Work, Work, Work

Been a while since I had time to sit down and type in a few blogs. I've been a busy worker bee, Matt's been a busy worker bee, and Carter, well, he just been a big help!

If I bring home stacks of paper, he is very proficient at filing:
Sorting:
And even running out to make copies:

I kid, I kid... :)

He is getting pretty good with his OWN work and has brought home some pretty cute schoolwork. Here's a good coloring of a ball (and I might add that he's a BIG FAN of crayons and we think he might have consumed an entire blue crayon...or so the contents of his diaper alluded to...):
One of my favorites from last week - this is Carter's "hair" (which I recently tried to cut all on my own...let's just say that from now on we'll be paying the salon for each trim...):

Carter has been quite the good student at school (on the days when he isn't the class "biter"...*eyeroll* Guess pretty much ALL of the one-year-olds are biting, hitting, or kicking their classmates. Fun times!). Anyway, he's a good eater, a good napper, and plays well with others. They've even started having "pool time" (as in the aquatic type, not the ball and cue type...) on Mondays. And his teachers are fantastic and we're still VERY happy with our daycare! Yay!

His school is very accommodating, as recently we had to switch to soy milk. It seems our boy is allergic to cow's milk. Luckily, soy milk is just as readily available as cow's milk, so it's really not a hassle to buy. It's also curbed the super-toxic-butt-burning poo situation, so pheww, thankfully we found the culprit! And trust me, when Carter is screaming bloody murder during a diaper change,we'll try ANYTHING to help him feel better. Luckily all it took was a switch to soy milk!

Moving on to something less, er, gross...

Previous post mentioned how helpful Carter was with housework and mopping. Well, he's also QUITE the laundry helper. Anytime I need a fresh hanger, he's on it:Might be a tad tangled, but it's an easy fix to separate them:
He'll even help ball up the socks (MY least favorite laundry chore..):
Although we typically take the laundry upstairs, it can also be done right in the kitchen (and the uber paleness is due to the slathering of sunscreen on his face...that stuff is THICK!):
And a couple of my favorite photos - our little laundry helper carting off the t-shirts to be hung up:
For some reason, he's taken to piling everything up on his walker so he can transport EVERYTHING all at once (toys, cup of water, you name it...):
I told Matt that he sort of looks like a bag lady, er, bag boy. Hehehe!

Anywho, that's it for tonight. Before I sign off, I did want to say HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to the most amazing father ever - Matt! We couldn't ask for a better Daddy around this place and it'd take me all day to type up just how wonderful he is. We love you, honey, more than this silly 'ol blog can say!

And an extra big HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to my father (the infamous "Grandpa C"), too! I can't even begin to express how wonderful it is to have him in our lives! We love you and can't wait to see you in October!

Hope you're all having a great week and keeping cool! It's the beginning of monsoon season here, so the evenings are cooling off and we're getting some sprinkles in the late afternoon. Yay!!!
~kerrie