Friday, September 18, 2009

My Dog

My Dog
By Carsten M.C.

I used to have a dog. I got him when I was about 5 or 4. He was really, really, really, really, really cute. I used to not play with him much. And my dog jumped on me and knocked me down, so my mom got rid of him. And so now I miss him a lot!!! And so whenever I think about him I cry. And now I think you know I want him back. So now I am glad for other kids and that they have a dog. So I want another dog even though I will never have as precious memories. I just want a pal to hang out with so I don't have to be lonely. At least I have a dad and a mom that are pretty cool so I can hang out with them. They are radicool!!! The End
Publish Post

(An essay Carsten wrote at school. I thought it was just too cute.)

Friday, September 11, 2009

A Hallmark Moment


My Mom found the perfect card to go along with my previous post.




Friday, August 28, 2009

Public Notice


Public notice to the White Oak Elementary Mom who drives a black Ford Escape who lives in Fairview Park Subdivision in Sugar Hill, Ga... Your child is in kindergarten now, they should not need you to park your car in the carpool lane, get out, walk a...round your car, open their door, unbuckle them, take them out of the car, hand them their lunch box, put on their backpack, hug them and kiss them and then proceed to get back into the driver's seat while tons of parents who have already learned to cut the apron strings are waiting for 5 minutes to get on with the few precious hours they have without their children. Thank you!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

She just can't handle it.

So Caitlin came home today talking about how so-and-so didn't want to be her friend and wasn't letting another little girl be her friend either. After getting over the fact that this crap starts so young, I decided to offer a little advice.
I asked "Caitlin, Do you want to know the secret of how to have lots of friends?"
"YES!" said Caitlin.
So I proceeded to ask her if she could handle it. "Are you sure?"
Then I whispered in her hear "If you want to have lots of friends you have to be a friend to everyone and be nice to everyone."
She immediately jerked back and said "I can't handle that!"

Monday, August 10, 2009

1st Day of School 2009






Carissa and Ms. Rainwater
Ms. Brott and Carsten
Ms. Bobbie, Caitlin and Ms. Nicole

Caitlin was super excited to start school this morning, she did get a little nervous when we walked in the classroom. She grabbed my hand when we got in but quickly settled in. I can't wait to hear about their days! So cute!

Cristie Creme

The kids asked for donuts and sushi for the last weekend before school started.



Thursday, August 6, 2009

Look-a-like

I was sitting behind this at a red light and could NOT resist taking a picture. I was laughing so hard I could barely get the shot! This totally reminded me of that commercial where they show animals and owners that look alike. You can barely tell which was the human.

Daytona Beach 2009

My favorite picture

St. Augustine

The last night there was an awesome storm!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Camp Nonna Thurs. 6-25














Camp Nonna Wed. 6-24


Wednesday-Everyone but Wesley woke up very early. We had oatmeal for breakfast! We love oatmeal! Wesley woke up after we ate, he makes such a mess with oatmeal Nonna gave him cereal but he didn't eat much. We went to the theater to see Shrek 3. Carsten again said he already saw it and it was boring but he sure laughed a lot!! Like we usually do we waited until the theater was empty and then we danced in front of the screen. We went to Hobby Lobby where we all picked out something and then went and bought a pizza. We took the pizza to the park to eat and then we played. It was getting close to Wesley's nap time so we went home. When he was getting in the bed, Wesley told Nonna he loved his bed and went right to sleep. While he was sleeping we worked on our crafts. We then played with our tea sets. Carsten said he really wish he had one. Nonna reminded him of all the other stuff he had instead of the tea set but he said he would rather have the tea set! Carissa wasn't quite finished with her other crafts so she let Carsten play with her set. Wesley woke up so we hurried to put them up. Carsten and Wesley had swords so there were a few sword fights. Maddie and Carsten had a good time fighting and then Wesley wanted to try it. It was amazing how good Wesley was. He beat Carsten! We went outside to sword fight but Wesley and Maddie lost interest so Nonna fought Carsten. She also beat him in one fight, but Carsten won the next one. Nonna took us on a trailer ride. The little girl, Audrey from across the street came over and we went swimming. Caitlin told her that she stole her Nonna's name. They must have liked the sound of it because they kept saying it over and over. Even Wesley was saying, Audrey, look at me! Wesley could be happy totally by himself in the pool. While the others were playing games he kept jumping from the ladder and swimming around, singing most the time. He sang the rain came down the floods came up, I'm so glad when daddy comes home as well as various other lines from songs. He didn't really want anyone to mess with him. Wendi was right though, He does seem to poop or have a stink bomb in his diaper, as we call it whenever he swims. Maybe it is the combination of the 10 gallons of water he swallows and all his jumping, kicking and paddling. After we swam we ate dinner and had snow cones again. Wesley was ready for bed so off he went. We took a bubble bath and then started to go to bed. Calling home at night turns out not to be the best idea. It reminds us we are homesick sometimes. Carsten was esp. upset when he lost the bet that the Clanton child to die was not a police officer. He took it very personal. Knowing the other 1/2 of the discussion (How many boys and girls) didn't make him feel much better.