Carter and his cousin Eden

And Ava, too!

Merry Christmas 2010

Proper Christmas attire!

How about a smile?

On to the stocking:

Chocolate's always a good stocking stuffer.

Carter turns 4

Carter turned 4 on Monday, and Sunday we invited eight other kids to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate. It was everything I hoped it would be (surreal, cheesy, bizarre and amusing) and more. I think it must have been totally mind-blowing for a four year old.

Carter willingly posed with Chuck E Cheese. I was shocked.

Having fun with our neighbor Jackson, age 6.

Carter got a funny inflatable hat with tokens embedded in it.

Star Wars cake. When Carter leaned over to blow out the candles, he got frosting all over his shirt. I should have anticipated this, but I'm still a rookie at kid birthdays.

Chuck E Cheese came out to sing and dance. He had a strange New Jersey accent.

Carter got to take one friend into the ticket blaster machine. He took Grant, and they got to grab tickets for 30 seconds:


And here's a video of the Happy Birthday song:

Christmas concert

Carter's holiday program at school:

Don't I know you from somewhere?

Carter says that the Santa in the mall is just a guy in a costume -- but a guy that works for the real Santa, representing him while the big guy gets his sleigh ready. He saw fake Santa today.

Here's the 2009 Santa picture:

And 2008 and 2007:

School pictures 2010

Hi Eden

Carter's new cousin sure is a cutie...