Arizona Science Center

Last week I scored a culture pass at the library, so Carson, Aunt Christi, and I headed to the Arizona Science Museum today!! I hadn't been to the Museum since I was in Elementary School, so I didn't know how much fun we were going to have, but figured since it was free it was worth a shot, and it didn't disappoint! Although it is intended for slightly older children then Carson, he had a blast. There was a ton of hands on activities and buttons to push, which is totally what he loves! They even had an awesome outdoor water exibit-thing! Carson couldn't get enough of it! Probably his favorite room though was the Lego room. He LOVED racing the cars down the track and playing in the pile of huge Legos! It was a fun day and it was fun watching Carson explore and discover so many new and exciting things!

Carson took this awesome picture of me while pushing every button he could on the computer!

Guess who?

Anyone have a guess who is on our pumpkin this year? I thought it was going to be easy, but this was harder then it looked and I totally messed up. But then again I'm a horrible pumpkin carver! When I sent this picture to my family my sister was the only one that got it right! I thought my brother's guess of Pooh was the funniest!

Meow!!

I HATE cats, but Carson thinks they are funny! Every once and a while our neighbors cat jumps on the wall and hangs out. It's like Carson senses that the "kiycat" is there or something because he always finds it! He laughs and laughs at it and meows... Then he gets angry when it jumps off! I'm glad the neighbors have a cat he can enjoy looking at because we will never ever ever own one! :)

Train Park!

Rob had a Saturday that wasn't totally full of studying, so we took full advantage and headed to the train park to have a picnic and ride the train! This seriously is such a fun park and Carson loves trains, so if you haven't noticed, whenever we have a free Saturday we often choose the train park! The weather was perfect and we had a great time! We even rode the train twice today!! After the park we took Carson to get his all time favorite treat--a smoothie from Jamba Juice! I didn't get any pictures of that but he loved it so much he didn't take his lips off the straw the whole time we were there! I love fun Saturdays with my two boys!

Cozy Truck

Carson loves Cozy Trucks and Cars. He spends a lot of time in his truck at home and loves to sit in them whenever he sees them, even if they aren't his! He recently has become a little more interested in watching movies. He doesn't make it through the whole thing, but will watch for a little, go play, and come back for some more. Today when we started a movie he got his cozy truck and made it a drive-in movie! He even got his favorites Mater and Lightning McQueen and put them in the cup holders to watch with him!

Cousins

Carson is so lucky to have LOTS of cousins, and even some right around his own age! However, he loves the older ones just as much too! They spoil on him, sing to him, and the older girls love to "babysit" him! They can always make him happy! Sometime I will facetime my sister just to have her kids talk and sing to Carson to make him happy! He sure does love all his cousins...if only we lived a little closer to them all! But it makes visiting that much more fun!

Almost all them still call him Baby Carson too... Allison (the one in the purple dress) from day one has called him Baby Carson and even names some of her dolls baby Carson too--it's super cute! Now that he is totally becoming a big boy, we will see how much longer the "baby" sticks, but I think Daddy and Mommy will keep calling you Baby till you can tell us NO! :)

Zoo Party

This year my Dad's work threw a work party for the family at the Zoo, so we were excited to go! Rob was swamped in the middle of a trillion (seriously!) exams and studying...boring!... so it was a great way for Carson and I to spend our Saturday and get out of his hair! Plus, we are always excited to see family! My sister and her husband were so sweet in letting C and I catch a ride with them! Thanks guys! It was a pretty cool party because A) Carson LOVES animals B) Everything that normally you have to pay for was FREE.. yes FREE!! even the food and giraffe feeding and C) we got to go in the evening, after hours, which helped make things a little cooler outside!! Carson and I hadn't seen the new Elephant exhibit that opened, so that was exciting. These elephants are so much better and way cute. Carson loved watching them. His favorite thing at the zoo this trip was the random peacocks that roam free. One was digging a hole and he was full on laughing his head off at it. I will agree it was pretty funny to see a bird digging a hole similarly to how our dog digs holes. Carson also liked the giraffes, until it's tongue touched his hand, then he wanted nothing to do with it. Carson even got to try out some of the giraffe's food himself. They handed us a couple carrots to feed the giraffe and before I knew it Carson was nibbling away at it... a little slobber can't kill a giraffe right! Carson would hold out the carrots until the giraffe was about 6 inches from his hand and then he would throw it to her. For the last carrot I held Carson hand and we let he giraffe's tongue touch our hands. Carson and I both did a little creepy wiggle and Carson was done with that!  We all had a great time and Carson even got to try his very first hotdog (I try to avoid giving him hotdogs at all cost, but whatever...) and got a fun prize on the way out the door! Thanks Pops for inviting us! We are so happy your work decided to have such a fun party!

Don't worry, that's not how much I weigh ;)!! We got everyone on this big scale that we could fit to try and see if we could weigh the same as an Elephant....almost!

laughing at the peacock