My Singing Boy

Karter has been around singing all his life. On one occasion I was teaching a voice lesson and my student got this really weird look on her face and said, "I think someone is singing." My son was echoing warm-ups after the student sang them. He has learned a few songs which are his favorite. He found an attachment to the vaccuum...it is now his microphone and the world is his stage!

The first favorite is a song from a Spongebob episode. Spongebob is singing to a Krabby Patty in this episode. The Krabby Patty was so beautiful that he could not allow the customer to eat it and started dating it. The lyrics are as follows, "Oh Baby, they may call me a fool, but I can't help our gravitational pull. When I stuff you with cotton candy, it reminds me you're so sweet. When we go riding it's dandy how you hang on to your seat. Baby. You're looks are sweeter than honey from your pickles to your buns it ain't even funny."



Another of Karter's favorites is the "builder song" from primary. I can't for the life of me figure out why this has become one of his favorites. Of all the primary songs, this one got on my nerves but he loves it and we sing it over and over. He combines this with the classic ABC song which goes as follows: H,I,J,K,L,M (gibberish)O,P, Q,CAR,S...etc. too fun! Of course...we have to end with the obligatory "Doodlie ooom boom." We had given him hot chocolate and he was pinging off the walls but sometimes it is just fun to sit back and marvel at the sheer energy coming out of the kid.



Kelly has taken it upon himself to teach Karter a Beatles song: "You never give me your money. You only give me your funny paper. And in the middle of negotiations, you break down. Outta college, money spent, see no future, pay no rent. All the money's gone, no where to go."



LOL. My little singer.

My Jace man...

Sunday afternoons are rapidly becoming my favorite time with my two little boys and my hubby...well for a while longer. I love to spend the time playing with them. Last Sunday, we caught Jace in a particularly good mood...and Kel was fast enough at grabbing the camera. Jace has quite the ticklish spots...



I personally think that there are few sounds sweeter than a baby laughing...and I am a little partial to my little man's laugh...

Surgery day for Karter

Last Monday, we took Karter to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. He also got tubes in his ears. My biggest fear was how to deal with a fearful preschooler before a surgery. Our discussions of the surgery went something like this: "Karter, you're going to get your tonsils out. The doctor will take you and you will fall asleep. When you wake up, you can have all the popsicles, ice cream, and slurpees you want without having to eat dinner first. Won't this be exciting? Oh, and you might have a little sore throat after." The nurse gave Karter these scrubs to wear and the no-slip green (his favorite color) socks. He was pretty excited about these and that made the pre-surgery exam a lot easier.


After the pre-exam, Karter got to go play with toy cars in the hallway. Primary Children's Hospital is a great place for kids! He had a blast playing with all the toys.


The nurse asked if he was a typically nervous boy for doctors (flashback to his last dr appt.....screaming, tears, random mutterings, sounds of a person being killed, etc.) which I told her he was. She said she could give him "versed" a drug that will help him relax but that he would either have to be held or put in one of their wagons afterward because it makes patients pretty loopy. Having never seen my son like that, I couldn't imagine him any loopier than he already is...boy, was I wrong. Here in the first video, you can see it start to take effect in his eyes although he still has his wits about him.



By now, Karter is having a difficult time holding up his head but still pretty sane. Daddy is getting a few weird looks because he is filming a slightly loopy child.



Karter and dad came back to see me and I decided that he should probably be held since he was so tipsy. The fascination with the green socks was priceless. All he wanted to do was stare at his green socks...luckily they got to come home with us.



This last one was about as crazy as he got. Poor little guy is so content! He was trying to show dad the dinosaur he was holding but couldn't quite lift it enough. We felt pretty bad for him but were grateful that he wasn't screaming and crying in fear the whole time.



We are glad that the surgery is over with and the recovery has been rough but hopefully it will help this winter so Karter isn't on a steady diet of antibiotics. It wasn't all that fun but we will be glad we did it....hopefully!

Camping fun!

The boys and I went camping last week. It was a lot of fun! Grammy had a "fun bag" for Karter and Isaac. In their fun bag was this head flashlight. Uncle Coultie, Kenny, Eric, and Isaac had one too. they all looked pretty nerdy but they came in handy on what I call, "the walk of desperation" to the restroom at 3 AM.


On one of the days we decided to hike to Taggart Lake. It was labelled "easy" so I figured I could easily get my out-of-shape self there and back despite it being 3.5 miles. We didn't have a stroller so we put my sling on so I could carry Jace up. I thought, "Hey, he's only 13 or 14 pounds, how hard could it be?" My very positive and gleeful mother is dancing in the background of this picture. We were both clinging to the "easy" label.


Uncle Kenny carried Karter on his shoulders practically the entire way. He's a soccer player...what else can I say? I guess I should take up a sport like that because this is what happened partially through the hike...


We didn't think we were going to make it! So some skinny, in-shape granola girl comes by and said that we only had about 10 minutes until the lake...okay, I thought I could handle that. Ten minutes, sure, for and in-shape person without a kid strapped to the front! It was probably another mile before we got there! The hike was beautiful but I have GOT to get in better shape next time I decide to strap my baby on the front of me for a hike...



Anyway, everyone had a ball just hanging out. Karter especially loved playing in the dirt with Isaac and throwing rocks in the lake. I just miss the cooler weather during the day!

Two peas in a pod...

I finally gave in and got a blog. I don't think it will be of too much interest to anyone other than my family but I look forward to using my brain for something other than how to get Jace out of his most recent blowout. However, I find myself truly blessed with two beautiful boys that keep me growing every day. I never fully comprehended what it was to love someone you serve until I became a mother. I often find myself laughing through the day at the cute things they do. My father says I should write them down but I've not taken the time to do so...hopefully I will on my new blog! The most recent cutism came from Karter. He walked in the room cradling the air with his arms. "What do you have there?," I asked. "This is my baby," He replied. "Oh, I see, what's his name?," I said. "This is Twinkle Moon Star but I call him Luke for short." To this, dad raised his eyebrows and commented on the feminity of the name. We all had a good laugh but I am glad to see a tender side to my little preschooler.