Our Gingerbread House

Since the beginning of December, I have been trying to do something Christmas-related each day....until we leave for Kansas. One day we built a gingerbread house. Carson was very excited to build a house....let alone a house made of candy! Of course, I had to keep reminding him he couldn't just eat the candy, otherwise our house would be bare! =) Here are some pictures from our gingerbread house making experience.

Our completed house!


A before picture

Carson decorating the gingerbread tree

Carson counting the candies

Children's Museum Visit

I have been trying to take advantage of living so close to Tucson lately and decided to take Carson to the Tucson Children's Museum one day. He has been there before, but it was awhile ago, and he kept telling me he wanted to go see dinosaurs, so I thought this would be a perfect outing. Of course, once he saw the actual dinosaurs (which are large and lifelike), he wanted nothing to do with them! Good thing there were many other rooms for him to enjoy.

His favorite was the train room, where we sat and played with toy trains. He also loved the vet clinic room. He took the stuffed cats and dogs out of their cages, and we checked their weight and heartbeats and gave them shots. However, I seriously think we spent the most time doing puzzles. Once he found the puzzle area, we couldn't leave until we attemped each puzzle, and let me tell you, there were a lot of them! I even tried to hide some, but Carson is getting too smart for me to trick him anymore. =) We had a great time, and I'm sure we'll make our way back there again soon! Here are some pictures from our morning....

Making mazes for balls to travel through - he enjoyed this area a lot too.

Carson playing around in the music room

Carson making his way through the strings. You had to pick a color and follow the string across the mat, going under or over other strings. Carson actually picked it up pretty quickly.

Carson workign on the power lines...

Doing puzzle after puzzle after puzzle....his favorite thing to do!

Playing a large game of Operation.

Climbing some nets in the forest room.

Getting a puppy out of his cage

Probably giving the puppy a shot....he always has to give shots first when playing doctor.

Checking the puppy's temperature...

Putting the puppy back in the cage... My little vet!

Ringing the bell on a big train car.

Playing in the train room.

Riding Horses

A friend of ours found out that the horse stables on the Fort Huachuca base give horse rides to kids, so we decided to check it out one day. Carson was so excited to ride a horsey, and now asks to go every week. When he got up close to the horse the first time we went, he seemed a little hesitant, but once he started to pet the horse and call it by it's name, his hesitation turned into excitement and he was ready to ride! While on the horse, he would say, "Giddy up" or "Wee haw". And of course I thought he looked so cute in his little riding helmet. Here are a few pics from our horse riding trips.

Carson waiting for his turn to ride the horse.

Carson and his friend, Micheal, checking out the local donkey

Carson letting the donkey sniff him first.

Carson's first time on the horse. Right when I took the picture, the horse swatted a fly, which is why Carson looks a little uptight.

Me and Carson with a horsey

Carson riding a rocking horse

2-Year and Family Pics

Here are some family pictures and Carson's 2-year pictures we had taken recently. Carson actually smiled in most of them, and was quite the little model posing for the ladies. These will probably be our last family pictures with just the 3 of us!

Hands in Pockets

Watching the leaves fall...

He wouldn't keep his elbows down, but he still looks cute. =)

Action shot, he loved jumping on the leaves