The Dancing King

This is a VERY, VERY random post that ends with a funny little video! So keep reading!

We'll start with Carter's first popsicle (and to stay in the ranks of "good parenting," it was made with 100% fruit juice and was sugar free...really, it was!).

First assessment, AWESOME:
First taste, AWESOME:First notice that it drips sticky juice, AWESOME:
First taste of the stick, AWESOME:
First realization that it's really cold in his hands, NOT SO AWESOME:
And actually, he pretty much ate the whole thing... And we've tried again with other flavors and now that he's got the hang of it, he's a big fan!

So let's move on to topic number 2 - gardening...

We bought Carter some mini gardening tools to play with in the backyard (so he won't steal Daddy's tools...). We've found that pretty much ANYTHING that can be scooted along the floor like a broom is fantastic. These garden tools pretty much qualify for fantastic! See:There are three of them (a shovel, a rake, and a hoe) and he constantly tries to carry around all three at once:
And then he'll prop them all up in the corner all nice and neat. It's actually pretty endearing that he tries to "clean up" and keep Mommy from stepping on them barefoot (OUCH!):

And my final completely random topic for this post is dancing. You see, Carter LOVES music. He'll dance around pretty much EVERY time he hears a song, a toy makes noise, or when Matt and I sing silly songs to him. First he'll swing his arms around from side-to-side, then he'll clap his hands. Then he'll spin around in a little pirouette, and then he'll bend up and down at the knees (which is REALLY cute!!!).

Well, we downloaded some horrendous kids tunes to play in the living room for him. Needless to say, he's a fan and will do his goofy dance pretty much every time!

I wasn't able to capture the entire dance "routine" to embarrass him, but I caught this short clip (~15 seconds) of the arms a-swingin' (and ignore the "trance" at the beginning - I was clicking around on the TV and since we don't typically watch the tube, he pretty much zones right in on the screen any time it is lit up...). Here goes:



As soon as I get the camera batteries charged back up, I'll get some videos of the entire routine. Adorable, I say!
~kerrie