July 12, Carter turned the big 6. DJ and I both skipped work so that we could celebrate all day long!

We started the day with Carter’s breakfast of choice: breakfast burritos.

After a little playing outside with the neighbors, we headed to LifeTime for a swim.

Carter thought it was cool that he could pick up his dad in the pool.

The library had a clown show at 2:00, so we went over after lunch.

Carter loves clown-humor. He is a bit of a clown himself a lot of the time.

Next stop was Rainforest Cafe for an early dinner.

I couldn’t get Carter to stand in front of the sign outside with Raine. He finally agreed once we were inside though.

Finally, it was time for presents…

Daddy and I gave Carter a (much needed) punching bag for his birthday. He LOVED it.

…and cake.

Carter has been scared of fire ever since “fire-safety day” in preschool. He got up out of his seat when DJ came to light the candles and it took a little convincing to get him to sit down so close to the flaming cake.

Current stats:
45.6 lbs
47.5 inches (so close to 4 feet; he grew almost 3 inches in the past year)

Carter is such a fun kid to have around. He is incredibly shy but deals with it by being goofy. He is a homebody and loves to make-believe with figurines (jungle animals, dinosaurs, pokemon, minecraft). He is always engaged in some sort of epic battle.

Carter is a good student, very obedient (in class, not always at home :), and a great little swimmer. He loves to cuddle up to read and has made some good progress in his reading abilities.

We recently came to the realization that Carter gets very hangery. When his blood sugar drops, he turns into a little hellion. It has made a huge difference to know this; now, instead of trying to manage the behavior, we simply feed him!

We really love this cute nut!