First day of second grade!

Carter was slightly excited for second grade to start today. I say "slightly" because he was doing his best to hide it. His class this year is mostly girls, and he was horrified to see that his desk is in a little pod of four desks -- with three other girls sitting nearby.

Poor Carter!

Space pirate adventure

Here's a stop motion movie Carter made almost all on his own. (I helped a little.)

Zombie movie

This has been the summer of moviemaking for Carter. We enrolled him in a few movie camps, and he learned to do stop motion animation. His favorite camp was one where they made a live-action zombie movie. Here he is in character:

And here's the movie. Click on the square full screen button in the lower-right corner to see it better:

Carter and Zooey

We let Carter sleep in our bed last night (a decision we usually regret in the morning after he has kicked us for hours) and Zooey couldn't resist the chance to snuggle.