Miss Mary's Children's Parade

This year we took Carli to the Children's Parade in Downtown Kernersville.  Our flier said it was to start at 9.  We arrived just before, but they were not even finished getting ready.  So we headed over to the Kernersville Farmers Market to browse before heading back to Town Hall.

After getting Carli "registered", we let her loose to run around and play.  It was an hour before all things were set up.  Lots of kids were getting restless and all of us were extremely HOT!  Carli enjoyed running around on the grounds touching everything she could find.  She even had her picture taken to possibly be in the newspaper.

Finally, at 10, the events were started.  Miss Mary told them a story, the National Anthem was sung, and "Miss Fourth of July" was crowned. Then the parade started.  Carli was all gung-ho until the Subway Man (some guy in a sub costume) got in line behind her.  Then she would have nothing to do with the parade. Oh well...she had a good time.

Vacation Bible School

This week Carli went to VBS at Morris Chapel.  She has been every year since she was born, but this year was the first year she seemed to actually get something from it.  She would come home talking about going to storytime and music.  She of course enjoyed playing with her friends, new and old, on the playground.

Thursday night was the program of songs the kids learned that week.  Carli didn't sing, but she did do some of the hand motions to some of the songs.  It made me tear up to watch her do them.  She is really growing up.

After the program, the girls (who raised the most money in offering during the week) won the chance to have Joe slimed.  Carli was able to help and really enjoyed doing it.  She not only helped to pour it on him, but would dip her hands inside and then hit Joe on the head.

After the sliming, Joe and Carli went into the fire truck spray to cool off and get clean.  What a great ending to VBS.  Can't wait to see what she learns next year.

Corn on the Cob

For the last few times Mommy has eaten corn, Carli has asked for some and eaten quite a bit of it.  Tonight, we fixed corn on the cob.  Unsure of how she would answer, we asked if she would like some.  "Yep," was the quick reply.  We put her an ear in a bowl and gave it to her. Not hesitating once it was cool, Carli picked up the ear and began to gnaw at it. She kept eating and turning that ear like she had been doing it for years.

 all done...not bad for her first time

The next night, she asked for more corn.  Too bad we didn't have any to give her.

Austin Graduates!!!!!

Finally the time has come that Austin graduates from East Forsyth High School!

Carli loves her big brother!!!

The class of 2012

Austin & his diploma

What Austin really wanted...his yellow helmet.  He can now fight inside fires!

May Days

May has been a busy month for our family!


We started off the month going strawberry picking.  We thought as much as Carli loves strawberries, she would really like to pick them.  When we got there, Carli helped for a bit.  She would only pick them when one of us pointed them out.  She liked carrying the bucket more than picking them off the bush. (May 2)

"I take it."

proud little girl

And she's outta there!

Next up was a quick trip to school to see the chicks that hatched in Ms. Mabe's classroom.  Carli really thought they were cute.  (May 3)

Carli tried to kiss the chick

We had to stop at the playground

 

She looks so big in this picture!

That weekend brought the Spring Folly to town.  Carli liked walking around and seeing all the people and events.  She thought the fire truck was cute.  She wanted to ride the train...

...until the train took off from the "station" without Mommy!  They had to stop the train to get her off.

But a quick stop at Cake and All Things Yummy made it all better!

We did a short trial at potty training.  After three times with Carli getting upset a bit each time, we decided to wait a bit and try again.


Funny what toddlers can learn if they want. When my brother was here just two weeks ago, every animal said "meow". Now she can tell you a dog, duck, chicken, cow, pig (sometimes), and yesterday learned that a rooster says "cock-a-doodle-doo."  She even knows that strange sound that a deer makes when it is running away.  Austin taught her that one.


The month ended with a family cookout to celebrate Austin's upcoming graduation.

PHEW...what a busy month!

"Ice Pease"

Tonight, Joe was in the mood for Mexican. This doesn't happen often, so I quickly agreed! Since we are having unseasonable weather today, (the high temperature was 83 today) we decided to eat on the patio.

Shortly after getting there, Carli was excited to be eating chips. She really loves them! She probably ate 10 of them.

After finishing her chips, Carli began to find things to amuse her. She played with chips and the straws. Then she saw my glass of iced tea. "Ice pease."

I gave her a piece of ice, thinking she wanted to eat it like she usually does. Nope. She figured out it was something fun to play with. Every few seconds, it would slip out of her hands and fall through the cracks in the table. Then it was "Ice pease" again. She would play with it for a few minutes, before losing it again into the cracks.

"Ice pease." This happened over and over. Carli entertained herself with ice for 20 minutes or so. It was fun to watch her as she discovered that if she held it long enough, it would begin to melt away.