The Fowlkes Family

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Disgusting

Carter and I are reading a chapter book together and tonight, when I got to the end of the chapter, he said to me, "I know what's going to happen. It's disgusting. It's so disgusting." So then the conversation goes like this:

Me: What's going to happen?

Carter: It's too disgusting to say out loud.

Me: Whisper it in my ear. Just whisper it.

Carter: NO! That's talking. I can't say it out loud. I can't tell you about it.

Me: Okay. That's fine. You don't have to tell me.

Carter: (giving in) Smooching. They're going to smooch. It's disgusting.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Spring Break in Arkansas

Carter and I spent a part of his spring break in Arkansas visiting Mama Helen and Daddy Phil. Carter wanted to learn how to fish.

Practicing casting in the backyard

Playing with the worms!

Mama's requested activity...

Gnome garden that Mama Helen and Carter built

Gnome garden (also known as a fairy garden) closeup

Waitin' for the fish

(finally) Caught one! (and just one)

Yahtzee! Good for practicing math. And... creativity.

Friday, April 12, 2013

John After Work

After a hard week, John kicks back in the easy chair, brushing his teeth, amazed at the week's news.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Can you guess who he is?

Later this week, Carter will be performing a monologue he wrote for his This Land Is Our Land unit at school. We just finished his costume. Can you guess who he is playing?

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

On three wheels

He was SO happy to graduate to this ride. He did a great job.

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2013 Tour deCatur

Carter has been training for this 1 mile run for weeks. The morning of the race was cold and pouring rain. We gave him a choice, and he did it! He and Thomas ran the whole thing in the rain. And then T ran the 5k, also in pouring rain. John and I were there to watch both strong finishes!

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Visit from Uncle Rob

We had a great visit from Rob last weekend. He joined us to cheer at Carter's soccer game and for a trip to the zoo. He drank and ate all the unnaturally green things I gave him. He taught Carter to play darts (inventing rules that put them on a level playing field) and lost gracefully at Monopoly.