Fishin' Day

On Thursday Justin took a half day to take Carter fishing-this kid loves his dad more than anything & even says he is a "daddys boy" now. *Even though he is totally a mommy's boy at night still* They went on a rhino ride, fishing, looking for frogs, threw rocks in the "reseboir", everything that Carter LOVES to do!One day Carter will look back & realise what an AWESOME, hard working dad he has!!!

Easter!

Easter morning we woke up, gave the kids their Easter baskets-Carter loves this "fart stuff" as he calls it. He thinks its the funniest stuff & had been asking for it for days! Tenley was content just playing in the eggs & trying to steal everything brother had.(everyday occurrence now)Found the hidden Easter eggs-the high ones were his favorite...He liked the challenge of trying to get them by himself...Then we colored Easter eggs..We've colored eggs {3 times since} He loved it & has been wanting to do it everyday...His favorite was putting the {sports} plastic stuff you melt around the eggs on, he thought that was lots cooler than just dying them a color!We also we went on a family rhino ride & my parents rode up to see the kids! HAPPY EASTER!!!

"Boys Saturday"

Saturday after the Easter egg hunt...Daddy, Jake & Carter went fishing. They didn't end up catching any fish, but they caught frogs! It was strictly a "boy day". They painted the trailer*Carter stuck with his one piece of wood down the whole trailer & when he got to the end he chanted "winner, winner, chicken diner"* went on rhino rides, shot their bows, got Jake's truck stuck {ended up gettin' to go on a tractor ride}...After spending a whole day with Carter, Jake thinks he is the funniest little kid around. Carter came home all dirty & had such a fun day! He is all boy!!!

Easter Egg Hunt!

We took Carter over to the local Easter Egg hunt this morning. It was his first year since last year it was snowing! It actually turned out to be nice weather & he thought it was so cool to see all the eggs everywhere..."mom, this is gonna be so much fun-look at all those eggs"... Waiting patiently for the hunt to start...He kicked butt in age group, I held his basket & he ran around picking them up...We let him get a few eggs out of the 4-7 year old group too & it was so funny because the parents couldn't help in that one...So he'd pick up one egg & say "look mom",pick up another, "look dad"-{trying to find us in the crowd} we kept telling him to get more but he was so proud of himself he had to show us each one he picked up all by himself!
Teners so excited she got an egg! What a Happy Chunkster!
Kiddos with the Easter Bunny- I thought Carter might have been a little hesitant but right when he seen him he said "mom, look at the cute Easter bunny, he's pink". Tenley wasn't afraid at all, maybe a little curious- she just kept looking up at him like "huh, what are these fuzzies on my face"... So fun making family memories, love these guys more than anything!!!

Comedian Cub

Carter is seriously so funny. Everything he says cracks us up. {he had drawn all over himself the other day with a pen} The other morning when Carter & Justin were making breakfast- Carter said he wanted 2 eggs, & Justin was like well I think only one egg will fit in your belly, lets measure our bellies & see...So Justin acts like he is measuring his belly & says "yup 2 eggs will fit in my belly" then he measures Carters & says "just 1 will fit in your belly" ....so Carter unzips his jammies & says "you see this marker dad, it says I can have 2"
About a month ago when we were going to the park {it was still snowy & muddy every where} I told him you can't go over on the slides because you'll get your nice shoes all dirty & his response was "lets walk back to the house, I'll put my snow boots on, then we can come back & i'll be able to play on the slides, okay mom" He is just so smart & catches onto every thing so fast. You can't fool him with anything-saying "its broke, its closed, etc" all those comments haven't been working for a few months now!

Easter w Cardon's

We did Easter with my parents & family the weekend before Easter because Dac & Tay were out! Tay & Cub colored Easter eggs with my mom first...Ate lunch, then it was off to downstairs for the Easter egg hunt because it was too cold outside. My mom color coordinated the Easter eggs for each kid so that it would be fair for Cub's sake...He was having a blast, he got excited over finding every single egg!! He was so cute, he'd find Tenleys {pink} & run them over to her-all pumped & open them up for her!Tenley liked to just play with the eggs & watch the crazy kiddos running around... Silly string was a big hit-HUGE mess but the kids (especially Carter) thought that was the coolest thing ever, until he got squirted in the face!! He thinks we need to buy some more of that :)Thanks mom & dad for the kid's cute Easter gifts & the fun memories!!!

Gma & Gpa Sleepovers!

