthday. He LOVED commanding the kite!










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First T-Ball Game!

Carter had his very first t-ball game this morning. He wasn't feeling well, but he toughed it out for the game.

As you might expect, a 3-4 year old t-ball game is hilarious/adorable (also very hot). And my kid is a pretty smart player. I mean, if you are on first, and the person on second isn't running (i.e. not paying attention), you clearly should run directly to third. Shortest distance between two points and all...

Then again, whenever Carter hits the ball, he always runs directly to the pitcher's mound. I haven't figure out the logic behind that one yet, but I'm sure it's there.

Ready for baseball!

They play 2 innings or 45 minutes, whichever comes first. We played 1 inning. Every kid gets a turn each inning; there are no strikes and no outs. Carter's team is the Phillies. At least he's national league...

Thanks to Cart Cart for coming to cheer him on!

Me & Silvie

Post by Carter:

My chairs are up on the parent's chairs. My parents are inside.

Just cute

Just a cute photo with his sun visor they made at school!


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Ladies Weekend in Atlanta (plus Carter!)

As thanks for all the solo-parenting that Thomas has been doing the last few months, I gave him a weekend off to visit friends in Chicago. So, Mandi and Joo came to Atlanta to keep Carter and I company!

Carter with Mandi

Carter with Joo

Friends Kirsten & Al hosted a party where Mandi and Joo got to meet some of my Atlanta friends, and Carter got to do some banging

Carter and I got dual polish-changes. He picked out NEON pink for us both.

At the botanic garden

Note to self: If you want your girlfriends to talk to you when they visit, do NOT introduce them to the Hunger Games books...

Or the Percy Jackson books.

We missed you, Aarti!

Carter's 4th Birthday

Here's a little slide show of Carter's birthday festivities!

Birthday Breakfast

It's taken me several days to get out a post on Carter's birthday, and this will be a very short one. I had to leave the evening of his birthday for a business trip, and only got back last night. So the first birthday post will be quick, and I'll try to get a party post up tomorrow.

For breakfast on the morning of his 4th birthday, Carter got a funny face pancake and chocolate milk, prompting him to spontaneously exclaim (for the first time ever), "My Mama is the best cooker!"

But perhaps the best thing about his birthday morning is that Thomas and I both got up when he called us -- with very limited grumbling.

Finishing Touches

We've been putting the finishing touches on our front yard landscaping, including this new spot for sittin'. It's a great spot for (not so patiently) waiting for friends to come over.



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Housekeeping

Carter spent last week in Arkansas with Mama Helen and Daddy Phil. Here's a story that Mama Helen shared from their time together:

I was cleaning the bathrooms (specifically the toilets) on Friday and Carter was very curious, following me and watching the process. I explained the bowl brush, and he said his mom and dad don't clean the toilets. I suggested that the house cleaners do that at his home, but he insisted that his bathroom has never been cleaned.

Might want to let him watch sometime, so he won't be too shocked someday when he has his own place, that toilets do indeed have to be cleaned sometimes.

So, yes, we do have someone clean our house because, honestly, if we didn't, the toilets probably never would have ever been cleaned. But maybe we need to explain a little more to him about cleaning (I thought he knew why every other Tuesday is my very favorite day)...

In other areas, Carter is hyper-informed about how things get done. Just today, I told him that we were out of bread, and he informed me, "That's okay, we can just make some bread." And then he proceeded to start telling me what ingredients we would need to do that!