Gettin' medieval at the museum

We went to a great museum last time we were in Arizona. I don't even remember what it was called. Definitely one of my favorites so far.

Carter dressed up like a dragon in the medieval-themed Lego room.





On to the construction side...

Hanging out with Grant

Whoa!

Coloring

Raiding the kitchen tools

Happy birthday, Froggy!

Carter's really into birthdays, since so many of his friends are having them at school. He's desperate to celebrate a birthday at home, so we decided to make cupcakes for Froggy's first birthday. We sang Happy Birthday and Carter helped Froggy blow out the candle.

Carter licked off all the frosting on his cupcake, and had to run to the mirror three times to admire how the frosting was accumulating around his mouth.

And then he proceeded to stay up until 12 am, riding a sugar high that wouldn't stop. And I realized I had made a fatal mistake: giving a toddler sugar before bedtime.

More rides

Could we possibly have any more amusement park ride pictures on this blog? Don't think so.

Playing with knives

Yep, the one time Carter gets to have a knife.

Downtown water fountains

Running around the water fountains downtown.





Carter got soaked, and I had to buy him a Pizza My Heart kids shirt.

Cheese!

First movie

One of the things I love most about the blog (and the books I'm making out of it) is that it keeps a record of the little things. Instead of wondering, "What was Carter's first movie theater movie? And did he like it?" We can refer to this post. And it's a good thing too, because his first movie was entirely forgettable:



There are good kids' movies (Cars, Madagascar) and so-so ones (Kung Fu Panda) and then ones so overwhelmingly awful that not even the exhilaration of being at the movies for the first time with your little guy can overcome the wretchedness. Ice Age 3 is one of those movies.

Carter watched closely for more than an hour, and then he started wandering around the seats in our row (which were empty) and then around the aisles. So we left early, which triggered an enormous tantrum and screams of "I want to go back to the movie!"



Here he is before the movie started, allowing me to photograph the moment:

Happy hour with the aunties