The grand kids (minus Dac) all got in the jet tub at my parent's one night when we were sleeping over! My mom said Carter was scared to death of the jets, he'd get out every time they turned the jets on, but he liked the bubbles...so he did a lot of gettin in & out because every time the bubbles went down he wanted more which meant jets on...Tenley loved the tub & the jets- My mom thought Tenley would be the one that would be scared & need to be held onto but nope "sissy brother" :) & Taycee what a good sport to sit & hold Teners & deal with Carter! Lots of attitude & drama with these two! They are totally like brother & sister!Made a "bed" out of bean bags & blankets in the corner of grandma & grandpa's room...& of course Carter MADE Tay watch the hunting movie to go to bed! Love sleepovers at grandma & grandpas with all the grand kids!!!

8 Months Old!

Tenley is getting so active & so stinkin cute! She loves to watch Carter & Diesel, no matter where we are or what we are doing she is trying to watch one of them. Tries to pull herself up onto things but gets to about her knees & then chickens outAbsolutely hates being fed baby food-(she'll only take a few bites, & then has a little tantrum til you put something on her tray for her to eat) she wants to feed herself now, she'll eat almost any big kid food but she HAS to feed it to herself, thinks its funny to throw her binki around & then try & crawl after it, she can't quite crawl but she is very close *can crawl backwardsshe loves bananas -real bananas of course-she eats at least a whole banana a day, even with them being slimy & slippery she picks them right up & shovels them in:), she knows what "no" means-we'll tell her "no,no,no" & she looks at us & either smiles or laughs & then keeps doing it, loves to dance *anytime music comes on she'll sit & rock back & forth & nod her head*she'll say "ehhh" to get your attention & talk to you-will do it back & forth, LOVES "da da" she can say "hi da da" & always lights up when dad gets home or is in the room, spits & blows bubbles. We've decided she's a little bit behind on developmental things compared to Carter but Carter is the reason why :) he's always helping her do everything & wanting to be in on the attention! Love you Tener Beners!

Baby Animal Days

I took Carter & Taycee out to baby animal days, while my mom stayed home with Tenley since it was pretty cold! Carter had been waiting to go see the baby animals for months, so there was no ditching out just because it was winter weather! We put on our snow clothes & made the trek! The best part about it being rainy is that there were no lines & it wasn't all crowded!They got their faces painted. Carter wanted a pig, & Taycee got a butterfly!Next was the train, once in the front & then in the little caboose! Pretty cute train they had a tunnel built up & everything!

This little white bunny kept jumping out of Carter's hands & he thought it was hilarious...He just kept squeezing tighter & tighter so it couldn't jump down!

They got to see baby pigs, goats, lambs, bears, horse, bunnies, cows...The poor animals were all freezing. It was funny because when we went back through to see the baby pigs again, the girl had covered them with straw & Carter was all concered & kept telling her to "take the straw off of the pigs" until we explained to him it was keeping them warm!

Carter's favorite part was the pigs, he loved petting them & trying to feed them straw! We love taking Taytor Baytor with us places, she is so much fun & so good to Carter. They are best buds!

First Cookout

We had our first cookout of the year this weekend when it was actually warm out. Both kids love being outside! This was Tenley's first cookout & first time really being outside for a long period of time-she loved to watch Carter & Diesel, pick up the old grass & twigs off the ground & put them in her mouth. Carter loves helping with anything & everything {always}- Helped dad start a fire, cook the dutch oven potatoes, cut a branch to cook marshmellows on... Ended the night with a fun rhino ride -where Carter could finally show mom & sis what "the boy stuff they do every night is"- We look forward to being outside every single day of the week once it decides to stay warm for longer than a couple days!

Standing in Tub?

Tenley is now trying to stand up in the tub...I don't ever remember Carter trying to do this, but he was a bit calmer in the tub so, I don't think I made him be in the "baby tub" at her age! She just barely learned that she can "try" & stand up in it...It makes me a little nervous for her to be trying to stand up because she's not stable enough when she does get her legs underneath her! Especially in the tub where its slippery & wet...She pulls herself up like this & then pretty much face plants into the edge of the tub!

She LOVES the tub! They could sit in the tub for hours splashing each other & yelling!

Finger Foods

For close to a month now, Tenley has been able to pick up her own "finger foods! She's really good about only putting one or two in her mouth, Carter sometimes likes to sneak a few more into her mouth -no choking incidents yet-!! Carter makes sure that whenever she is in her bumbo she has snacks on her tray! She loves the bumbo still-but is starting to be a pain in it cause she'll arch her back & dig her feet into the ground & just about tip herself over in it! ...She'll snack on & eat anything!