Stone Mountain

We took a trip to Stone Mountain Park today. Here are a few pictures. We're off to Savannah tomorrow!

Carter's First Turner Field Excursion

Carter had his first trip to Turner Field last night. We only stayed for three innings (had to get home vaguely close to bed time), but Carter had a lot of fun! While he was interested in the baseball (and the jumbo-tron), I think his favorite part was the hot dogs.

Baseball

While I feel there will be a post about Carter's first Turner Field trip, which was very successful all things considered, I must first post about my own triumph. Not ONLY was it Tim Hudson bobble-head night (I need to replace the Mark Texiera bobble-head in my office that is under constant ridicule since he was traded), I nabbed my first foul ball at a major league ball park (spring training not withstanding)! It was the first time I have ever even been close to a foul ball, and we were in the upper deck! Thanks to Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins for sending it my way (one pitch before he hit a shot deep, deep, deep in the outfield stands-you could call it homerun, but really it was quite a bit farther than most), and thanks to dad for the great luck! All my ball retrieval success seems to be with dad (and without Park, strangely), so much thanks for that!

More knick-knacks for display!!! I love 'em!

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.