Children's Museum

Pics from our trip to the children's museum yesterday:

New Read-Aloud Books

Another thing Carter and I did this weekend was to go to the bookstore to spend a gift certificate he got for Christmas. We got Where the Wild Things Are, one of my all time favorite books to read aloud. We also found two new books that I really like! The title of Llama Llama Mad at Mama immediately caught my eye. The story is told in rhymes and hilarious pictures, and it details a fairly realistic experience of shopping with a little one. The other one we found was Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, by the author of Dinosaur Roar (also a favorite of ours). It's a counting backwards book that starts with ten exuberant dinosaurs, and it has a really fun ending to read aloud.

Just in case you were looking for a good toddler/pre-schooler read!

While Dad's Away...

Thomas had to make a quick weekend trip to NYC for work this weekend, so Carter and I had the weekend to ourselves. I took Carter to his swim class for the first time on Saturday (my first class, not his - Thomas usually takes him). Apparently, I lucked out and got the first warm water of the session. We also made another frigid trip to the zoo (that's the only time we seem to go!). Here are a few other things we did:

We cooked

We went to the Children's Museum (more pics from that adventure later)

We bought a potty!

We aren't actually potty training yet, but we're working on potty awareness, and when Carter saw this at the store, he got very excited, so I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to bring it home! If you can't tell from the photo, its a Sponge Bob Square Pants potty. And Carter mostly wore it on his head this afternoon, but I didn't manage to catch that with the camera!

Last Day at the Beach

Today was our last full day at the beach, and finally, we had sun! Tomorrow afternoon, we head back to Atlanta. Here are some pics from our day.

Lounging in the morning

It was sunny today, but COLD!
The house where my family stayed when we were here several years ago
Our bad "carma" strikes. First time since we've owned the car, though. Four months is pretty good for my family. (A big thanks to my dad for getting us supplied with important car stuff just in the nick of time!)
A lovely beach sunset

Rainy Day at the Beach

We may be missing out on the snow in Atlanta, but we got plenty of precipitation down here too. When it rains all day, you have to find ways to occupy yourself, so...

We drove by the World's Smallest Police Station in Carrabelle, Florida.
Carter practiced his photography.
We enjoyed some treats.
And we put stuff on our heads.

Chasing a Seagull

The first thing Carter did when we went down to the beach was to follow the seagulls around. Here's a video. I'm hoping to get a video of feeding the seagulls tomorrow.

St. George Island

We arrived at St. George Island right on time - at 2:30am last night. Thankfully, Carter slept for most of the way. We were happy to see Cart Cart when we arrived, and we were grateful that he got up to let us in in the middle of the night!

It's chilly here, but it's the beach (and we have internet access)! Here are some pictures from our day (which included 4hr naps for Carter and me).

Headed South

I'm headed back to Atlanta this afternoon. The boys will pick me up at the airport and we'll head to Florida. I promise to take lots of pictures for blogging when we get back, but we'll likely be offline for the next few days. Happy MLK weekend!

Headed North

I'm supposed to be in NYC right now, but thanks to the "snowstorm" that didn't actually result in any snow up there, my flight this morning was cancelled. So, I'm headed off tomorrow to DC for a day of meetings and then I'm taking the train to NYC. I get back Thursday night and then we all head down to keep Cart Cart company at the beach!

Carter and I have both been under the weather, so wish Thomas luck with the sick wee one!

Baby Shower

We hosted a little baby shower shindig for Park & Ashley yesterday. We had ladies only for the girly stuff and then the men joined us afterwards. It was fun to be able to host at our house!

Carter helped with the preparations

Ashley got some very cute baby stuff!

We all got lots of time with the belly

And we even got Park to scrapbook!

(Okay, so the men came after MOST of the girly bits were over...)