Father's Day Weekend Part II

Although, Carter wasn't extremely cooperative, I did get some cute pictures:

 Carter also decided he needed to pick the gorilla's nose:

Father's Day Weekend Part I

 I don't think Kevin has been up to Clemson since I was pregnant with Carter.  He decided to make a trip up there on Saturday.  I told Carter we were going to look for Tiger paws, a cave, and a waterfall. 

We started our day with lunch at Pot Belly Deli.  The Home on the Ranch was just as good as I remembered.

 

After we shopped in downtown Clemson.  then, we headed over to Carillon Gardens where Carter had lots of fun ringing the bell :

From there, we headed over the alumni walk:

We treated Carter to his first ice cream cone and headed north for the highlight of the day.  We took Carter to the Stump House Tunnel and Isaqueena Falls.  He has been talking about caves, so we knew he would enjoy it.  With a flashlight, we made it as far as we were allowed to go in the the tunnel.  After, we headed over the "water faucet."  Carter was thrilled to walk on "Thomas's bridge."

 

We headed up to White water falls, but unfortunately, it really started to rain when we got there.

We definitely had a fun day being "those old people" who visit their alma mater.

It's the Little Things

 

(Old picture from the river a few weeks ago)

After dinner tonight, I decided to take Carter with me to take our recycling.  I promised him if he was good, we would drive by the fire station on the way home.  Carter was very sweet and talked with me the whole way there and back.  While there, he picked up three large rocks and told me he wanted to throw them in the river.  After driving by the fire station (the garage door was open with a fire truck inside!), we headed to the lake by our house where he could throw his rocks.  It amazes me the enjoyment he experiences from something so simple.

Obligatory Cute Carter Story

#3 During the same thunderstorm, Carter looked out the window. He told us he saw the "lightman" who is cleaning.

Obligatory Cute Carter Story

#2 When our night time thunderstorm started, Carter ran into the computer room to tell Kevin and me he was afraid.  We told him to tell the thunder, "Go away.  Don't bother me."  At that point, he replied, "I'm not scared.  I'm just afraid."

My New Obsession:

Pinterest

If you havent checked out pinterest, go now!  It's awesome.

I am turning into an organizing monster in my house.  I think Kevin is scared.  In three days:

• I reorganized our linen storage in our closet
• Organized Carter's books
• Bought large ziploc bags to put Carter's toys together
• Moved and reorganized our kitchen junk drawer
• Thrown away anything I didn't think Carter would miss
• Gotten rid of household items we no longer use
• Reorganized my side of the dresser and got rid of lots of jewelry I never wear

Coming up next will be the garage, pantry and refrigerator. 

If I had an unlimited supply of money and a container store, I would be dangerous!

Not only am I finding a wealth of organizing ideas, I'm finding tons of crafts I would love to do.  Pinterest allows one to organize web links into bulletin boards by category.  Kevin wanted me to name mine "S**t I will never do" and "S**t I will spend lots of money on."  Where is his faith in me?

Things out of the realm of my imagination  before I became a mother:

#2  A person could fall on the driveway and nearly bite their tongue off along with busting their lip and scraping every knuckle.  Thanks goodness the bleeding stopped in time to convince me he didn't need stitches.

SUMMER.......

The possibilities are endless and so is my to-do list:

• Finally clean the grout
• Really scrub the laundry room
• Clean and organize the garage
• Sew
• Craft
• Run at least 20 miles each week
• Try out a group class at the gym
• Keep Carter out of school several days to do special activities
• Plan a baby shower for a friend 
• Go to the beach
• Plan and go on a small family vacation

Today was my first day off after a horrible eventful trip to Disney World with 64 6th graders.  Put it this way, we came home with 2 less than we left with.  I'm glad I wasn't the parent who had to drive 16 hours round trip to pick up my child who got in trouble.  The trip couldn't end soon enough. I was very happy to get home to my family.  I was also very happy for Carter to go to school today, so I could finally relax.  I did get a lot of errands run.  Most importantly, I am caught up on all the Real Housewives shows.

Obligatory Cute Carter Story

#1  Apparently Carter decided he wanted to play barber at school.  He would sit his friends in a chair, snap out a cape to cover them, and use a plastic banana to "cut" their hair.  He did this for a few days.