Carter's First Play date

Yesterday I met up at one of my friend's house for a baby play date. The two other babies are 2 months younger than Carter but they all still had such a great time...well at least us moms were entertained! There was some crying, laughing, crawling, hugs and even a little paci stealing. They are still too young to play together but are getting to the age to parallel play. I realized when Carter got excited at his cousin's baby doll that he needs to get more baby interaction. We had so many little ones around Trent's age that I don't really have that for Carter and since he's not in daycare he doesn't get around kids his age very often. It was very nice getting them all together and I look forward to

more baby play dates!!

Carter stealing Bailey's Paci

Trent and Katherine

Katherine and Carter

Katherine making sure Carter isn't cold...see his hand...

State Fair of TX

Wow, I'm very behind on my blog and especially this post! We went to the State Fair almost 2 weeks ago and had so much fun!!! We've found that Wednesdays are great days to go; you get in for a $1 with 3 canned goods and the crowds are not bad at all. We were there from about 11am to 4:30pm and to say the least full and exhausted by time we left. We did just about everything we could there, saw the animals, ate, did a few rides and games, ate, checked out the crafts people were selling...did I mention eating?! And yes, we tried it this year...fried butter! It was like a donut hole with honey on the outside and butter on the inside, actually very good.

Trent had a really good time over in the animal area. We walked through the petting zoo, watched a dog show and he went through the little farm area. He walked through and would water plants then take what "grew" and then would feed animals and take what they produce like eggs from chickens and milk from cows. At the very end they would sell what they got along the way, which was just putting everything in the correct basket and then they would receive some fake money. From there they walked through the store and got to buy a snack. It really was a very cool concept and a lot of fun!!

From there we went through Midway and played some games and Trent rode a motorcycle ride. It was hilarious because there was a button the kids could push to make a very very annoying noise and within seconds of being on his motorcycle Trent was the first kid to find it. From there, a few others started pushing their button but not nearly as long as Trent did. He also played a few games and won a little stuffed dog. Kelly, Trent and I all went through a fun house there too. Trent fell when the floor started spinning but it did phase him at all. After we were done he tried running through it again!!

Overall everything was great, the weather was a little cool but we got to do and see everything we wanted to do and I cannot wait for next year as I know it will be even more fun with the boys getting older every year!

Flag Football

Awhile back I was looking into getting Trent into sports once he turned 3 and came across this awesome program at the YMCA called Small Frys Sports. They get together every Saturday for about an hour and rotate different sports each month for the kids to try. I absolutely love this concept!! I want my kids to be able to try different things so when they are older they are able to pick what they want to do. This month is flag football and we had no idea what to expect. It was pretty a mini practice for the kids that keeps the parents very involved in helping them. They practiced throwing and catching, running in and out of cones and back and forth. Trent's favorite part was running!!! The first time he ran no one told him where to stop so he just kept running until we yelled for him to stop, it was hilarious! I think the way this will work is that they will practice 3 out 4 Saturdays and then last one have a little game of some sorts. Either way, Trent loved it and it's a great way to introduce sports into his life. When we were leaving he told me I hurt his feelings. I asked him why and said because we were leaving :-) We made sure he knew we would be back next week.