Carter's Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Carter's Birthday over two days. The night before his birthday we went to Lucille's Barbeque with Grammy and Grampy and Chris and Amanda. We had a delicious dinner and I made a really easy Strawberry Angel Food cake for him.

He was so excited to open presents from everyone. He got an ipod from Grampy, (it was left unclaimed in his classroom for a year so he decided to give it to Carter) He got some cute clothes and a Lego set from Grammy and Grampy. Aunt Amanda made him an adorable sock monkey (she's quite the crafty one).



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After Dinner Chris took Carter to buy a new bike. He wanted Carter to pick it out. It is a big bike and doesn't come with training wheels so Daddy's got some work to do! Sorry no pictures of the bike, I'll be sure to post when he rides it.

The next day (on his birthday) I made cupcakes and took them to his classroom to share with his friends. His teacher, Ms. Maloney had all the kids sing Happy Birthday and she put a crown on his head. (Doesn't every kid in Kindergarten get a crown on their birthday? I remember mine was made with glitter!)


(I was in such a rush I didn't have time to put make-up on.)
That evening Grandma Faye and Jake went with us to dinner at Chick-fil-a and then to one of Carter's favorite places, Dave and Busters.
It was pretty noisy and crowded but we found a place to open gifts and eat cupcakes.


Carter had lots of fun being with his cousin Jake! He was excited to get a Lego set from Jake and a Lego set from Sawyer! He got a Target gift card from Grandma and a Laker Blanket from Maddie.
Several months ago Carter saw this Laker fabric at Jo-Anns and has been asking for a Laker blanket for his birthday.

The kids had lots of fun playing video games and winning tickets. This is Carter playing "Deal or No Deal" where you can win lots of tickets.





The highlight of the night was when the kids played a spinning game to win tickets and Jake one 500 tickets then Maddie won 1,000 and then Carter spun and won 500! It was all within a few minutes of each other. The kids were so excited it was like they had won big in Vegas!

Here's Maddie and her thousand tickets!

At the end of the night (9:30 pm on a school night!) The kids turned all their tickets in and got lots of fun prizes. Mommy and Daddy were pooped and they all fell asleep very quickly!

Kindergarten Program

Carter had his Kindergarten program today. It was just adorable to watch him really get into the songs and do all the motions. He is such a cutie pie! I video taped the whole thing so that Chris could watch it when he got home. He was sad not to be there for it. Carter also got a writing award and the California Scholastic Achievement award. We are so proud of him. Wait to go Carter!

Carter is Child of the Week

In Kindergarten they select a child to spotlight each week. It is a pretty big deal and Carter has been waiting all school year to be the "Child of the Week". He was so excited when he was picked and brought home a poster to make. We had fun going through pictures of his life and deciding which ones should "make" the poster.

On Thursday Grammy went to his classroom and played her guitar and sang for the kids. She has so much fun and they just love her. She even wrote an adorable song for Carter. She told a fun story to the kids as well.

Chris and I got to go in on Friday. We brought all the kids a little bottle of Carter's favorite juice, Odwalla Apple juice and Orange juice. I also made rice crispy treats, another of Carter's faves. We enjoyed watching him interact with his friends. Sawyer also enjoyed sitting next to his big brother.

Buddies Forever

His cute poster that we made together

Carter with Ms. Maloney, his teacher.