Monday, July 17, 2006

Punk Rocker!

Carson got a new haircut tonight. It will be interesting to see how it is received, but he LOVES it. He looked in the mirror and said "I look just like a bird!" LMAO! He's been patting it all night. We just thought it would be funny, but it really looks cute. I had half intentions of shaving the rest off if it looked hideous, but since he's happy, I'm happy. Plus, he does look pretty freaking cool....

It's a MOHAWK!














Pre-punk phase, Carson got a doctor's kit for his bday and has been healing us all. Here's Trevor getting his shots (because he has boogers, Mom, and needs a shot to fix that).












And, Aah! Look what we can do! We can climb up on the counter and give mom a coronary! This counter is connected to all the others, and nothing is safe any longer. Such little monkeys...

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Stinky Blogger

Wouldn't let me add anything new to that last post, or even add a new post for a few days. Something to do with cookies. I am woefully inexperienced when it comes to computers, most of what I know I have tinkered with until I figured it out, and that's not much. I can't even change the background on my myspace because it all looks like Greek to me! Anyway, here are a few more pictures. We have friends from my class coming to dinner tonight, so I haven't much time.
Lots of things going on in life right now, not all of them good, but we're holding. We've dealt with worse, and come out mostly unscathed, so we just keep truckin'. After this week, I've seen so much worse, it's hard to feel pity about yourself...

watermelon painted to look like a pineapple! LOL








party buddies!


Here he is, the four year old. That sounds so foreign to me. I have a hard time saying I have a four year old. It seems like another lifetime in some aspects, and in reality it is. Living in Florida, before cancer, before Trevor, before school, working at the bridal shop...Everything has changed since he was born, except for the important bits: two completely in love people who are head over heels for a beautiful little boy with huge blue eyes that take everything in and a huge, quick smile for everyone he meets. My life may have changed in just about every way possible since he came into the world, but my love for him has not. I'm learning new things about him every day, as he changes. I'm filled with wonder at how quickly he learns (he's so smart!) My heart trips when he calls me Mama and tells me he loves me ("too much, Mama!") and on the rare occassion he'll let me cuddle him I feel blessed. Thanks, Carson. And Happy Birthday.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Four times the fun!


Friday was Carson's fourth birthday. He had a really awesome weekend. My best friend from junior high (and beyond) Carrie and her little girl Summer came up from Charlotte to spend the weekend. She helped me do so much for this party! I couldn't have done it without her! Carson really loves Summer, she's like a big sister to him. We all had a great time. The party was today, Sunday, and it was a hit! The theme was Bikini Bottom, and we had everything Sponge-y.
The kids were very cute, and the weather held out JUST long enough for the party to wrap. I am exhausted. But I think Carrie and I may have found our calling--we should plan parties professionally. We had such a blast. We joked that we could tell we were mothers now, since we were up on a Saturday night at 11 pm painting Bikini Bottom on a plastic tablecloth!










This was our jellyfishing game. I made a pole out of a dowel and a plastic balloon weight. Paper jellyfish had velcro backs on them and the "hook" was the velcro front attached to the balloon weight. The sea was a blue plastic tablecloth, with a few paper flowers and seaweed!